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FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN ETEXTS*Ver.04.29.93*END* 00287 00288 00289 00290 00291 00292 The Old Testament of the King James Version of the Bible 00293 00294 00295 00296 00297 The First Book of Moses: Called Genesis 00298 00299 00300 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 00301 00302 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon 00303 the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the 00304 waters. 00305 00306 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 00307 00308 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light 00309 from the darkness. 00310 00311 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. 00312 And the evening and the morning were the first day. 00313 00314 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, 00315 and let it divide the waters from the waters. 00316 00317 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were 00318 under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: 00319 and it was so. 00320 00321 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the 00322 morning were the second day. 00323 00324 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together 00325 unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 00326 00327 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of 00328 the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 00329 00330 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding 00331 seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is 00332 in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 00333 00334 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after 00335 his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after 00336 his kind: and God saw that it was good. 00337 00338 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 00339 00340 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven 00341 to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for 00342 seasons, and for days, and years: 1:15 And let them be for lights in 00343 the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was 00344 so. 00345 00346 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, 00347 and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 00348 00349 1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light 00350 upon the earth, 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and 00351 to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 00352 00353 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 00354 00355 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving 00356 creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the 00357 open firmament of heaven. 00358 00359 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that 00360 moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, 00361 and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 00362 00363 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill 00364 the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 00365 00366 1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 00367 00368 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after 00369 his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his 00370 kind: and it was so. 00371 00372 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle 00373 after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after 00374 his kind: and God saw that it was good. 00375 00376 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: 00377 and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl 00378 of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over 00379 every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 00380 00381 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created 00382 he him; male and female created he them. 00383 00384 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and 00385 multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion 00386 over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every 00387 living thing that moveth upon the earth. 00388 00389 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, 00390 which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which 00391 is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 00392 00393 1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, 00394 and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is 00395 life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. 00396 00397 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was 00398 very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. 00399 00400 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of 00401 them. 00402 00403 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and 00404 he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 00405 00406 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that 00407 in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. 00408 00409 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when 00410 they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the 00411 heavens, 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, 00412 and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not 00413 caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the 00414 ground. 00415 00416 2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole 00417 face of the ground. 00418 00419 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and 00420 breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living 00421 soul. 00422 00423 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he 00424 put the man whom he had formed. 00425 00426 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is 00427 pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the 00428 midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 00429 00430 2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence 00431 it was parted, and became into four heads. 00432 00433 2:11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the 00434 whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 2:12 And the gold of that 00435 land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. 00436 00437 2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that 00438 compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. 00439 00440 2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which 00441 goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. 00442 00443 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of 00444 Eden to dress it and to keep it. 00445 00446 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the 00447 garden thou mayest freely eat: 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge 00448 of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou 00449 eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. 00450 00451 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be 00452 alone; I will make him an help meet for him. 00453 00454 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the 00455 field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see 00456 what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living 00457 creature, that was the name thereof. 00458 00459 2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, 00460 and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an 00461 help meet for him. 00462 00463 2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he 00464 slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead 00465 thereof; 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made 00466 he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 00467 00468 2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my 00469 flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 00470 00471 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall 00472 cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 00473 00474 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not 00475 ashamed. 00476 00477 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which 00478 the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, 00479 Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 3:2 And the woman said 00480 unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 00481 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, 00482 God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest 00483 ye die. 00484 00485 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 3:5 00486 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall 00487 be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 00488 00489 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that 00490 it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one 00491 wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto 00492 her husband with her; and he did eat. 00493 00494 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they 00495 were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves 00496 aprons. 00497 00498 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in 00499 the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the 00500 presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. 00501 00502 3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art 00503 thou? 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was 00504 afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 00505 00506 3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten 00507 of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 00508 3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she 00509 gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 00510 00511 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast 00512 done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 00513 00514 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done 00515 this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the 00516 field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the 00517 days of thy life: 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the 00518 woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, 00519 and thou shalt bruise his heel. 00520 00521 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and 00522 thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy 00523 desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 00524 00525 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice 00526 of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, 00527 saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; 00528 in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 3:18 Thorns 00529 also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the 00530 herb of the field; 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, 00531 till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for 00532 dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 00533 00534 3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother 00535 of all living. 00536 00537 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of 00538 skins, and clothed them. 00539 00540 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to 00541 know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also 00542 of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 3:23 Therefore the 00543 LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground 00544 from whence he was taken. 00545 00546 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden 00547 of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep 00548 the way of the tree of life. 00549 00550 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and 00551 said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 00552 00553 4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of 00554 sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 00555 00556 4:3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the 00557 fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 00558 00559 4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of 00560 the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his 00561 offering: 4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. 00562 And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 00563 00564 4:6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy 00565 countenance fallen? 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be 00566 accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto 00567 thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. 00568 00569 4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when 00570 they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, 00571 and slew him. 00572 00573 4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he 00574 said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? 4:10 And he said, What 00575 hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from 00576 the ground. 00577 00578 4:11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her 00579 mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; 4:12 When thou 00580 tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her 00581 strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. 00582 00583 4:13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can 00584 bear. 00585 00586 4:14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the 00587 earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and 00588 a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one 00589 that findeth me shall slay me. 00590 00591 4:15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, 00592 vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark 00593 upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. 00594 00595 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the 00596 land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 00597 00598 4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he 00599 builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his 00600 son, Enoch. 00601 00602 4:18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and 00603 Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. 00604 00605 4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, 00606 and the name of the other Zillah. 00607 00608 4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, 00609 and of such as have cattle. 00610 00611 4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such 00612 as handle the harp and organ. 00613 00614 4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every 00615 artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. 00616 00617 4:23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; 00618 ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to 00619 my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. 00620 00621 4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and 00622 sevenfold. 00623 00624 4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his 00625 name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead 00626 of Abel, whom Cain slew. 00627 00628 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his 00629 name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. 00630 00631 5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God 00632 created man, in the likeness of God made he him; 5:2 Male and female 00633 created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the 00634 day when they were created. 00635 00636 5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his 00637 own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth: 5:4 And 00638 the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: 00639 and he begat sons and daughters: 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived 00640 were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. 00641 00642 5:6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: 5:7 And 00643 Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and 00644 begat sons and daughters: 5:8 And all the days of Seth were nine 00645 hundred and twelve years: and he died. 00646 00647 5:9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: 5:10 And Enos lived 00648 after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons 00649 and daughters: 5:11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and 00650 five years: and he died. 00651 00652 5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: 5:13 And 00653 Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, 00654 and begat sons and daughters: 5:14 And all the days of Cainan were 00655 nine hundred and ten years: and he died. 00656 00657 5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: 5:16 00658 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty 00659 years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:17 And all the days of 00660 Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. 00661 00662 5:18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat 00663 Enoch: 5:19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, 00664 and begat sons and daughters: 5:20 And all the days of Jared were nine 00665 hundred sixty and two years: and he died. 00666 00667 5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 5:22 00668 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred 00669 years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:23 And all the days of Enoch 00670 were three hundred sixty and five years: 5:24 And Enoch walked with 00671 God: and he was not; for God took him. 00672 00673 5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat 00674 Lamech. 00675 00676 5:26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty 00677 and two years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:27 And all the days of 00678 Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. 00679 00680 5:28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a 00681 son: 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort 00682 us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground 00683 which the LORD hath cursed. 00684 00685 5:30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five 00686 years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:31 And all the days of Lamech 00687 were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. 00688 00689 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, 00690 and Japheth. 00691 00692 6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the 00693 earth, and daughters were born unto them, 6:2 That the sons of God saw 00694 the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of 00695 all which they chose. 00696 00697 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for 00698 that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty 00699 years. 00700 00701 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, 00702 when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare 00703 children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of 00704 renown. 00705 00706 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and 00707 that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil 00708 continually. 00709 00710 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it 00711 grieved him at his heart. 00712 00713 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the 00714 face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and 00715 the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 00716 00717 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. 00718 00719 6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect 00720 in his generations, and Noah walked with God. 00721 00722 6:10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 00723 00724 6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled 00725 with violence. 00726 00727 6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for 00728 all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 00729 00730 6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; 00731 for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I 00732 will destroy them with the earth. 00733 00734 6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the 00735 ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 00736 00737 6:15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length 00738 of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty 00739 cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 00740 00741 6:16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou 00742 finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side 00743 thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 00744 00745 6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the 00746 earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under 00747 heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 00748 00749 6:18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come 00750 into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives 00751 with thee. 00752 00753 6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt 00754 thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be 00755 male and female. 00756 00757 6:20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of 00758 every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort 00759 shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 00760 00761 6:21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt 00762 gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 00763 00764 6:22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did 00765 he. 00766 00767 7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the 00768 ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 00769 00770 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male 00771 and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and 00772 his female. 00773 00774 7:3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to 00775 keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 00776 00777 7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth 00778 forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have 00779 made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. 00780 00781 7:5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. 00782 00783 7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was 00784 upon the earth. 00785 00786 7:7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives 00787 with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 00788 00789 7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, 00790 and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 7:9 There went in two 00791 and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had 00792 commanded Noah. 00793 00794 7:10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the 00795 flood were upon the earth. 00796 00797 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, 00798 the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains 00799 of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 00800 00801 7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 00802 00803 7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, 00804 the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons 00805 with them, into the ark; 7:14 They, and every beast after his kind, 00806 and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that 00807 creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, 00808 every bird of every sort. 00809 00810 7:15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all 00811 flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 00812 00813 7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as 00814 God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. 00815 00816 7:17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters 00817 increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 00818 00819 7:18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the 00820 earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 00821 00822 7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the 00823 high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 00824 00825 7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains 00826 were covered. 00827 00828 7:21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and 00829 of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth 00830 upon the earth, and every man: 7:22 All in whose nostrils was the 00831 breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 00832 00833 7:23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face 00834 of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the 00835 fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah 00836 only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 00837 00838 7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty 00839 days. 00840 00841 8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the 00842 cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over 00843 the earth, and the waters asswaged; 8:2 The fountains also of the deep 00844 and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was 00845 restrained; 8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth 00846 continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the 00847 waters were abated. 00848 00849 8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of 00850 the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 00851 00852 8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the 00853 tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the 00854 mountains seen. 00855 00856 8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the 00857 window of the ark which he had made: 8:7 And he sent forth a raven, 00858 which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off 00859 the earth. 00860 00861 8:8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were 00862 abated from off the face of the ground; 8:9 But the dove found no rest 00863 for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for 00864 the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his 00865 hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. 00866 00867 8:10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the 00868 dove out of the ark; 8:11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; 00869 and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that 00870 the waters were abated from off the earth. 00871 00872 8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; 00873 which returned not again unto him any more. 00874 00875 8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the 00876 first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from 00877 off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, 00878 and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. 00879 00880 8:14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the 00881 month, was the earth dried. 00882 00883 8:15 And God spake unto Noah, saying, 8:16 Go forth of the ark, thou, 00884 and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. 00885 00886 8:17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of 00887 all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing 00888 that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the 00889 earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. 00890 00891 8:18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' 00892 wives with him: 8:19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every 00893 fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went 00894 forth out of the ark. 00895 00896 8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean 00897 beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the 00898 altar. 00899 00900 8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his 00901 heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for 00902 the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I 00903 again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 00904 00905 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and 00906 heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. 00907 00908 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be 00909 fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 00910 00911 9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast 00912 of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth 00913 upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are 00914 they delivered. 00915 00916 9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the 00917 green herb have I given you all things. 00918 00919 9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall 00920 ye not eat. 00921 00922 9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of 00923 every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of 00924 every man's brother will I require the life of man. 00925 00926 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in 00927 the image of God made he man. 00928 00929 9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in 00930 the earth, and multiply therein. 00931 00932 9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9:9 And 00933 I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after 00934 you; 9:10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the 00935 fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from 00936 all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. 00937 00938 9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all 00939 flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall 00940 there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. 00941 00942 9:12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make 00943 between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for 00944 perpetual generations: 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall 00945 be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 00946 00947 9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, 00948 that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 9:15 And I will remember my 00949 covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all 00950 flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all 00951 flesh. 00952 00953 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that 00954 I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living 00955 creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 00956 00957 9:17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which 00958 I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. 00959 00960 9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and 00961 Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. 00962 00963 9:19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth 00964 overspread. 00965 00966 9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: 00967 9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered 00968 within his tent. 00969 00970 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, 00971 and told his two brethren without. 00972 00973 9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their 00974 shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their 00975 father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's 00976 nakedness. 00977 00978 9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had 00979 done unto him. 00980 00981 9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be 00982 unto his brethren. 00983 00984 9:26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be 00985 his servant. 00986 00987 9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of 00988 Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 00989 00990 9:28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 00991 00992 9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and 00993 he died. 00994 00995 10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and 00996 Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. 00997 00998 10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and 00999 Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 01000 01001 10:3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 01002 01003 10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and 01004 Dodanim. 01005 01006 10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; 01007 every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 01008 01009 10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 01010 01011 10:7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, 01012 and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 01013 01014 10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 01015 01016 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, 01017 Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 01018 01019 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and 01020 Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 01021 01022 10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the 01023 city Rehoboth, and Calah, 10:12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: 01024 the same is a great city. 01025 01026 10:13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 01027 10:14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and 01028 Caphtorim. 01029 01030 10:15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, 10:16 And the 01031 Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 10:17 And the Hivite, 01032 and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 10:18 And the Arvadite, and the 01033 Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the 01034 Canaanites spread abroad. 01035 01036 10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest 01037 to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and 01038 Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 01039 01040 10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their 01041 tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 01042 01043 10:21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the 01044 brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. 01045 01046 10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, 01047 and Aram. 01048 01049 10:23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 01050 01051 10:24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. 01052 01053 10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for 01054 in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 01055 01056 10:26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and 01057 Jerah, 10:27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 10:28 And Obal, and 01058 Abimael, and Sheba, 10:29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these 01059 were the sons of Joktan. 01060 01061 10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a 01062 mount of the east. 01063 01064 10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their 01065 tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 01066 01067 10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their 01068 generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided 01069 in the earth after the flood. 01070 01071 11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 01072 01073 11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they 01074 found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 01075 01076 11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn 01077 them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for 01078 morter. 01079 01080 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose 01081 top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be 01082 scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 01083 01084 11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the 01085 children of men builded. 01086 01087 11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all 01088 one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be 01089 restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 01090 01091 11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that 01092 they may not understand one another's speech. 01093 01094 11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of 01095 all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 01096 01097 11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did 01098 there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the 01099 LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. 01100 01101 11:10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years 01102 old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: 11:11 And Shem 01103 lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and 01104 daughters. 01105 01106 11:12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: 11:13 01107 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, 01108 and begat sons and daughters. 01109 01110 11:14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 11:15 And Salah 01111 lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons 01112 and daughters. 01113 01114 11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: 11:17 And 01115 Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and 01116 begat sons and daughters. 01117 01118 11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: 11:19 And Peleg 01119 lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons 01120 and daughters. 01121 01122 11:20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: 11:21 And 01123 Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat 01124 sons and daughters. 01125 01126 11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: 11:23 And Serug 01127 lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and 01128 daughters. 01129 01130 11:24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: 11:25 01131 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, 01132 and begat sons and daughters. 01133 01134 11:26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and 01135 Haran. 01136 01137 11:27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, 01138 Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 01139 01140 11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his 01141 nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 01142 01143 11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife 01144 was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of 01145 Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 01146 01147 11:30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. 01148 01149 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's 01150 son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they 01151 went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of 01152 Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 01153 01154 11:32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah 01155 died in Haran. 01156 01157 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, 01158 and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I 01159 will shew thee: 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I 01160 will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a 01161 blessing: 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him 01162 that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be 01163 blessed. 01164 01165 12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went 01166 with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed 01167 out of Haran. 01168 01169 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all 01170 their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had 01171 gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; 01172 and into the land of Canaan they came. 01173 01174 12:6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto 01175 the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 01176 01177 12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I 01178 give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who 01179 appeared unto him. 01180 01181 12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, 01182 and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: 01183 and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name 01184 of the LORD. 01185 01186 12:9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. 01187 01188 12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into 01189 Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. 01190 01191 12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, 01192 that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a 01193 fair woman to look upon: 12:12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when 01194 the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: 01195 and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 01196 01197 12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with 01198 me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. 01199 01200 12:14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the 01201 Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 01202 01203 12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before 01204 Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 01205 01206 12:16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and 01207 oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, 01208 and camels. 01209 01210 12:17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues 01211 because of Sarai Abram's wife. 01212 01213 12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast 01214 done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? 12:19 01215 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to 01216 wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. 01217 01218 12:20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him 01219 away, and his wife, and all that he had. 01220 01221 13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he 01222 had, and Lot with him, into the south. 01223 01224 13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 01225 01226 13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto 01227 the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and 01228 Hai; 13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the 01229 first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. 01230 01231 13:5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and 01232 tents. 01233 01234 13:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell 01235 together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell 01236 together. 01237 01238 13:7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and 01239 the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite 01240 dwelled then in the land. 01241 01242 13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, 01243 between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be 01244 brethren. 01245 01246 13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, 01247 from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; 01248 or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. 01249 01250 13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, 01251 that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom 01252 and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, 01253 as thou comest unto Zoar. 01254 01255 13:11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed 01256 east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. 01257 01258 13:12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the 01259 cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 01260 01261 13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD 01262 exceedingly. 01263 01264 13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from 01265 him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art 01266 northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: 13:15 For all 01267 the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for 01268 ever. 01269 01270 13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a 01271 man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be 01272 numbered. 01273 01274 13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the 01275 breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. 01276 01277 13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of 01278 Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. 01279 01280 14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, 01281 Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of 01282 nations; 14:2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with 01283 Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of 01284 Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 01285 01286 14:3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is 01287 the salt sea. 01288 01289 14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year 01290 they rebelled. 01291 01292 14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that 01293 were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the 01294 Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 14:6 And the 01295 Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness. 01296 01297 14:7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and 01298 smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that 01299 dwelt in Hazezontamar. 01300 01301 14:8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, 01302 and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela 01303 (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of 01304 Siddim; 14:9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king 01305 of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; 01306 four kings with five. 01307 01308 14:10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of 01309 Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled 01310 to the mountain. 01311 01312 14:11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their 01313 victuals, and went their way. 01314 01315 14:12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, 01316 and his goods, and departed. 01317 01318 14:13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; 01319 for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and 01320 brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. 01321 01322 14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he 01323 armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and 01324 eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. 01325 01326 14:15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by 01327 night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the 01328 left hand of Damascus. 01329 01330 14:16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his 01331 brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 01332 01333 14:17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from 01334 the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at 01335 the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. 01336 01337 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and 01338 he was the priest of the most high God. 01339 01340 14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high 01341 God, possessor of heaven and earth: 14:20 And blessed be the most high 01342 God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him 01343 tithes of all. 01344 01345 14:21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and 01346 take the goods to thyself. 01347 01348 14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand 01349 unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, 01350 14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and 01351 that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, 01352 I have made Abram rich: 14:24 Save only that which the young men have 01353 eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, 01354 and Mamre; let them take their portion. 01355 01356 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a 01357 vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding 01358 great reward. 01359 01360 15:2 And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go 01361 childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? 01362 15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, 01363 one born in my house is mine heir. 01364 01365 15:4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This 01366 shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own 01367 bowels shall be thine heir. 01368 01369 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward 01370 heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he 01371 said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 01372 01373 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for 01374 righteousness. 01375 01376 15:7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur 01377 of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 01378 01379 15:8 And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit 01380 it? 15:9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, 01381 and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a 01382 turtledove, and a young pigeon. 01383 01384 15:10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, 01385 and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. 01386 01387 15:11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them 01388 away. 01389 01390 15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; 01391 and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. 01392 01393 15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be 01394 a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and 01395 they shall afflict them four hundred years; 15:14 And also that 01396 nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they 01397 come out with great substance. 01398 01399 15:15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried 01400 in a good old age. 01401 01402 15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for 01403 the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. 01404 01405 15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was 01406 dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between 01407 those pieces. 01408 01409 15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, 01410 Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the 01411 great river, the river Euphrates: 15:19 The Kenites, and the 01412 Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 15:20 And the Hittites, and the 01413 Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 15:21 And the Amorites, and the 01414 Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. 01415 01416 16:1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an 01417 handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 01418 01419 16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained 01420 me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may 01421 obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 01422 01423 16:3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after 01424 Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her 01425 husband Abram to be his wife. 01426 01427 16:4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw 01428 that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 01429 01430 16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my 01431 maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was 01432 despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. 01433 01434 16:6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do 01435 to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she 01436 fled from her face. 01437 01438 16:7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the 01439 wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. 01440 01441 16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither 01442 wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. 01443 01444 16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, 01445 and submit thyself under her hands. 01446 01447 16:10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy 01448 seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 01449 01450 16:11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with 01451 child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because 01452 the LORD hath heard thy affliction. 01453 01454 16:12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, 01455 and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence 01456 of all his brethren. 01457 01458 16:13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou 01459 God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that 01460 seeth me? 16:14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, 01461 it is between Kadesh and Bered. 01462 01463 16:15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, 01464 which Hagar bare, Ishmael. 01465 01466 16:16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare 01467 Ishmael to Abram. 01468 01469 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared 01470 to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, 01471 and be thou perfect. 01472 01473 17:2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will 01474 multiply thee exceedingly. 01475 01476 17:3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 17:4 01477 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a 01478 father of many nations. 01479 01480 17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name 01481 shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. 01482 01483 17:6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations 01484 of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 01485 01486 17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed 01487 after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a 01488 God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 01489 01490 17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land 01491 wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an 01492 everlasting possession; and I will be their God. 01493 01494 17:9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, 01495 thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. 01496 01497 17:10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and 01498 thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. 01499 01500 17:11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall 01501 be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 01502 01503 17:12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, 01504 every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or 01505 bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. 01506 01507 17:13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy 01508 money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your 01509 flesh for an everlasting covenant. 01510 01511 17:14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is 01512 not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath 01513 broken my covenant. 01514 01515 17:15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not 01516 call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 01517 01518 17:16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I 01519 will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people 01520 shall be of her. 01521 01522 17:17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his 01523 heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? 01524 and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 17:18 And Abraham 01525 said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! 17:19 And God 01526 said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call 01527 his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an 01528 everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. 01529 01530 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed 01531 him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; 01532 twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 01533 01534 17:21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall 01535 bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. 01536 01537 17:22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. 01538 01539 17:23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his 01540 house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the 01541 men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in 01542 the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. 01543 01544 17:24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was 01545 circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 01546 01547 17:25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was 01548 circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 01549 01550 17:26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his 01551 son. 01552 01553 17:27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with 01554 money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. 01555 01556 18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat 01557 in the tent door in the heat of the day; 18:2 And he lift up his eyes 01558 and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he 01559 ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the 01560 ground, 18:3 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy 01561 sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 18:4 Let a little 01562 water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves 01563 under the tree: 18:5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort 01564 ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come 01565 to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. 01566 01567 18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make 01568 ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes 01569 upon the hearth. 01570 01571 18:7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, 01572 and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. 01573 01574 18:8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, 01575 and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they 01576 did eat. 01577 01578 18:9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, 01579 Behold, in the tent. 01580 01581 18:10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the 01582 time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah 01583 heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. 01584 01585 18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it 01586 ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 01587 01588 18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed 01589 old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 18:13 And the LORD 01590 said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a 01591 surety bear a child, which am old? 18:14 Is any thing too hard for 01592 the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to 01593 the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. 01594 01595 18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. 01596 And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. 01597 01598 18:16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and 01599 Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 01600 01601 18:17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I 01602 do; 18:18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty 01603 nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 01604 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his 01605 household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do 01606 justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which 01607 he hath spoken of him. 01608 01609 18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is 01610 great, and because their sin is very grievous; 18:21 I will go down 01611 now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of 01612 it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. 01613 01614 18:22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward 01615 Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. 01616 01617 18:23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the 01618 righteous with the wicked? 18:24 Peradventure there be fifty 01619 righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the 01620 place for the fifty righteous that are therein? 18:25 That be far 01621 from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the 01622 wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far 01623 from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 18:26 And 01624 the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, 01625 then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 01626 01627 18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me 01628 to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: 18:28 01629 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou 01630 destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there 01631 forty and five, I will not destroy it. 01632 01633 18:29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there 01634 shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's 01635 sake. 01636 01637 18:30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will 01638 speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I 01639 will not do it, if I find thirty there. 01640 01641 18:31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the 01642 LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I 01643 will not destroy it for twenty's sake. 01644 01645 18:32 And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet 01646 but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I 01647 will not destroy it for ten's sake. 01648 01649 18:33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with 01650 Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. 01651 01652 19:1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the 01653 gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed 01654 himself with his face toward the ground; 19:2 And he said, Behold now, 01655 my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry 01656 all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on 01657 your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all 01658 night. 01659 01660 19:3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, 01661 and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake 01662 unleavened bread, and they did eat. 01663 01664 19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of 01665 Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people 01666 from every quarter: 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, 01667 Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out 01668 unto us, that we may know them. 01669 01670 19:6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after 01671 him, 19:7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. 01672 01673 19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let 01674 me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good 01675 in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they 01676 under the shadow of my roof. 01677 01678 19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow 01679 came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal 01680 worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, 01681 even Lot, and came near to break the door. 01682 01683 19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house 01684 to them, and shut to the door. 01685 01686 19:11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with 01687 blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to 01688 find the door. 01689 01690 19:12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in 01691 law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the 01692 city, bring them out of this place: 19:13 For we will destroy this 01693 place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the 01694 LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. 01695 01696 19:14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married 01697 his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD 01698 will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons 01699 in law. 01700 01701 19:15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, 01702 saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; 01703 lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 01704 01705 19:16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon 01706 the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD 01707 being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him 01708 without the city. 01709 01710 19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, 01711 that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay 01712 thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 01713 01714 19:18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD: 19:19 Behold now, 01715 thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy 01716 mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot 01717 escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: 19:20 01718 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: 01719 Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall 01720 live. 01721 01722 19:21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this 01723 thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou 01724 hast spoken. 01725 01726 19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou 01727 be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. 01728 01729 19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 01730 01731 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and 01732 fire from the LORD out of heaven; 19:25 And he overthrew those cities, 01733 and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that 01734 which grew upon the ground. 01735 01736 19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a 01737 pillar of salt. 01738 01739 19:27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he 01740 stood before the LORD: 19:28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, 01741 and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke 01742 of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 01743 01744 19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, 01745 that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the 01746 overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 01747 01748 19:30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his 01749 two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt 01750 in a cave, he and his two daughters. 01751 01752 19:31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and 01753 there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of 01754 all the earth: 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we 01755 will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 01756 01757 19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the 01758 firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when 01759 she lay down, nor when she arose. 01760 01761 19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto 01762 the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him 01763 drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we 01764 may preserve seed of our father. 01765 01766 19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the 01767 younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay 01768 down, nor when she arose. 01769 01770 19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 01771 01772 19:37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the 01773 same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 01774 01775 19:38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name 01776 Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this 01777 day. 01778 01779 20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and 01780 dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. 01781 01782 20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and 01783 Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 01784 01785 20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, 01786 Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; 01787 for she is a man's wife. 01788 01789 20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou 01790 slay also a righteous nation? 20:5 Said he not unto me, She is my 01791 sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the 01792 integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. 01793 01794 20:6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst 01795 this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from 01796 sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. 01797 01798 20:7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and 01799 he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her 01800 not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are 01801 thine. 01802 01803 20:8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his 01804 servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were 01805 sore afraid. 01806 01807 20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou 01808 done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on 01809 me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that 01810 ought not to be done. 01811 01812 20:10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou 01813 hast done this thing? 20:11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, 01814 Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for 01815 my wife's sake. 01816 01817 20:12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my 01818 father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. 01819 01820 20:13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my 01821 father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou 01822 shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, 01823 He is my brother. 01824 01825 20:14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and 01826 womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his 01827 wife. 01828 01829 20:15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where 01830 it pleaseth thee. 01831 01832 20:16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a 01833 thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the 01834 eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was 01835 reproved. 01836 01837 20:17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his 01838 wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. 01839 01840 20:18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of 01841 Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. 01842 01843 21:1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto 01844 Sarah as he had spoken. 01845 01846 21:2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at 01847 the set time of which God had spoken to him. 01848 01849 21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, 01850 whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 01851 01852 21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as 01853 God had commanded him. 01854 01855 21:5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born 01856 unto him. 01857 01858 21:6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear 01859 will laugh with me. 01860 01861 21:7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should 01862 have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. 01863 01864 21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great 01865 feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. 01866 01867 21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born 01868 unto Abraham, mocking. 01869 01870 21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her 01871 son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even 01872 with Isaac. 01873 01874 21:11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of 01875 his son. 01876 01877 21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight 01878 because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah 01879 hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy 01880 seed be called. 01881 01882 21:13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, 01883 because he is thy seed. 01884 01885 21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a 01886 bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, 01887 and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in 01888 the wilderness of Beersheba. 01889 01890 21:15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child 01891 under one of the shrubs. 01892 01893 21:16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, 01894 as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the 01895 child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. 01896 01897 21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called 01898 to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? 01899 fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 01900 01901 21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will 01902 make him a great nation. 01903 01904 21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she 01905 went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 01906 01907 21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the 01908 wilderness, and became an archer. 01909 01910 21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him 01911 a wife out of the land of Egypt. 01912 01913 21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the 01914 chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee 01915 in all that thou doest: 21:23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God 01916 that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my 01917 son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, 01918 thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 01919 01920 21:24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 01921 01922 21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which 01923 Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. 01924 01925 21:26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing; neither 01926 didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. 01927 01928 21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; 01929 and both of them made a covenant. 01930 01931 21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 01932 01933 21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs 01934 which thou hast set by themselves? 21:30 And he said, For these seven 01935 ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto 01936 me, that I have digged this well. 01937 01938 21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they 01939 sware both of them. 01940 01941 21:32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, 01942 and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the 01943 land of the Philistines. 01944 01945 21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on 01946 the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. 01947 01948 21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. 01949 01950 22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt 01951 Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. 01952 01953 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou 01954 lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for 01955 a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 01956 01957 22:3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, 01958 and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave 01959 the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place 01960 of which God had told him. 01961 01962 22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the 01963 place afar off. 01964 01965 22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; 01966 and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. 01967 01968 22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon 01969 Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they 01970 went both of them together. 01971 01972 22:7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and 01973 he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: 01974 but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? 22:8 And Abraham said, My 01975 son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they 01976 went both of them together. 01977 01978 22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham 01979 built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his 01980 son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 01981 01982 22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay 01983 his son. 01984 01985 22:11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and 01986 said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. 01987 01988 22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou 01989 any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou 01990 hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 01991 01992 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind 01993 him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took 01994 the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his 01995 son. 01996 01997 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is 01998 said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. 01999 02000 22:15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the 02001 second time, 22:16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, 02002 for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, 02003 thine only son: 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in 02004 multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and 02005 as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess 02006 the gate of his enemies; 22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations 02007 of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. 02008 02009 22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and 02010 went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. 02011 02012 22:20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told 02013 Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy 02014 brother Nahor; 22:21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and 02015 Kemuel the father of Aram, 22:22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, 02016 and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 02017 02018 22:23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, 02019 Abraham's brother. 02020 02021 22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, 02022 and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. 02023 02024 23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these 02025 were the years of the life of Sarah. 02026 02027 23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of 02028 Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 02029 02030 23:3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the 02031 sons of Heth, saying, 23:4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: 02032 give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my 02033 dead out of my sight. 02034 02035 23:5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 23:6 02036 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of 02037 our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his 02038 sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 02039 02040 23:7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the 02041 land, even to the children of Heth. 02042 02043 23:8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I 02044 should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to 02045 Ephron the son of Zohar, 23:9 That he may give me the cave of 02046 Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as 02047 much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a 02048 buryingplace amongst you. 02049 02050 23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the 02051 Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even 02052 of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, 23:11 Nay, my 02053 lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I 02054 give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: 02055 bury thy dead. 02056 02057 23:12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. 02058 02059 23:13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the 02060 land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will 02061 give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead 02062 there. 02063 02064 23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 23:15 My lord, 02065 hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; 02066 what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. 02067 02068 23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron 02069 the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, 02070 four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. 02071 02072 23:17 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before 02073 Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees 02074 that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were 02075 made sure 23:18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the 02076 children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. 02077 02078 23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the 02079 field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of 02080 Canaan. 02081 02082 23:20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto 02083 Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. 02084 02085 24:1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had 02086 blessed Abraham in all things. 02087 02088 24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled 02089 over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: 24:3 02090 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God 02091 of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the 02092 daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: 24:4 But thou shalt 02093 go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son 02094 Isaac. 02095 02096 24:5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be 02097 willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again 02098 unto the land from whence thou camest? 24:6 And Abraham said unto 02099 him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. 02100 02101 24:7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and 02102 from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware 02103 unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send 02104 his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from 02105 thence. 02106 02107 24:8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou 02108 shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again. 02109 02110 24:9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his 02111 master, and sware to him concerning that matter. 02112 02113 24:10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and 02114 departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he 02115 arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. 02116 02117 24:11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well 02118 of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out 02119 to draw water. 02120 02121 24:12 And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send 02122 me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. 02123 02124 24:13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of 02125 the men of the city come out to draw water: 24:14 And let it come to 02126 pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I 02127 pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give 02128 thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed 02129 for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed 02130 kindness unto my master. 02131 02132 24:15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, 02133 Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of 02134 Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. 02135 02136 24:16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had 02137 any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her 02138 pitcher, and came up. 02139 02140 24:17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, 02141 drink a little water of thy pitcher. 02142 02143 24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her 02144 pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 02145 02146 24:19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw 02147 water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. 02148 02149 24:20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran 02150 again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. 02151 02152 24:21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the 02153 LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. 02154 02155 24:22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the 02156 man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets 02157 for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; 24:23 And said, Whose 02158 daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's 02159 house for us to lodge in? 24:24 And she said unto him, I am the 02160 daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. 02161 02162 24:25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender 02163 enough, and room to lodge in. 02164 02165 24:26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD. 02166 02167 24:27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who 02168 hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being 02169 in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren. 02170 02171 24:28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these 02172 things. 02173 02174 24:29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran 02175 out unto the man, unto the well. 02176 02177 24:30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon 02178 his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, 02179 saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, 02180 behold, he stood by the camels at the well. 02181 02182 24:31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore 02183 standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the 02184 camels. 02185 02186 24:32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and 02187 gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, 02188 and the men's feet that were with him. 02189 02190 24:33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will 02191 not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. 02192 02193 24:34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant. 02194 02195 24:35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become 02196 great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, 02197 and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses. 02198 02199 24:36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was 02200 old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath. 02201 02202 24:37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife 02203 to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: 02204 24:38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and 02205 take a wife unto my son. 02206 02207 24:39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not 02208 follow me. 02209 02210 24:40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his 02211 angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for 02212 my son of my kindred, and of my father's house: 24:41 Then shalt thou 02213 be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if 02214 they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath. 02215 02216 24:42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my 02217 master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: 24:43 02218 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that 02219 when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, 02220 I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink; 24:44 And she say 02221 to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the 02222 same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's 02223 son. 02224 02225 24:45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah 02226 came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto 02227 the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray 02228 thee. 02229 02230 24:46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, 02231 and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, 02232 and she made the camels drink also. 02233 02234 24:47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she 02235 said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: 02236 and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. 02237 02238 24:48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed 02239 the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way 02240 to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. 02241 02242 24:49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell 02243 me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the 02244 left. 02245 02246 24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth 02247 from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. 02248 02249 24:51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be 02250 thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken. 02251 02252 24:52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their 02253 words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth. 02254 02255 24:53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of 02256 gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her 02257 brother and to her mother precious things. 02258 02259 24:54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, 02260 and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, 02261 Send me away unto my master. 02262 02263 24:55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with 02264 us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. 02265 02266 24:56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath 02267 prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. 02268 02269 24:57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her 02270 mouth. 02271 02272 24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with 02273 this man? And she said, I will go. 02274 02275 24:59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and 02276 Abraham's servant, and his men. 02277 02278 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our 02279 sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed 02280 possess the gate of those which hate them. 02281 02282 24:61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the 02283 camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went 02284 his way. 02285 02286 24:62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt 02287 in the south country. 02288 02289 24:63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and 02290 he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. 02291 02292 24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she 02293 lighted off the camel. 02294 02295 24:65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh 02296 in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: 02297 therefore she took a vail, and covered herself. 02298 02299 24:66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. 02300 02301 24:67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took 02302 Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was 02303 comforted after his mother's death. 02304 02305 25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. 02306 02307 25:2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and 02308 Ishbak, and Shuah. 02309 02310 25:3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were 02311 Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 02312 02313 25:4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, 02314 and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 02315 02316 25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 02317 02318 25:6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham 02319 gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, 02320 eastward, unto the east country. 02321 02322 25:7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he 02323 lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. 02324 02325 25:8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an 02326 old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. 02327 02328 25:9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of 02329 Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which 02330 is before Mamre; 25:10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons 02331 of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 02332 02333 25:11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed 02334 his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. 02335 02336 25:12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom 02337 Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: 25:13 And 02338 these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according 02339 to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, 02340 and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 25:14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 25:15 02341 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: 25:16 These are the sons 02342 of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their 02343 castles; twelve princes according to their nations. 02344 02345 25:17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and 02346 thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was 02347 gathered unto his people. 02348 02349 25:18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as 02350 thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his 02351 brethren. 02352 02353 25:19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham 02354 begat Isaac: 25:20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah 02355 to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister 02356 to Laban the Syrian. 02357 02358 25:21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was 02359 barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife 02360 conceived. 02361 02362 25:22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If 02363 it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD. 02364 02365 25:23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two 02366 manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one 02367 people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall 02368 serve the younger. 02369 02370 25:24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there 02371 were twins in her womb. 02372 02373 25:25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and 02374 they called his name Esau. 02375 02376 25:26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on 02377 Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore 02378 years old when she bare them. 02379 02380 25:27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the 02381 field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. 02382 02383 25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but 02384 Rebekah loved Jacob. 02385 02386 25:29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was 02387 faint: 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that 02388 same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. 02389 02390 25:31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 02391 02392 25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit 02393 shall this birthright do to me? 25:33 And Jacob said, Swear to me 02394 this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto 02395 Jacob. 02396 02397 25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did 02398 eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his 02399 birthright. 02400 02401 26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that 02402 was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the 02403 Philistines unto Gerar. 02404 02405 26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; 02406 dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 26:3 Sojourn in this 02407 land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and 02408 unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the 02409 oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 26:4 And I will make thy 02410 seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed 02411 all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the 02412 earth be blessed; 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept 02413 my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. 02414 02415 26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 26:7 And the men of the place asked him 02416 of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She 02417 is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for 02418 Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. 02419 02420 26:8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that 02421 Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, 02422 and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. 02423 02424 26:9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is 02425 thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto 02426 him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. 02427 02428 26:10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of 02429 the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest 02430 have brought guiltiness upon us. 02431 02432 26:11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth 02433 this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. 02434 02435 26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an 02436 hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. 02437 02438 26:13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he 02439 became very great: 26:14 For he had possession of flocks, and 02440 possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines 02441 envied him. 02442 02443 26:15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the 02444 days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and 02445 filled them with earth. 02446 02447 26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much 02448 mightier than we. 02449 02450 26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of 02451 Gerar, and dwelt there. 02452 02453 26:18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged 02454 in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped 02455 them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the 02456 names by which his father had called them. 02457 02458 26:19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a 02459 well of springing water. 02460 02461 26:20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, 02462 saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; 02463 because they strove with him. 02464 02465 26:21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he 02466 called the name of it Sitnah. 02467 02468 26:22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for 02469 that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he 02470 said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful 02471 in the land. 02472 02473 26:23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba. 02474 02475 26:24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am 02476 the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will 02477 bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. 02478 02479 26:25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the 02480 LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a 02481 well. 02482 02483 26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his 02484 friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. 02485 02486 26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye 02487 hate me, and have sent me away from you? 26:28 And they said, We saw 02488 certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now 02489 an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a 02490 covenant with thee; 26:29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not 02491 touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have 02492 sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. 02493 02494 26:30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 02495 02496 26:31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to 02497 another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in 02498 peace. 02499 02500 26:32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, 02501 and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto 02502 him, We have found water. 02503 02504 26:33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is 02505 Beersheba unto this day. 02506 02507 26:34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the 02508 daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the 02509 Hittite: 26:35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. 02510 02511 27:1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were 02512 dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said 02513 unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. 02514 02515 27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my 02516 death: 27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver 02517 and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; 27:4 02518 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I 02519 may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. 02520 02521 27:5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went 02522 to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. 02523 02524 27:6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy 02525 father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 27:7 Bring me venison, and 02526 make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD 02527 before my death. 02528 02529 27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I 02530 command thee. 02531 02532 27:9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of 02533 the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as 02534 he loveth: 27:10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may 02535 eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. 02536 02537 27:11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is 02538 a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: 27:12 My father peradventure will 02539 feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a 02540 curse upon me, and not a blessing. 02541 02542 27:13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only 02543 obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 02544 02545 27:14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and 02546 his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved. 02547 02548 27:15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which 02549 were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: 02550 27:16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, 02551 and upon the smooth of his neck: 27:17 And she gave the savoury meat 02552 and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 02553 02554 27:18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, 02555 Here am I; who art thou, my son? 27:19 And Jacob said unto his 02556 father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest 02557 me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may 02558 bless me. 02559 02560 27:20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it 02561 so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it 02562 to me. 02563 02564 27:21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may 02565 feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. 02566 02567 27:22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and 02568 said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. 02569 02570 27:23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his 02571 brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. 02572 02573 27:24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. 02574 02575 27:25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's 02576 venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, 02577 and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank. 02578 02579 27:26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, 02580 my son. 02581 02582 27:27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of 02583 his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as 02584 the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: 27:28 Therefore God 02585 give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and 02586 plenty of corn and wine: 27:29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow 02587 down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow 02588 down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he 02589 that blesseth thee. 02590 02591 27:30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of 02592 blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of 02593 Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 02594 02595 27:31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his 02596 father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his 02597 son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. 02598 02599 27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I 02600 am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. 02601 02602 27:33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he 02603 that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all 02604 before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be 02605 blessed. 02606 02607 27:34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a 02608 great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, 02609 even me also, O my father. 02610 02611 27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away 02612 thy blessing. 02613 02614 27:36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath 02615 supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, 02616 behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not 02617 reserved a blessing for me? 27:37 And Isaac answered and said unto 02618 Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I 02619 given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained 02620 him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? 27:38 And Esau said 02621 unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even 02622 me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. 02623 02624 27:39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy 02625 dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven 02626 from above; 27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve 02627 thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the 02628 dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. 02629 02630 27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his 02631 father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning 02632 for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. 02633 02634 27:42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and 02635 she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, 02636 thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to 02637 kill thee. 02638 02639 27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban 02640 my brother to Haran; 27:44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy 02641 brother's fury turn away; 27:45 Until thy brother's anger turn away 02642 from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will 02643 send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you 02644 both in one day? 27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my 02645 life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the 02646 daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the 02647 land, what good shall my life do me? 28:1 And Isaac called Jacob, and 02648 blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a 02649 wife of the daughters of Canaan. 02650 02651 28:2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's 02652 father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban thy 02653 mother's brother. 02654 02655 28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply 02656 thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; 28:4 And give thee 02657 the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou 02658 mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave 02659 unto Abraham. 02660 02661 28:5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, 02662 son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's 02663 mother. 02664 02665 28:6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to 02666 Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him 02667 he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the 02668 daughers of Canaan; 28:7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his 02669 mother, and was gone to Padanaram; 28:8 And Esau seeing that the 02670 daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 28:9 Then went Esau 02671 unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the 02672 daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his 02673 wife. 02674 02675 28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. 02676 02677 28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all 02678 night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that 02679 place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to 02680 sleep. 02681 02682 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the 02683 top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending 02684 and descending on it. 02685 02686 28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD 02687 God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou 02688 liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 28:14 And thy seed 02689 shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the 02690 west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee 02691 and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 02692 02693 28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places 02694 whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I 02695 will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to 02696 thee of. 02697 02698 28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD 02699 is in this place; and I knew it not. 02700 02701 28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is 02702 none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 02703 02704 28:18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that 02705 he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil 02706 upon the top of it. 02707 02708 28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of 02709 that city was called Luz at the first. 02710 02711 28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will 02712 keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and 02713 raiment to put on, 28:21 So that I come again to my father's house in 02714 peace; then shall the LORD be my God: 28:22 And this stone, which I 02715 have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou 02716 shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. 02717 02718 29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the 02719 people of the east. 02720 02721 29:2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there 02722 were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they 02723 watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. 02724 02725 29:3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the 02726 stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone 02727 again upon the well's mouth in his place. 02728 02729 29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they 02730 said, Of Haran are we. 02731 02732 29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they 02733 said, We know him. 02734 02735 29:6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: 02736 and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. 02737 02738 29:7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the 02739 cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and 02740 feed them. 02741 02742 29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered 02743 together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we 02744 water the sheep. 02745 02746 29:9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's 02747 sheep; for she kept them. 02748 02749 29:10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban 02750 his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, 02751 that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and 02752 watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. 02753 02754 29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 02755 02756 29:12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that 02757 he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father. 02758 02759 29:13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his 02760 sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed 02761 him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. 02762 02763 29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And 02764 he abode with him the space of a month. 02765 02766 29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, 02767 shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy 02768 wages be? 29:16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder 02769 was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 02770 02771 29:17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well 02772 favoured. 02773 02774 29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years 02775 for Rachel thy younger daughter. 02776 02777 29:19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that 02778 I should give her to another man: abide with me. 02779 02780 29:20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto 02781 him but a few days, for the love he had to her. 02782 02783 29:21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are 02784 fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. 02785 02786 29:22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a 02787 feast. 02788 02789 29:23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his 02790 daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. 02791 02792 29:24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an 02793 handmaid. 02794 02795 29:25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: 02796 and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I 02797 serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? 02798 29:26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give 02799 the younger before the firstborn. 02800 02801 29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service 02802 which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. 02803 02804 29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel 02805 his daughter to wife also. 02806 02807 29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be 02808 her maid. 02809 02810 29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more 02811 than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 02812 02813 29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: 02814 but Rachel was barren. 02815 02816 29:32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name 02817 Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; 02818 now therefore my husband will love me. 02819 02820 29:33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the 02821 LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: 02822 and she called his name Simeon. 02823 02824 29:34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time 02825 will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: 02826 therefore was his name called Levi. 02827 02828 29:35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will 02829 I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left 02830 bearing. 02831 02832 30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel 02833 envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I 02834 die. 02835 02836 30:2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I 02837 in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? 02838 30:3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she 02839 shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. 02840 02841 30:4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in 02842 unto her. 02843 02844 30:5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. 02845 02846 30:6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my 02847 voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. 02848 02849 30:7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second 02850 son. 02851 02852 30:8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my 02853 sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. 02854 02855 30:9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her 02856 maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. 02857 02858 30:10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. 02859 02860 30:11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. 02861 02862 30:12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. 02863 02864 30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me 02865 blessed: and she called his name Asher. 02866 02867 30:14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found 02868 mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then 02869 Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. 02870 02871 30:15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken 02872 my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And 02873 Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's 02874 mandrakes. 02875 02876 30:16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went 02877 out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I 02878 have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that 02879 night. 02880 02881 30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob 02882 the fifth son. 02883 02884 30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given 02885 my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. 02886 02887 30:19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. 02888 02889 30:20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my 02890 husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she 02891 called his name Zebulun. 02892 02893 30:21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. 02894 02895 30:22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened 02896 her womb. 02897 02898 30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away 02899 my reproach: 30:24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD 02900 shall add to me another son. 02901 02902 30:25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob 02903 said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and 02904 to my country. 02905 02906 30:26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, 02907 and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. 02908 02909 30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in 02910 thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath 02911 blessed me for thy sake. 02912 02913 30:28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. 02914 02915 30:29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and 02916 how thy cattle was with me. 02917 02918 30:30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now 02919 increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my 02920 coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? 30:31 02921 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not 02922 give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again 02923 feed and keep thy flock. 02924 02925 30:32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence 02926 all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among 02927 the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such 02928 shall be my hire. 02929 02930 30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it 02931 shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled 02932 and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be 02933 counted stolen with me. 02934 02935 30:34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy 02936 word. 02937 02938 30:35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and 02939 spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and 02940 every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the 02941 sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. 02942 02943 30:36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and 02944 Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. 02945 02946 30:37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and 02947 chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white 02948 appear which was in the rods. 02949 02950 30:38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the 02951 gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that 02952 they should conceive when they came to drink. 02953 02954 30:39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth 02955 cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. 02956 02957 30:40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the 02958 flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of 02959 Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto 02960 Laban's cattle. 02961 02962 30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did 02963 conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in 02964 the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. 02965 02966 30:42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the 02967 feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. 02968 02969 30:43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and 02970 maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. 02971 02972 31:1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken 02973 away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's 02974 hath he gotten all this glory. 02975 02976 31:2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was 02977 not toward him as before. 02978 02979 31:3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy 02980 fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. 02981 02982 31:4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his 02983 flock, 31:5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that 02984 it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with 02985 me. 02986 02987 31:6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. 02988 02989 31:7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; 02990 but God suffered him not to hurt me. 02991 02992 31:8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the 02993 cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be 02994 thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. 02995 02996 31:9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given 02997 them to me. 02998 02999 31:10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that 03000 I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which 03001 leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. 03002 03003 31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: 03004 And I said, Here am I. 03005 03006 31:12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which 03007 leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I 03008 have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. 03009 03010 31:13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and 03011 where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this 03012 land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. 03013 03014 31:14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any 03015 portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? 31:15 Are we not 03016 counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured 03017 also our money. 03018 03019 31:16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is 03020 ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto 03021 thee, do. 03022 03023 31:17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; 03024 31:18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he 03025 had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in 03026 Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. 03027 03028 31:19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the 03029 images that were her father's. 03030 03031 31:20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he 03032 told him not that he fled. 03033 03034 31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over 03035 the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. 03036 03037 31:22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. 03038 03039 31:23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven 03040 days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. 03041 03042 31:24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said 03043 unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 03044 03045 31:25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the 03046 mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. 03047 03048 31:26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast 03049 stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives 03050 taken with the sword? 31:27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, 03051 and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent 03052 thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? 03053 31:28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou 03054 hast now done foolishly in so doing. 03055 03056 31:29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of 03057 your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that 03058 thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 03059 03060 31:30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore 03061 longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my 03062 gods? 31:31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was 03063 afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy 03064 daughters from me. 03065 03066 31:32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before 03067 our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. 03068 For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. 03069 03070 31:33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into 03071 the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out 03072 of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. 03073 03074 31:34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's 03075 furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but 03076 found them not. 03077 03078 31:35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I 03079 cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he 03080 searched but found not the images. 03081 03082 31:36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered 03083 and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast 03084 so hotly pursued after me? 31:37 Whereas thou hast searched all my 03085 stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here 03086 before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us 03087 both. 03088 03089 31:38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she 03090 goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not 03091 eaten. 03092 03093 31:39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare 03094 the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by 03095 day, or stolen by night. 03096 03097 31:40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by 03098 night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. 03099 03100 31:41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee 03101 fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: 03102 and thou hast changed my wages ten times. 03103 03104 31:42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of 03105 Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God 03106 hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee 03107 yesternight. 03108 03109 31:43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my 03110 daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my 03111 cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day 03112 unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? 03113 31:44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and 03114 let it be for a witness between me and thee. 03115 03116 31:45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 03117 03118 31:46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took 03119 stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. 03120 03121 31:47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. 03122 03123 31:48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this 03124 day. 03125 03126 Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; 31:49 And Mizpah; for he 03127 said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from 03128 another. 03129 03130 31:50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other 03131 wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness 03132 betwixt me and thee. 03133 03134 31:51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this 03135 pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee: 31:52 This heap be 03136 witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this 03137 heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this 03138 pillar unto me, for harm. 03139 03140 31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their 03141 father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father 03142 Isaac. 03143 03144 31:54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his 03145 brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night 03146 in the mount. 03147 03148 31:55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and 03149 his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto 03150 his place. 03151 03152 32:1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 03153 03154 32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he 03155 called the name of that place Mahanaim. 03156 03157 32:3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the 03158 land of Seir, the country of Edom. 03159 03160 32:4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord 03161 Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and 03162 stayed there until now: 32:5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and 03163 menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that 03164 I may find grace in thy sight. 03165 03166 32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy 03167 brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men 03168 with him. 03169 03170 32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the 03171 people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, 03172 into two bands; 32:8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and 03173 smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. 03174 03175 32:9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father 03176 Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to 03177 thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 32:10 I am not worthy of 03178 the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast 03179 shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; 03180 and now I am become two bands. 03181 03182 32:11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the 03183 hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the 03184 mother with the children. 03185 03186 32:12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed 03187 as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. 03188 03189 32:13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came 03190 to his hand a present for Esau his brother; 32:14 Two hundred she 03191 goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 32:15 03192 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, 03193 twenty she asses, and ten foals. 03194 03195 32:16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove 03196 by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and 03197 put a space betwixt drove and drove. 03198 03199 32:17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother 03200 meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither 03201 goest thou? and whose are these before thee? 32:18 Then thou shalt 03202 say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord 03203 Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. 03204 03205 32:19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that 03206 followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, 03207 when ye find him. 03208 03209 32:20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For 03210 he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and 03211 afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. 03212 03213 32:21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that 03214 night in the company. 03215 03216 32:22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two 03217 womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. 03218 03219 32:23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over 03220 that he had. 03221 03222 32:24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him 03223 until the breaking of the day. 03224 03225 32:25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched 03226 the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of 03227 joint, as he wrestled with him. 03228 03229 32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I 03230 will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 03231 03232 32:27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 03233 03234 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: 03235 for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast 03236 prevailed. 03237 03238 32:29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. 03239 And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he 03240 blessed him there. 03241 03242 32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen 03243 God face to face, and my life is preserved. 03244 03245 32:31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he 03246 halted upon his thigh. 03247 03248 32:32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which 03249 shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because 03250 he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. 03251 03252 33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, 03253 and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, 03254 and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 03255 03256 33:2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah 03257 and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 03258 03259 33:3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground 03260 seven times, until he came near to his brother. 03261 03262 33:4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, 03263 and kissed him: and they wept. 03264 03265 33:5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; 03266 and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God 03267 hath graciously given thy servant. 03268 03269 33:6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they 03270 bowed themselves. 03271 03272 33:7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: 03273 and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. 03274 03275 33:8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And 03276 he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. 03277 03278 33:9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast 03279 unto thyself. 03280 03281 33:10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in 03282 thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have 03283 seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast 03284 pleased with me. 03285 03286 33:11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because 03287 God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he 03288 urged him, and he took it. 03289 03290 33:12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will 03291 go before thee. 03292 03293 33:13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are 03294 tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men 03295 should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. 03296 03297 33:14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I 03298 will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and 03299 the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. 03300 03301 33:15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that 03302 are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the 03303 sight of my lord. 03304 03305 33:16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 03306 03307 33:17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made 03308 booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called 03309 Succoth. 03310 03311 33:18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the 03312 land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent 03313 before the city. 03314 03315 33:19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, 03316 at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred 03317 pieces of money. 03318 03319 33:20 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael. 03320 03321 34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went 03322 out to see the daughters of the land. 03323 03324 34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the 03325 country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. 03326 03327 34:3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved 03328 the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. 03329 03330 34:4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this 03331 damsel to wife. 03332 03333 34:5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his 03334 sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until 03335 they were come. 03336 03337 34:6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune 03338 with him. 03339 03340 34:7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: 03341 and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had 03342 wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing 03343 ought not to be done. 03344 03345 34:8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem 03346 longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. 03347 03348 34:9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, 03349 and take our daughters unto you. 03350 03351 34:10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; 03352 dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. 03353 03354 34:11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me 03355 find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. 03356 03357 34:12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according 03358 as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. 03359 03360 34:13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father 03361 deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: 03362 34:14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our 03363 sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us: 03364 34:15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, 03365 that every male of you be circumcised; 34:16 Then will we give our 03366 daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will 03367 dwell with you, and we will become one people. 03368 03369 34:17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will 03370 we take our daughter, and we will be gone. 03371 03372 34:18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. 03373 03374 34:19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had 03375 delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the 03376 house of his father. 03377 03378 34:20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, 03379 and communed with the men of their city, saying, 34:21 These men are 03380 peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade 03381 therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us 03382 take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our 03383 daughters. 03384 03385 34:22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, 03386 to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are 03387 circumcised. 03388 03389 34:23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of 03390 their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell 03391 with us. 03392 03393 34:24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went 03394 out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that 03395 went out of the gate of his city. 03396 03397 34:25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that 03398 two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each 03399 man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. 03400 03401 34:26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the 03402 sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. 03403 03404 34:27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, 03405 because they had defiled their sister. 03406 03407 34:28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that 03408 which was in the city, and that which was in the field, 34:29 And all 03409 their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they 03410 captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. 03411 03412 34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make 03413 me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites 03414 and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather 03415 themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, 03416 I and my house. 03417 03418 34:31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? 03419 35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: 03420 and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou 03421 fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 03422 03423 35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with 03424 him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and 03425 change your garments: 35:3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and 03426 I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my 03427 distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 03428 03429 35:4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their 03430 hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid 03431 them under the oak which was by Shechem. 03432 03433 35:5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities 03434 that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of 03435 Jacob. 03436 03437 35:6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, 03438 Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. 03439 03440 35:7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: 03441 because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his 03442 brother. 03443 03444 35:8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath 03445 Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. 03446 03447 35:9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, 03448 and blessed him. 03449 03450 35:10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be 03451 called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his 03452 name Israel. 03453 03454 35:11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and 03455 multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and 03456 kings shall come out of thy loins; 35:12 And the land which I gave 03457 Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee 03458 will I give the land. 03459 03460 35:13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. 03461 03462 35:14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, 03463 even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he 03464 poured oil thereon. 03465 03466 35:15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, 03467 Bethel. 03468 03469 35:16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way 03470 to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. 03471 03472 35:17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the 03473 midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. 03474 03475 35:18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she 03476 died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him 03477 Benjamin. 03478 03479 35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is 03480 Bethlehem. 03481 03482 35:20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of 03483 Rachel's grave unto this day. 03484 03485 35:21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of 03486 Edar. 03487 03488 35:22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben 03489 went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. 03490 Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 35:23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, 03491 Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and 03492 Zebulun: 35:24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 35:25 And the 03493 sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 35:26 And the 03494 sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of 03495 Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram. 03496 03497 35:27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city 03498 of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. 03499 03500 35:28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. 03501 03502 35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his 03503 people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried 03504 him. 03505 03506 36:1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. 03507 03508 36:2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter 03509 of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter 03510 of Zibeon the Hivite; 36:3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of 03511 Nebajoth. 03512 03513 36:4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; 36:5 And 03514 Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of 03515 Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan. 03516 03517 36:6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all 03518 the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all 03519 his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into 03520 the country from the face of his brother Jacob. 03521 03522 36:7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; 03523 and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because 03524 of their cattle. 03525 03526 36:8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. 03527 03528 36:9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites 03529 in mount Seir: 36:10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the 03530 son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of 03531 Esau. 03532 03533 36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and 03534 Kenaz. 03535 03536 36:12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to 03537 Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife. 03538 03539 36:13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and 03540 Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. 03541 03542 36:14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the 03543 daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and 03544 Jaalam, and Korah. 03545 03546 36:15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the 03547 firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, 03548 36:16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes 03549 that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. 03550 03551 36:17 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke 03552 Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of 03553 Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's 03554 wife. 03555 03556 36:18 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, 03557 duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah 03558 the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. 03559 03560 36:19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their 03561 dukes. 03562 03563 36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; 03564 Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, 36:21 And Dishon, and Ezer, 03565 and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir 03566 in the land of Edom. 03567 03568 36:22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's 03569 sister was Timna. 03570 03571 36:23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and 03572 Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 03573 03574 36:24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this 03575 was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the 03576 asses of Zibeon his father. 03577 03578 36:25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the 03579 daughter of Anah. 03580 03581 36:26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and 03582 Ithran, and Cheran. 03583 03584 36:27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. 03585 03586 36:28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. 03587 03588 36:29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke 03589 Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 36:30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke 03590 Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in 03591 the land of Seir. 03592 03593 36:31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before 03594 there reigned any king over the children of Israel. 03595 03596 36:32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his 03597 city was Dinhabah. 03598 03599 36:33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in 03600 his stead. 03601 03602 36:34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his 03603 stead. 03604 03605 36:35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in 03606 the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was 03607 Avith. 03608 03609 36:36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 03610 03611 36:37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in 03612 his stead. 03613 03614 36:38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his 03615 stead. 03616 03617 36:39 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his 03618 stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was 03619 Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 03620 03621 36:40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, 03622 according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke 03623 Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, 36:41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, 03624 duke Pinon, 36:42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 36:43 Duke 03625 Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their 03626 habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of 03627 the Edomites. 03628 03629 37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in 03630 the land of Canaan. 03631 03632 37:2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years 03633 old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the 03634 sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and 03635 Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. 03636 03637 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he 03638 was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. 03639 03640 37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than 03641 all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto 03642 him. 03643 03644 37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they 03645 hated him yet the more. 03646 03647 37:6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have 03648 dreamed: 37:7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, 03649 lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves 03650 stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 03651 03652 37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or 03653 shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the 03654 more for his dreams, and for his words. 03655 03656 37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and 03657 said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and 03658 the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. 03659 03660 37:10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his 03661 father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou 03662 hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to 03663 bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? 37:11 And his brethren 03664 envied him; but his father observed the saying. 03665 03666 37:12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 03667 03668 37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock 03669 in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, 03670 Here am I. 03671 03672 37:14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with 03673 thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he 03674 sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 03675 03676 37:15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in 03677 the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? 37:16 03678 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed 03679 their flocks. 03680 03681 37:17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, 03682 Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found 03683 them in Dothan. 03684 03685 37:18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto 03686 them, they conspired against him to slay him. 03687 03688 37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. 03689 03690 37:20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some 03691 pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall 03692 see what will become of his dreams. 03693 03694 37:21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; 03695 and said, Let us not kill him. 03696 03697 37:22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this 03698 pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might 03699 rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. 03700 03701 37:23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, 03702 that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that 03703 was on him; 37:24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the 03704 pit was empty, there was no water in it. 03705 03706 37:25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes 03707 and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead 03708 with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry 03709 it down to Egypt. 03710 03711 37:26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay 03712 our brother, and conceal his blood? 37:27 Come, and let us sell him 03713 to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our 03714 brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. 03715 03716 37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and 03717 lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites 03718 for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. 03719 03720 37:29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in 03721 the pit; and he rent his clothes. 03722 03723 37:30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; 03724 and I, whither shall I go? 37:31 And they took Joseph's coat, and 03725 killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; 37:32 And 03726 they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their 03727 father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's 03728 coat or no. 03729 03730 37:33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast 03731 hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. 03732 03733 37:34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, 03734 and mourned for his son many days. 03735 03736 37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; 03737 but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into 03738 the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. 03739 03740 37:36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer 03741 of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. 03742 03743 38:1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his 03744 brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 03745 03746 38:2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name 03747 was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. 03748 03749 38:3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. 03750 03751 38:4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name 03752 Onan. 03753 03754 38:5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name 03755 Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. 03756 03757 38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. 03758 03759 38:7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; 03760 and the LORD slew him. 03761 03762 38:8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and 03763 marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. 03764 03765 38:9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to 03766 pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on 03767 the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. 03768 03769 38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he 03770 slew him also. 03771 03772 38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at 03773 thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest 03774 peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and 03775 dwelt in her father's house. 03776 03777 38:12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; 03778 and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to 03779 Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 03780 03781 38:13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up 03782 to Timnath to shear his sheep. 03783 03784 38:14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her 03785 with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is 03786 by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was 03787 not given unto him to wife. 03788 03789 38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she 03790 had covered her face. 03791 03792 38:16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, 03793 let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter 03794 in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come 03795 in unto me? 38:17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. 03796 And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? 38:18 03797 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, 03798 and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it 03799 her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. 03800 03801 38:19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and 03802 put on the garments of her widowhood. 03803 03804 38:20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, 03805 to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. 03806 03807 38:21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the 03808 harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no 03809 harlot in this place. 03810 03811 38:22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also 03812 the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. 03813 03814 38:23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: 03815 behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. 03816 03817 38:24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told 03818 Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and 03819 also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her 03820 forth, and let her be burnt. 03821 03822 38:25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, 03823 saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, 03824 Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and 03825 staff. 03826 03827 38:26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more 03828 righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he 03829 knew her again no more. 03830 03831 38:27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, 03832 twins were in her womb. 03833 03834 38:28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out 03835 his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet 03836 thread, saying, This came out first. 03837 03838 38:29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his 03839 brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this 03840 breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez. 03841 03842 38:30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread 03843 upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah. 03844 03845 39:1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of 03846 Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of 03847 the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. 03848 03849 39:2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he 03850 was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 03851 03852 39:3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD 03853 made all that he did to prosper in his hand. 03854 03855 39:4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he 03856 made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his 03857 hand. 03858 03859 39:5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer 03860 in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the 03861 Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was 03862 upon all that he had in the house, and in the field. 03863 03864 39:6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not 03865 ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly 03866 person, and well favoured. 03867 03868 39:7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife 03869 cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 03870 03871 39:8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my 03872 master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed 03873 all that he hath to my hand; 39:9 There is none greater in this house 03874 than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because 03875 thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin 03876 against God? 39:10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by 03877 day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. 03878 03879 39:11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the 03880 house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house 03881 there within. 03882 03883 39:12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he 03884 left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. 03885 03886 39:13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment 03887 in her hand, and was fled forth, 39:14 That she called unto the men of 03888 her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an 03889 Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I 03890 cried with a loud voice: 39:15 And it came to pass, when he heard that 03891 I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and 03892 fled, and got him out. 03893 03894 39:16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. 03895 03896 39:17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The 03897 Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to 03898 mock me: 39:18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, 03899 that he left his garment with me, and fled out. 03900 03901 39:19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his 03902 wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy 03903 servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. 03904 03905 39:20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a 03906 place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the 03907 prison. 03908 03909 39:21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him 03910 favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 03911 03912 39:22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the 03913 prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he 03914 was the doer of it. 03915 03916 39:23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under 03917 his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the 03918 LORD made it to prosper. 03919 03920 40:1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the 03921 king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. 03922 03923 40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the 03924 chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. 03925 03926 40:3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, 03927 into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. 03928 03929 40:4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he 03930 served them: and they continued a season in ward. 03931 03932 40:5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one 03933 night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the 03934 butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the 03935 prison. 03936 03937 40:6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon 03938 them, and, behold, they were sad. 03939 03940 40:7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of 03941 his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? 40:8 And 03942 they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no 03943 interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations 03944 belong to God? tell me them, I pray you. 03945 03946 40:9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, 03947 In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; 40:10 And in the vine were 03948 three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot 03949 forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: 40:11 And 03950 Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them 03951 into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. 03952 03953 40:12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The 03954 three branches are three days: 40:13 Yet within three days shall 03955 Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou 03956 shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner 03957 when thou wast his butler. 03958 03959 40:14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew 03960 kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, 03961 and bring me out of this house: 40:15 For indeed I was stolen away out 03962 of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that 03963 they should put me into the dungeon. 03964 03965 40:16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he 03966 said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three 03967 white baskets on my head: 40:17 And in the uppermost basket there was 03968 of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out 03969 of the basket upon my head. 03970 03971 40:18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation 03972 thereof: The three baskets are three days: 40:19 Yet within three days 03973 shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a 03974 tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. 03975 03976 40:20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, 03977 that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head 03978 of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. 03979 03980 40:21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and 03981 he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: 40:22 But he hanged the chief 03982 baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. 03983 03984 40:23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. 03985 03986 41:1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh 03987 dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. 03988 03989 41:2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured 03990 kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. 03991 03992 41:3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the 03993 river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon 03994 the brink of the river. 03995 03996 41:4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven 03997 well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 03998 03999 41:5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears 04000 of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. 04001 04002 41:6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind 04003 sprung up after them. 04004 04005 41:7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. 04006 And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. 04007 04008 41:8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; 04009 and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the 04010 wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none 04011 that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. 04012 04013 41:9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember 04014 my faults this day: 41:10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put 04015 me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief 04016 baker: 41:11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed 04017 each man according to the interpretation of his dream. 04018 04019 41:12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to 04020 the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us 04021 our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. 04022 04023 41:13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he 04024 restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. 04025 04026 41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him 04027 hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his 04028 raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. 04029 04030 41:15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there 04031 is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou 04032 canst understand a dream to interpret it. 04033 04034 41:16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall 04035 give Pharaoh an answer of peace. 04036 04037 41:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon 04038 the bank of the river: 41:18 And, behold, there came up out of the 04039 river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a 04040 meadow: 41:19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor 04041 and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the 04042 land of Egypt for badness: 41:20 And the lean and the ill favoured 04043 kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: 41:21 And when they had 04044 eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but 04045 they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. 04046 04047 41:22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one 04048 stalk, full and good: 41:23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, 04049 and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: 41:24 And the 04050 thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the 04051 magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me. 04052 04053 41:25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God 04054 hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. 04055 04056 41:26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are 04057 seven years: the dream is one. 04058 04059 41:27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them 04060 are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind 04061 shall be seven years of famine. 04062 04063 41:28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is 04064 about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. 04065 04066 41:29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all 04067 the land of Egypt: 41:30 And there shall arise after them seven years 04068 of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; 04069 and the famine shall consume the land; 41:31 And the plenty shall not 04070 be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall 04071 be very grievous. 04072 04073 41:32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is 04074 because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it 04075 to pass. 04076 04077 41:33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and 04078 set him over the land of Egypt. 04079 04080 41:34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, 04081 and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous 04082 years. 04083 04084 41:35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, 04085 and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in 04086 the cities. 04087 04088 41:36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven 04089 years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land 04090 perish not through the famine. 04091 04092 41:37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes 04093 of all his servants. 04094 04095 41:38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as 04096 this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? 41:39 And Pharaoh said 04097 unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none 04098 so discreet and wise as thou art: 41:40 Thou shalt be over my house, 04099 and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the 04100 throne will I be greater than thou. 04101 04102 41:41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the 04103 land of Egypt. 04104 04105 41:42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon 04106 Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a 04107 gold chain about his neck; 41:43 And he made him to ride in the second 04108 chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he 04109 made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. 04110 04111 41:44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee 04112 shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. 04113 04114 41:45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave 04115 him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And 04116 Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. 04117 04118 41:46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh 04119 king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and 04120 went throughout all the land of Egypt. 04121 04122 41:47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by 04123 handfuls. 04124 04125 41:48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were 04126 in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of 04127 the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. 04128 04129 41:49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, 04130 until he left numbering; for it was without number. 04131 04132 41:50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine 04133 came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto 04134 him. 04135 04136 41:51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, 04137 said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. 04138 04139 41:52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath 04140 caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. 04141 04142 41:53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of 04143 Egypt, were ended. 04144 04145 41:54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph 04146 had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of 04147 Egypt there was bread. 04148 04149 41:55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to 04150 Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto 04151 Joseph; what he saith to you, do. 04152 04153 41:56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph 04154 opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the 04155 famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. 04156 04157 41:57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; 04158 because that the famine was so sore in all lands. 04159 04160 42:1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto 04161 his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? 42:2 And he said, Behold, 04162 I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and 04163 buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die. 04164 04165 42:3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. 04166 04167 42:4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; 04168 for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. 04169 04170 42:5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: 04171 for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 04172 04173 42:6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that 04174 sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and 04175 bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. 04176 04177 42:7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself 04178 strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, 04179 Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 04180 04181 42:8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 04182 04183 42:9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and 04184 said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are 04185 come. 04186 04187 42:10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy 04188 servants come. 04189 04190 42:11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no 04191 spies. 04192 04193 42:12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land 04194 ye are come. 04195 04196 42:13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one 04197 man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with 04198 our father, and one is not. 04199 04200 42:14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, 04201 saying, Ye are spies: 42:15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of 04202 Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come 04203 hither. 04204 04205 42:16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be 04206 kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any 04207 truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. 04208 04209 42:17 And he put them all together into ward three days. 04210 04211 42:18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for 04212 I fear God: 42:19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound 04213 in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your 04214 houses: 42:20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your 04215 words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 04216 04217 42:21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning 04218 our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought 04219 us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. 04220 04221 42:22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, 04222 Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, 04223 behold, also his blood is required. 04224 04225 42:23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto 04226 them by an interpreter. 04227 04228 42:24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to 04229 them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and 04230 bound him before their eyes. 04231 04232 42:25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to 04233 restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision 04234 for the way: and thus did he unto them. 04235 04236 42:26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. 04237 04238 42:27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in 04239 the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. 04240 04241 42:28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it 04242 is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, 04243 saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us? 42:29 04244 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and 04245 told him all that befell unto them; saying, 42:30 The man, who is the 04246 lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the 04247 country. 04248 04249 42:31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 42:32 We 04250 be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest 04251 is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 04252 04253 42:33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall 04254 I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, 04255 and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: 42:34 04256 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are 04257 no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your 04258 brother, and ye shall traffick in the land. 04259 04260 42:35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, 04261 every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and 04262 their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 04263 04264 42:36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my 04265 children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin 04266 away: all these things are against me. 04267 04268 42:37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I 04269 bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him 04270 to thee again. 04271 04272 42:38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother 04273 is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in 04274 the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to 04275 the grave. 04276 04277 43:1 And the famine was sore in the land. 04278 04279 43:2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they 04280 had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy 04281 us a little food. 04282 04283 43:3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest 04284 unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with 04285 you. 04286 04287 43:4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy 04288 thee food: 43:5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: 04289 for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your 04290 brother be with you. 04291 04292 43:6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell 04293 the man whether ye had yet a brother? 43:7 And they said, The man 04294 asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your 04295 father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according 04296 to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would 04297 say, Bring your brother down? 43:8 And Judah said unto Israel his 04298 father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may 04299 live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. 04300 04301 43:9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I 04302 bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the 04303 blame for ever: 43:10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had 04304 returned this second time. 04305 04306 43:11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do 04307 this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry 04308 down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and 04309 myrrh, nuts, and almonds: 43:12 And take double money in your hand; 04310 and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry 04311 it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: 43:13 Take 04312 also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: 43:14 And God 04313 Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your 04314 other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am 04315 bereaved. 04316 04317 43:15 And the men took that present, and they took double money in 04318 their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and 04319 stood before Joseph. 04320 04321 43:16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of 04322 his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these 04323 men shall dine with me at noon. 04324 04325 43:17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into 04326 Joseph's house. 04327 04328 43:18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's 04329 house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our 04330 sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion 04331 against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. 04332 04333 43:19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they 04334 communed with him at the door of the house, 43:20 And said, O sir, we 04335 came indeed down at the first time to buy food: 43:21 And it came to 04336 pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, 04337 every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full 04338 weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. 04339 04340 43:22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: 04341 we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. 04342 04343 43:23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of 04344 your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. 04345 And he brought Simeon out unto them. 04346 04347 43:24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them 04348 water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender. 04349 04350 43:25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for 04351 they heard that they should eat bread there. 04352 04353 43:26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which 04354 was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the 04355 earth. 04356 04357 43:27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father 04358 well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? 43:28 And they 04359 answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. 04360 And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. 04361 04362 43:29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his 04363 mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake 04364 unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. 04365 04366 43:30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his 04367 brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, 04368 and wept there. 04369 04370 43:31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and 04371 said, Set on bread. 04372 04373 43:32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, 04374 and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because 04375 the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an 04376 abomination unto the Egyptians. 04377 04378 43:33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his 04379 birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men 04380 marvelled one at another. 04381 04382 43:34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but 04383 Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And they 04384 drank, and were merry with him. 04385 04386 44:1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's 04387 sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money 04388 in his sack's mouth. 04389 04390 44:2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the 04391 youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that 04392 Joseph had spoken. 04393 04394 44:3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they 04395 and their asses. 04396 04397 44:4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, 04398 Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou 04399 dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for 04400 good? 44:5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby 04401 indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. 04402 04403 44:6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. 04404 04405 44:7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God 04406 forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: 44:8 04407 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought 04408 again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal 04409 out of thy lord's house silver or gold? 44:9 With whomsoever of thy 04410 servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's 04411 bondmen. 04412 04413 44:10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he 04414 with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless. 04415 04416 44:11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, 04417 and opened every man his sack. 04418 04419 44:12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the 04420 youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. 04421 04422 44:13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and 04423 returned to the city. 04424 04425 44:14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was 04426 yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. 04427 04428 44:15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? 04429 wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? 44:16 And Judah 04430 said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how 04431 shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy 04432 servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with 04433 whom the cup is found. 04434 04435 44:17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in 04436 whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, 04437 get you up in peace unto your father. 04438 04439 44:18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy 04440 servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not 04441 thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. 04442 04443 44:19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a 04444 brother? 44:20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old 04445 man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is 04446 dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. 04447 04448 44:21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that 04449 I may set mine eyes upon him. 04450 04451 44:22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for 04452 if he should leave his father, his father would die. 04453 04454 44:23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother 04455 come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. 04456 04457 44:24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, 04458 we told him the words of my lord. 04459 04460 44:25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. 04461 04462 44:26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with 04463 us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except 04464 our youngest brother be with us. 04465 04466 44:27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife 04467 bare me two sons: 44:28 And the one went out from me, and I said, 04468 Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: 44:29 And if ye 04469 take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down 04470 my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. 04471 04472 44:30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad 04473 be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; 04474 44:31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with 04475 us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs 04476 of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. 04477 04478 44:32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, 04479 saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to 04480 my father for ever. 04481 04482 44:33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the 04483 lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 04484 04485 44:34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? 04486 lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. 04487 04488 45:1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood 04489 by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there 04490 stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his 04491 brethren. 04492 04493 45:2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh 04494 heard. 04495 04496 45:3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father 04497 yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were 04498 troubled at his presence. 04499 04500 45:4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. 04501 And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye 04502 sold into Egypt. 04503 04504 45:5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye 04505 sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. 04506 04507 45:6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet 04508 there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor 04509 harvest. 04510 04511 45:7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the 04512 earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 04513 04514 45:8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath 04515 made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler 04516 throughout all the land of Egypt. 04517 04518 45:9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith 04519 thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, 04520 tarry not: 45:10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou 04521 shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's 04522 children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: 45:11 04523 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; 04524 lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. 04525 04526 45:12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, 04527 that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. 04528 04529 45:13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all 04530 that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. 04531 04532 45:14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and 04533 Benjamin wept upon his neck. 04534 04535 45:15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and 04536 after that his brethren talked with him. 04537 04538 45:16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, 04539 Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his 04540 servants. 04541 04542 45:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; 04543 lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; 45:18 And 04544 take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will 04545 give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of 04546 the land. 04547 04548 45:19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the 04549 land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your 04550 father, and come. 04551 04552 45:20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of 04553 Egypt is your's. 04554 04555 45:21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, 04556 according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for 04557 the way. 04558 04559 45:22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to 04560 Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of 04561 raiment. 04562 04563 45:23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden 04564 with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and 04565 bread and meat for his father by the way. 04566 04567 45:24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said 04568 unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. 04569 04570 45:25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan 04571 unto Jacob their father, 45:26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet 04572 alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's 04573 heart fainted, for he believed them not. 04574 04575 45:27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said 04576 unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry 04577 him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: 45:28 And Israel said, 04578 It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before 04579 I die. 04580 04581 46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to 04582 Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. 04583 04584 46:2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, 04585 Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. 04586 04587 46:3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down 04588 into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: 46:4 I will 04589 go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up 04590 again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. 04591 04592 46:5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried 04593 Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the 04594 wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 04595 04596 46:6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had 04597 gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his 04598 seed with him: 46:7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his 04599 daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with 04600 him into Egypt. 04601 04602 46:8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came 04603 into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. 04604 04605 46:9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and 04606 Carmi. 04607 04608 46:10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, 04609 and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. 04610 04611 46:11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 04612 04613 46:12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and 04614 Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of 04615 Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. 04616 04617 46:13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and 04618 Shimron. 04619 04620 46:14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 04621 04622 46:15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in 04623 Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his 04624 daughters were thirty and three. 04625 04626 46:16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, 04627 and Arodi, and Areli. 04628 04629 46:17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, 04630 and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. 04631 04632 46:18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his 04633 daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 04634 04635 46:19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. 04636 04637 46:20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and 04638 Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare 04639 unto him. 04640 04641 46:21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, 04642 Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. 04643 04644 46:22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the 04645 souls were fourteen. 04646 04647 46:23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim. 04648 04649 46:24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and 04650 Shillem. 04651 04652 46:25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his 04653 daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven. 04654 04655 46:26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of 04656 his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore 04657 and six; 46:27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, 04658 were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into 04659 Egypt, were threescore and ten. 04660 04661 46:28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face 04662 unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. 04663 04664 46:29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel 04665 his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on 04666 his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 04667 04668 46:30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen 04669 thy face, because thou art yet alive. 04670 04671 46:31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, 04672 I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my 04673 father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; 04674 46:32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed 04675 cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all 04676 that they have. 04677 04678 46:33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and 04679 shall say, What is your occupation? 46:34 That ye shall say, Thy 04680 servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, 04681 both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of 04682 Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. 04683 04684 47:1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my 04685 brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, 04686 are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land 04687 of Goshen. 04688 04689 47:2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented 04690 them unto Pharaoh. 04691 04692 47:3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And 04693 they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also 04694 our fathers. 04695 04696 47:4 They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we 04697 come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the 04698 famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let 04699 thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. 04700 04701 47:5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy 04702 brethren are come unto thee: 47:6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in 04703 the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the 04704 land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity 04705 among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. 04706 04707 47:7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before 04708 Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 04709 04710 47:8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? 47:9 And Jacob 04711 said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an 04712 hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of 04713 my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the 04714 life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 04715 04716 47:10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. 04717 04718 47:11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a 04719 possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land 04720 of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 04721 04722 47:12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his 04723 father's household, with bread, according to their families. 04724 04725 47:13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very 04726 sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by 04727 reason of the famine. 04728 04729 47:14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land 04730 of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: 04731 and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 04732 04733 47:15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of 04734 Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: 04735 for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. 04736 04737 47:16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your 04738 cattle, if money fail. 04739 04740 47:17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them 04741 bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle 04742 of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all 04743 their cattle for that year. 04744 04745 47:18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, 04746 and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our 04747 money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not 04748 ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: 04749 47:19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? 04750 buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants 04751 unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that 04752 the land be not desolate. 04753 04754 47:20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the 04755 Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over 04756 them: so the land became Pharaoh's. 04757 04758 47:21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of 04759 the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. 04760 04761 47:22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had 04762 a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which 04763 Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands. 04764 04765 47:23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this 04766 day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall 04767 sow the land. 04768 04769 47:24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give 04770 the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for 04771 seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, 04772 and for food for your little ones. 04773 04774 47:25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in 04775 the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. 04776 04777 47:26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, 04778 that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the 04779 priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. 04780 04781 47:27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; 04782 and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied 04783 exceedingly. 04784 04785 47:28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the 04786 whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. 04787 04788 47:29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his 04789 son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, 04790 put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly 04791 with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: 47:30 But I will lie with 04792 my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their 04793 buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. 04794 04795 47:31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel 04796 bowed himself upon the bed's head. 04797 04798 48:1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, 04799 Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, 04800 Manasseh and Ephraim. 04801 04802 48:2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto 04803 thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. 04804 04805 48:3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz 04806 in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 48:4 And said unto me, Behold, 04807 I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee 04808 a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee 04809 for an everlasting possession. 04810 04811 48:5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto 04812 thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are 04813 mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. 04814 04815 48:6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, 04816 and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their 04817 inheritance. 04818 04819 48:7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the 04820 land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come 04821 unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same 04822 is Bethlehem. 04823 04824 48:8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? 48:9 04825 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given 04826 me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I 04827 will bless them. 04828 04829 48:10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not 04830 see. 04831 04832 And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced 04833 them. 04834 04835 48:11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: 04836 and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. 04837 04838 48:12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed 04839 himself with his face to the earth. 04840 04841 48:13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward 04842 Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's 04843 right hand, and brought them near unto him. 04844 04845 48:14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon 04846 Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's 04847 head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. 04848 04849 48:15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers 04850 Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto 04851 this day, 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the 04852 lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers 04853 Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of 04854 the earth. 04855 04856 48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the 04857 head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, 04858 to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. 04859 04860 48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is 04861 the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. 04862 04863 48:19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: 04864 he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly 04865 his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall 04866 become a multitude of nations. 04867 04868 48:20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel 04869 bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set 04870 Ephraim before Manasseh. 04871 04872 48:21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be 04873 with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. 04874 04875 48:22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, 04876 which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my 04877 bow. 04878 04879 49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves 04880 together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last 04881 days. 04882 04883 49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and 04884 hearken unto Israel your father. 04885 04886 49:3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my 04887 strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 49:4 04888 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to 04889 thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. 04890 04891 49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their 04892 habitations. 04893 04894 49:6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, 04895 mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, 04896 and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. 04897 04898 49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it 04899 was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 04900 04901 49:8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall 04902 be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down 04903 before thee. 04904 04905 49:9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: 04906 he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall 04907 rouse him up? 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a 04908 lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall 04909 the gathering of the people be. 04910 04911 49:11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the 04912 choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the 04913 blood of grapes: 49:12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth 04914 white with milk. 04915 04916 49:13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for 04917 an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. 04918 04919 49:14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: 04920 49:15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was 04921 pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto 04922 tribute. 04923 04924 49:16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 04925 04926 49:17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that 04927 biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. 04928 04929 49:18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. 04930 04931 49:19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the 04932 last. 04933 04934 49:20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal 04935 dainties. 04936 04937 49:21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. 04938 04939 49:22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; 04940 whose branches run over the wall: 49:23 The archers have sorely 04941 grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 49:24 But his bow abode 04942 in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands 04943 of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of 04944 Israel:) 49:25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and 04945 by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, 04946 blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and 04947 of the womb: 49:26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above 04948 the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the 04949 everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the 04950 crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. 04951 04952 49:27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour 04953 the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. 04954 04955 49:28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that 04956 their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to 04957 his blessing he blessed them. 04958 04959 49:29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered 04960 unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the 04961 field of Ephron the Hittite, 49:30 In the cave that is in the field of 04962 Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham 04963 bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a 04964 buryingplace. 04965 04966 49:31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried 04967 Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. 04968 04969 49:32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was 04970 from the children of Heth. 04971 04972 49:33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he 04973 gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was 04974 gathered unto his people. 04975 04976 50:1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and 04977 kissed him. 04978 04979 50:2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his 04980 father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. 04981 04982 50:3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the 04983 days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him 04984 threescore and ten days. 04985 04986 50:4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto 04987 the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, 04988 speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 50:5 My father made 04989 me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in 04990 the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go 04991 up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. 04992 04993 50:6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he 04994 made thee swear. 04995 04996 50:7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all 04997 the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders 04998 of the land of Egypt, 50:8 And all the house of Joseph, and his 04999 brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their 05000 flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. 05001 05002 50:9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was 05003 a very great company. 05004 05005 50:10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond 05006 Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: 05007 and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 05008 05009 50:11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the 05010 mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning 05011 to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, 05012 which is beyond Jordan. 05013 05014 50:12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: 50:13 05015 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in 05016 the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the 05017 field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before 05018 Mamre. 05019 05020 50:14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all 05021 that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his 05022 father. 05023 05024 50:15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they 05025 said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us 05026 all the evil which we did unto him. 05027 05028 50:16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did 05029 command before he died, saying, 50:17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, 05030 Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; 05031 for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the 05032 trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept 05033 when they spake unto him. 05034 05035 50:18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and 05036 they said, Behold, we be thy servants. 05037 05038 50:19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of 05039 God? 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant 05040 it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people 05041 alive. 05042 05043 50:21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little 05044 ones. 05045 05046 And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. 05047 05048 50:22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and 05049 Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. 05050 05051 50:23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the 05052 children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon 05053 Joseph's knees. 05054 05055 50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely 05056 visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware 05057 to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 05058 05059 50:25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God 05060 will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. 05061 05062 50:26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they 05063 embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. 05064 05065 05066 05067 05068 The Second Book of Moses: Called Exodus 05069 05070 05071 1:1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came 05072 into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. 05073 05074 1:2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 1:3 Issachar, Zebulun, and 05075 Benjamin, 1:4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 05076 05077 1:5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy 05078 souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. 05079 05080 1:6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. 05081 05082 1:7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased 05083 abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land 05084 was filled with them. 05085 05086 1:8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 05087 05088 1:9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of 05089 Israel are more and mightier than we: 1:10 Come on, let us deal wisely 05090 with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there 05091 falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight 05092 against us, and so get them up out of the land. 05093 05094 1:11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with 05095 their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and 05096 Raamses. 05097 05098 1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and 05099 grew. 05100 05101 And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. 05102 05103 1:13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with 05104 rigour: 1:14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in 05105 morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all 05106 their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour. 05107 05108 1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the 05109 name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 1:16 And 05110 he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and 05111 see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but 05112 if it be a daughter, then she shall live. 05113 05114 1:17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt 05115 commanded them, but saved the men children alive. 05116 05117 1:18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto 05118 them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children 05119 alive? 1:19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew 05120 women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are 05121 delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. 05122 05123 1:20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people 05124 multiplied, and waxed very mighty. 05125 05126 1:21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he 05127 made them houses. 05128 05129 1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is 05130 born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save 05131 alive. 05132 05133 2:1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a 05134 daughter of Levi. 05135 05136 2:2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that 05137 he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 05138 05139 2:3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of 05140 bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child 05141 therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 05142 05143 2:4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. 05144 05145 2:5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the 05146 river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she 05147 saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. 05148 05149 2:6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the 05150 babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the 05151 Hebrews' children. 05152 05153 2:7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to 05154 thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for 05155 thee? 2:8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went 05156 and called the child's mother. 05157 05158 2:9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and 05159 nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women took 05160 the child, and nursed it. 05161 05162 2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, 05163 and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, 05164 Because I drew him out of the water. 05165 05166 2:11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he 05167 went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied 05168 an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 05169 05170 2:12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there 05171 was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 05172 05173 2:13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the 05174 Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, 05175 Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? 2:14 And he said, Who made thee a 05176 prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou 05177 killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing 05178 is known. 05179 05180 2:15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But 05181 Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: 05182 and he sat down by a well. 05183 05184 2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and 05185 drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 05186 05187 2:17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up 05188 and helped them, and watered their flock. 05189 05190 2:18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that 05191 ye are come so soon to day? 2:19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered 05192 us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for 05193 us, and watered the flock. 05194 05195 2:20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that 05196 ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. 05197 05198 2:21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses 05199 Zipporah his daughter. 05200 05201 2:22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he 05202 said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. 05203 05204 2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt 05205 died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and 05206 they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. 05207 05208 2:24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant 05209 with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 05210 05211 2:25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect 05212 unto them. 05213 05214 3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest 05215 of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and 05216 came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 05217 05218 3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out 05219 of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned 05220 with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 05221 05222 3:3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, 05223 why the bush is not burnt. 05224 05225 3:4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto 05226 him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, 05227 Here am I. 05228 05229 3:5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy 05230 feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 05231 05232 3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, 05233 the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he 05234 was afraid to look upon God. 05235 05236 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people 05237 which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their 05238 taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 3:8 And I am come down to 05239 deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up 05240 out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing 05241 with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the 05242 Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and 05243 the Jebusites. 05244 05245 3:9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come 05246 unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians 05247 oppress them. 05248 05249 3:10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou 05250 mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. 05251 05252 3:11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, 05253 and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? 05254 3:12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a 05255 token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth 05256 the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. 05257 05258 3:13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of 05259 Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me 05260 unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say 05261 unto them? 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, 05262 Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me 05263 unto you. 05264 05265 3:15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the 05266 children of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, 05267 the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is 05268 my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. 05269 05270 3:16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, 05271 The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of 05272 Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen 05273 that which is done to you in Egypt: 3:17 And I have said, I will bring 05274 you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, 05275 and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the 05276 Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 05277 05278 3:18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou 05279 and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say 05280 unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us 05281 go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we 05282 may sacrifice to the LORD our God. 05283 05284 3:19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not 05285 by a mighty hand. 05286 05287 3:20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my 05288 wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will 05289 let you go. 05290 05291 3:21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: 05292 and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty. 05293 05294 3:22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that 05295 sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and 05296 raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your 05297 daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. 05298 05299 4:1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe 05300 me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not 05301 appeared unto thee. 05302 05303 4:2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he 05304 said, A rod. 05305 05306 4:3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, 05307 and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. 05308 05309 4:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by 05310 the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a 05311 rod in his hand: 4:5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their 05312 fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, 05313 hath appeared unto thee. 05314 05315 4:6 And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into 05316 thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it 05317 out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. 05318 05319 4:7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his 05320 hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, 05321 behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. 05322 05323 4:8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither 05324 hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the 05325 voice of the latter sign. 05326 05327 4:9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two 05328 signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the 05329 water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which 05330 thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. 05331 05332 4:10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, 05333 neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I 05334 am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 05335 05336 4:11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who 05337 maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the 05338 LORD? 4:12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach 05339 thee what thou shalt say. 05340 05341 4:13 And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him 05342 whom thou wilt send. 05343 05344 4:14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, 05345 Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. 05346 And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth 05347 thee, he will be glad in his heart. 05348 05349 4:15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I 05350 will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye 05351 shall do. 05352 05353 4:16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, 05354 even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him 05355 instead of God. 05356 05357 4:17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt 05358 do signs. 05359 05360 4:18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said 05361 unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which 05362 are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to 05363 Moses, Go in peace. 05364 05365 4:19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: 05366 for all the men are dead which sought thy life. 05367 05368 4:20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, 05369 and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in 05370 his hand. 05371 05372 4:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into 05373 Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have 05374 put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let 05375 the people go. 05376 05377 4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is 05378 my son, even my firstborn: 4:23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, 05379 that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will 05380 slay thy son, even thy firstborn. 05381 05382 4:24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, 05383 and sought to kill him. 05384 05385 4:25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her 05386 son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art 05387 thou to me. 05388 05389 4:26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, 05390 because of the circumcision. 05391 05392 4:27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. 05393 And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. 05394 05395 4:28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, 05396 and all the signs which he had commanded him. 05397 05398 4:29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of 05399 the children of Israel: 4:30 And Aaron spake all the words which the 05400 LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the 05401 people. 05402 05403 4:31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had 05404 visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their 05405 affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. 05406 05407 5:1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus 05408 saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a 05409 feast unto me in the wilderness. 05410 05411 5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to 05412 let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. 05413 05414 5:3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, 05415 we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto 05416 the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the 05417 sword. 05418 05419 5:4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and 05420 Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. 05421 05422 5:5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and 05423 ye make them rest from their burdens. 05424 05425 5:6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, 05426 and their officers, saying, 5:7 Ye shall no more give the people straw 05427 to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for 05428 themselves. 05429 05430 5:8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye 05431 shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be 05432 idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 05433 05434 5:9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour 05435 therein; and let them not regard vain words. 05436 05437 5:10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, 05438 and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not 05439 give you straw. 05440 05441 5:11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your 05442 work shall be diminished. 05443 05444 5:12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of 05445 Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. 05446 05447 5:13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your 05448 daily tasks, as when there was straw. 05449 05450 5:14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's 05451 taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore 05452 have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to 05453 day, as heretofore? 5:15 Then the officers of the children of Israel 05454 came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with 05455 thy servants? 5:16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and 05456 they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but 05457 the fault is in thine own people. 05458 05459 5:17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us 05460 go and do sacrifice to the LORD. 05461 05462 5:18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given 05463 you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 05464 05465 5:19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were 05466 in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your 05467 bricks of your daily task. 05468 05469 5:20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came 05470 forth from Pharaoh: 5:21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon 05471 you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the 05472 eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in 05473 their hand to slay us. 05474 05475 5:22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore hast 05476 thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? 05477 5:23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done 05478 evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. 05479 05480 6:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do 05481 to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a 05482 strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. 05483 05484 6:2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: 6:3 05485 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name 05486 of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. 05487 05488 6:4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them 05489 the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were 05490 strangers. 05491 05492 6:5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom 05493 the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. 05494 05495 6:6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I 05496 will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will 05497 rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched 05498 out arm, and with great judgments: 6:7 And I will take you to me for a 05499 people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the 05500 LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the 05501 Egyptians. 05502 05503 6:8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did 05504 swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give 05505 it you for an heritage: I am the LORD. 05506 05507 6:9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened 05508 not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. 05509 05510 6:10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:11 Go in, speak unto 05511 Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of 05512 his land. 05513 05514 6:12 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of 05515 Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who 05516 am of uncircumcised lips? 6:13 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto 05517 Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto 05518 Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land 05519 of Egypt. 05520 05521 6:14 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben 05522 the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these 05523 be the families of Reuben. 05524 05525 6:15 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, 05526 and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the 05527 families of Simeon. 05528 05529 6:16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their 05530 generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the 05531 life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years. 05532 05533 6:17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their 05534 families. 05535 05536 6:18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: 05537 and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three 05538 years. 05539 05540 6:19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families 05541 of Levi according to their generations. 05542 05543 6:20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she 05544 bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an 05545 hundred and thirty and seven years. 05546 05547 6:21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 05548 05549 6:22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. 05550 05551 6:23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of 05552 Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and 05553 Ithamar. 05554 05555 6:24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these 05556 are the families of the Korhites. 05557 05558 6:25 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel 05559 to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers 05560 of the Levites according to their families. 05561 05562 6:26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out 05563 the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their 05564 armies. 05565 05566 6:27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out 05567 the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron. 05568 05569 6:28 And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in 05570 the land of Egypt, 6:29 That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am 05571 the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto 05572 thee. 05573 05574 6:30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised 05575 lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? 7:1 And the LORD said 05576 unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy 05577 brother shall be thy prophet. 05578 05579 7:2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother 05580 shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of 05581 his land. 05582 05583 7:3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my 05584 wonders in the land of Egypt. 05585 05586 7:4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand 05587 upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of 05588 Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 05589 05590 7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch 05591 forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from 05592 among them. 05593 05594 7:6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they. 05595 05596 7:7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three 05597 years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. 05598 05599 7:8 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 7:9 When 05600 Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then 05601 thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, 05602 and it shall become a serpent. 05603 05604 7:10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the 05605 LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and 05606 before his servants, and it became a serpent. 05607 05608 7:11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the 05609 magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their 05610 enchantments. 05611 05612 7:12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: 05613 but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. 05614 05615 7:13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; 05616 as the LORD had said. 05617 05618 7:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he 05619 refuseth to let the people go. 05620 05621 7:15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the 05622 water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and 05623 the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. 05624 05625 7:16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath 05626 sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in 05627 the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. 05628 05629 7:17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: 05630 behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters 05631 which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 05632 05633 7:18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall 05634 stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the 05635 river. 05636 05637 7:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and 05638 stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, 05639 upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of 05640 water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood 05641 throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in 05642 vessels of stone. 05643 05644 7:20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted 05645 up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight 05646 of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that 05647 were in the river were turned to blood. 05648 05649 7:21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and 05650 the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was 05651 blood throughout all the land of Egypt. 05652 05653 7:22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and 05654 Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the 05655 LORD had said. 05656 05657 7:23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set 05658 his heart to this also. 05659 05660 7:24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to 05661 drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. 05662 05663 7:25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten 05664 the river. 05665 05666 8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, 05667 Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 05668 05669 8:2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy 05670 borders with frogs: 8:3 And the river shall bring forth frogs 05671 abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy 05672 bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and 05673 upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: 05674 8:4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and 05675 upon all thy servants. 05676 05677 8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine 05678 hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the 05679 ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. 05680 05681 8:6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the 05682 frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. 05683 05684 8:7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up 05685 frogs upon the land of Egypt. 05686 05687 8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the 05688 LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and 05689 I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD. 05690 05691 8:9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat 05692 for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the 05693 frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river 05694 only? 8:10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to 05695 thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD 05696 our God. 05697 05698 8:11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and 05699 from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river 05700 only. 05701 05702 8:12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto 05703 the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. 05704 05705 8:13 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs 05706 died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. 05707 05708 8:14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank. 05709 05710 8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his 05711 heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. 05712 05713 8:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy 05714 rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice 05715 throughout all the land of Egypt. 05716 05717 8:17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, 05718 and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in 05719 beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of 05720 Egypt. 05721 05722 8:18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth 05723 lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. 05724 05725 8:19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: 05726 and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as 05727 the LORD had said. 05728 05729 8:20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and 05730 stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto 05731 him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 05732 05733 8:21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send 05734 swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, 05735 and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of 05736 swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. 05737 05738 8:22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my 05739 people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou 05740 mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. 05741 05742 8:23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to 05743 morrow shall this sign be. 05744 05745 8:24 And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies 05746 into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all 05747 the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of 05748 flies. 05749 05750 8:25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, 05751 sacrifice to your God in the land. 05752 05753 8:26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice 05754 the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we 05755 sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will 05756 they not stone us? 8:27 We will go three days' journey into the 05757 wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. 05758 05759 8:28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the 05760 LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: 05761 intreat for me. 05762 05763 8:29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat 05764 the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his 05765 servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal 05766 deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the 05767 LORD. 05768 05769 8:30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. 05770 05771 8:31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed 05772 the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his 05773 people; there remained not one. 05774 05775 8:32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would 05776 he let the people go. 05777 05778 9:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, 05779 Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they 05780 may serve me. 05781 05782 9:2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 9:3 05783 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, 05784 upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and 05785 upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. 05786 05787 9:4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the 05788 cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the 05789 children's of Israel. 05790 05791 9:5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD 05792 shall do this thing in the land. 05793 05794 9:6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of 05795 Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. 05796 05797 9:7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of 05798 the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did 05799 not let the people go. 05800 05801 9:8 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls 05802 of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven 05803 in the sight of Pharaoh. 05804 05805 9:9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall 05806 be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, 05807 throughout all the land of Egypt. 05808 05809 9:10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and 05810 Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking 05811 forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. 05812 05813 9:11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the 05814 boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the 05815 Egyptians. 05816 05817 9:12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not 05818 unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses. 05819 05820 9:13 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and 05821 stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the 05822 Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 05823 05824 9:14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and 05825 upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that 05826 there is none like me in all the earth. 05827 05828 9:15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy 05829 people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. 05830 05831 9:16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to 05832 shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all 05833 the earth. 05834 05835 9:17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt 05836 not let them go? 9:18 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause 05837 it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since 05838 the foundation thereof even until now. 05839 05840 9:19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast 05841 in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the 05842 field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon 05843 them, and they shall die. 05844 05845 9:20 He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh 05846 made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: 9:21 And he 05847 that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his 05848 cattle in the field. 05849 05850 9:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward 05851 heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and 05852 upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of 05853 Egypt. 05854 05855 9:23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD 05856 sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the 05857 LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 05858 05859 9:24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, 05860 such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it 05861 became a nation. 05862 05863 9:25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was 05864 in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the 05865 field, and brake every tree of the field. 05866 05867 9:26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, 05868 was there no hail. 05869 05870 9:27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto 05871 them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my 05872 people are wicked. 05873 05874 9:28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty 05875 thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no 05876 longer. 05877 05878 9:29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I 05879 will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall 05880 cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how 05881 that the earth is the LORD's. 05882 05883 9:30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet 05884 fear the LORD God. 05885 05886 9:31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in 05887 the ear, and the flax was bolled. 05888 05889 9:32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not 05890 grown up. 05891 05892 9:33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad 05893 his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the 05894 rain was not poured upon the earth. 05895 05896 9:34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders 05897 were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his 05898 servants. 05899 05900 9:35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the 05901 children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses. 05902 05903 10:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have 05904 hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew 05905 these my signs before him: 10:2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears 05906 of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, 05907 and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I 05908 am the LORD. 05909 05910 10:3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus 05911 saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble 05912 thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. 05913 05914 10:4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will 05915 I bring the locusts into thy coast: 10:5 And they shall cover the face 05916 of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall 05917 eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you 05918 from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of 05919 the field: 10:6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all 05920 thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy 05921 fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they 05922 were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out 05923 from Pharaoh. 05924 05925 10:7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be 05926 a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their 05927 God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? 10:8 And Moses and 05928 Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, 05929 serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go? 10:9 And 05930 Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons 05931 and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; 05932 for we must hold a feast unto the LORD. 05933 05934 10:10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will 05935 let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. 05936 05937 10:11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye 05938 did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. 05939 05940 10:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the 05941 land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of 05942 Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath 05943 left. 05944 05945 10:13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and 05946 the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that 05947 night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 05948 05949 10:14 And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in 05950 all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there 05951 were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. 05952 05953 10:15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land 05954 was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the 05955 fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any 05956 green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all 05957 the land of Egypt. 05958 05959 10:16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I 05960 have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. 05961 05962 10:17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and 05963 intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death 05964 only. 05965 05966 10:18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. 05967 05968 10:19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away 05969 the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one 05970 locust in all the coasts of Egypt. 05971 05972 10:20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let 05973 the children of Israel go. 05974 05975 10:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward 05976 heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even 05977 darkness which may be felt. 05978 05979 10:22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was 05980 a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: 10:23 They saw 05981 not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but 05982 all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. 05983 05984 10:24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; 05985 only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones 05986 also go with you. 05987 05988 10:25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt 05989 offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. 05990 05991 10:26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be 05992 left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and 05993 we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. 05994 05995 10:27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them 05996 go. 05997 05998 10:28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to 05999 thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou 06000 shalt die. 06001 06002 10:29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again 06003 no more. 06004 06005 11:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more 06006 upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: 06007 when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence 06008 altogether. 06009 06010 11:2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of 06011 his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver and 06012 jewels of gold. 06013 06014 11:3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the 06015 Egyptians. 06016 06017 Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the 06018 sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. 06019 06020 11:4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out 06021 into the midst of Egypt: 11:5 And all the firstborn in the land of 06022 Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his 06023 throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the 06024 mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. 06025 06026 11:6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, 06027 such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. 06028 06029 11:7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move 06030 his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD 06031 doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. 06032 06033 11:8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down 06034 themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that 06035 follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from 06036 Pharaoh in a great anger. 06037 06038 11:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; 06039 that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. 06040 06041 11:10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and 06042 the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the 06043 children of Israel go out of his land. 06044 06045 12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt 06046 saying, 12:2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it 06047 shall be the first month of the year to you. 06048 06049 12:3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the 06050 tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, 06051 according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: 12:4 And 06052 if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour 06053 next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; 06054 every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. 06055 06056 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye 06057 shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: 12:6 And ye shall 06058 keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole 06059 assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. 06060 06061 12:7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side 06062 posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat 06063 it. 06064 06065 12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and 06066 unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 06067 06068 12:9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with 06069 fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. 06070 06071 12:10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and 06072 that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. 06073 06074 12:11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on 06075 your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: 06076 it is the LORD's passover. 06077 06078 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will 06079 smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and 06080 against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. 06081 06082 12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where 06083 ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague 06084 shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 06085 06086 12:14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep 06087 it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a 06088 feast by an ordinance for ever. 06089 06090 12:15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye 06091 shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth 06092 leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul 06093 shall be cut off from Israel. 06094 06095 12:16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in 06096 the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner 06097 of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, 06098 that only may be done of you. 06099 06100 12:17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this 06101 selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: 06102 therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an 06103 ordinance for ever. 06104 06105 12:18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, 06106 ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the 06107 month at even. 06108 06109 12:19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for 06110 whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut 06111 off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born 06112 in the land. 06113 06114 12:20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye 06115 eat unleavened bread. 06116 06117 12:21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto 06118 them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and 06119 kill the passover. 06120 06121 12:22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood 06122 that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts 06123 with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at 06124 the door of his house until the morning. 06125 06126 12:23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when 06127 he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the 06128 LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to 06129 come in unto your houses to smite you. 06130 06131 12:24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to 06132 thy sons for ever. 06133 06134 12:25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the 06135 LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep 06136 this service. 06137 06138 12:26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto 06139 you, What mean ye by this service? 12:27 That ye shall say, It is the 06140 sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who passed over the houses of the 06141 children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and 06142 delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. 06143 06144 12:28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had 06145 commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 06146 06147 12:29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the 06148 firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat 06149 on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the 06150 dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. 06151 06152 12:30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and 06153 all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was 06154 not a house where there was not one dead. 06155 06156 12:31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, 06157 and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of 06158 Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. 06159 06160 12:32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be 06161 gone; and bless me also. 06162 06163 12:33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might 06164 send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men. 06165 06166 12:34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their 06167 kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. 06168 06169 12:35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; 06170 and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of 06171 gold, and raiment: 12:36 And the LORD gave the people favour in the 06172 sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as 06173 they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. 06174 06175 12:37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, 06176 about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. 06177 06178 12:38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and 06179 herds, even very much cattle. 06180 06181 12:39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought 06182 forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust 06183 out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for 06184 themselves any victual. 06185 06186 12:40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in 06187 Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. 06188 06189 12:41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty 06190 years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of 06191 the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. 06192 06193 12:42 It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing 06194 them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be 06195 observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. 06196 06197 12:43 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of 06198 the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: 12:44 But every 06199 man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised 06200 him, then shall he eat thereof. 06201 06202 12:45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. 06203 06204 12:46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought 06205 of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone 06206 thereof. 06207 06208 12:47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 06209 06210 12:48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the 06211 passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let 06212 him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the 06213 land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. 06214 06215 12:49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger 06216 that sojourneth among you. 06217 06218 12:50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses 06219 and Aaron, so did they. 06220 06221 12:51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring 06222 the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies. 06223 06224 13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 13:2 Sanctify unto me all 06225 the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of 06226 Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. 06227 06228 13:3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye 06229 came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of 06230 hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened 06231 bread be eaten. 06232 06233 13:4 This day came ye out in the month Abib. 06234 06235 13:5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of 06236 the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, 06237 and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a 06238 land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in 06239 this month. 06240 06241 13:6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh 06242 day shall be a feast to the LORD. 06243 06244 13:7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no 06245 leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen 06246 with thee in all thy quarters. 06247 06248 13:8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done 06249 because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of 06250 Egypt. 06251 06252 13:9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a 06253 memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: 06254 for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt. 06255 06256 13:10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year 06257 to year. 06258 06259 13:11 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of 06260 the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall 06261 give it thee, 13:12 That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that 06262 openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which 06263 thou hast; the males shall be the LORD's. 06264 06265 13:13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and 06266 if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all 06267 the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. 06268 06269 13:14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, 06270 saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of 06271 hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: 06272 13:15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that 06273 the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the 06274 firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to 06275 the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the 06276 firstborn of my children I redeem. 06277 06278 13:16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets 06279 between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth 06280 out of Egypt. 06281 06282 13:17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that 06283 God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, 06284 although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people 06285 repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: 13:18 But God led 06286 the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: 06287 and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. 06288 06289 13:19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly 06290 sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and 06291 ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. 06292 06293 13:20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, 06294 in the edge of the wilderness. 06295 06296 13:21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to 06297 lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them 06298 light; to go by day and night: 13:22 He took not away the pillar of 06299 the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the 06300 people. 06301 06302 14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 14:2 Speak unto the 06303 children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, 06304 between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall 06305 ye encamp by the sea. 06306 06307 14:3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are 06308 entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 06309 06310 14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after 06311 them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that 06312 the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. 06313 06314 14:5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the 06315 heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, 06316 and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from 06317 serving us? 14:6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people 06318 with him: 14:7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the 06319 chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. 06320 06321 14:8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he 06322 pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went 06323 out with an high hand. 06324 06325 14:9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots 06326 of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them 06327 encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon. 06328 06329 14:10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up 06330 their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they 06331 were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. 06332 06333 14:11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, 06334 hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou 06335 dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 14:12 Is not this 06336 the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we 06337 may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the 06338 Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. 06339 06340 14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and 06341 see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for 06342 the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no 06343 more for ever. 06344 06345 14:14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. 06346 06347 14:15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? 06348 speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: 14:16 But 06349 lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and 06350 divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through 06351 the midst of the sea. 06352 06353 14:17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and 06354 they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and 06355 upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 06356 06357 14:18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have 06358 gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his 06359 horsemen. 06360 06361 14:19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, 06362 removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from 06363 before their face, and stood behind them: 14:20 And it came between 06364 the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud 06365 and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the 06366 one came not near the other all the night. 06367 06368 14:21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD 06369 caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and 06370 made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 06371 06372 14:22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon 06373 the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right 06374 hand, and on their left. 06375 06376 14:23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst 06377 of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 06378 06379 14:24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked 06380 unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the 06381 cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, 14:25 And took off 06382 their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the 06383 Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD 06384 fighteth for them against the Egyptians. 06385 06386 14:26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the 06387 sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their 06388 chariots, and upon their horsemen. 06389 06390 14:27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea 06391 returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians 06392 fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of 06393 the sea. 06394 06395 14:28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the 06396 horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after 06397 them; there remained not so much as one of them. 06398 06399 14:29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of 06400 the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and 06401 on their left. 06402 06403 14:30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the 06404 Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. 06405 06406 14:31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the 06407 Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and 06408 his servant Moses. 06409 06410 15:1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the 06411 LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath 06412 triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the 06413 sea. 06414 06415 15:2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: 06416 he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, 06417 and I will exalt him. 06418 06419 15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. 06420 06421 15:4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his 06422 chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. 06423 06424 15:5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a 06425 stone. 06426 06427 15:6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right 06428 hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. 06429 06430 15:7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown 06431 them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which 06432 consumed them as stubble. 06433 06434 15:8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered 06435 together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were 06436 congealed in the heart of the sea. 06437 06438 15:9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the 06439 spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my 06440 hand shall destroy them. 06441 06442 15:10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank 06443 as lead in the mighty waters. 06444 06445 15:11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, 06446 glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? 15:12 Thou 06447 stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. 06448 06449 15:13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast 06450 redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy 06451 habitation. 06452 06453 15:14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on 06454 the inhabitants of Palestina. 06455 06456 15:15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, 06457 trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan 06458 shall melt away. 06459 06460 15:16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine 06461 arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O 06462 LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. 06463 06464 15:17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of 06465 thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee 06466 to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have 06467 established. 06468 06469 15:18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. 06470 06471 15:19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his 06472 horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the 06473 sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the 06474 midst of the sea. 06475 06476 15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel 06477 in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and 06478 with dances. 06479 06480 15:21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath 06481 triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the 06482 sea. 06483 06484 15:22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into 06485 the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, 06486 and found no water. 06487 06488 15:23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters 06489 of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called 06490 Marah. 06491 06492 15:24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we 06493 drink? 15:25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a 06494 tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made 06495 sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he 06496 proved them, 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the 06497 voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his 06498 sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his 06499 statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have 06500 brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. 06501 06502 15:27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and 06503 threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters. 06504 06505 16:1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation 06506 of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is 06507 between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after 06508 their departing out of the land of Egypt. 06509 06510 16:2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured 06511 against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: 16:3 And the children of 06512 Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the 06513 LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we 06514 did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this 06515 wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. 06516 06517 16:4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from 06518 heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate 06519 every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or 06520 no. 06521 06522 16:5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall 06523 prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as 06524 they gather daily. 06525 06526 16:6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At 06527 even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the 06528 land of Egypt: 16:7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of 06529 the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and 06530 what are we, that ye murmur against us? 16:8 And Moses said, This 06531 shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, 06532 and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your 06533 murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your 06534 murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD. 06535 06536 16:9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the 06537 children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your 06538 murmurings. 06539 06540 16:10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation 06541 of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, 06542 and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. 06543 06544 16:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 16:12 I have heard the 06545 murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even 06546 ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; 06547 and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. 06548 06549 16:13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and 06550 covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. 06551 06552 16:14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of 06553 the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar 06554 frost on the ground. 06555 06556 16:15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to 06557 another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said 06558 unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. 06559 06560 16:16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it 06561 every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to 06562 the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in 06563 his tents. 06564 06565 16:17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some 06566 less. 06567 06568 16:18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much 06569 had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they 06570 gathered every man according to his eating. 06571 06572 16:19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. 06573 06574 16:20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them 06575 left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses 06576 was wroth with them. 06577 06578 16:21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his 06579 eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. 06580 06581 16:22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice 06582 as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the 06583 congregation came and told Moses. 06584 06585 16:23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To 06586 morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which 06587 ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which 06588 remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 06589 06590 16:24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did 06591 not stink, neither was there any worm therein. 06592 06593 16:25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto 06594 the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field. 06595 06596 16:26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is 06597 the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 06598 06599 16:27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on 06600 the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. 06601 06602 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my 06603 commandments and my laws? 16:29 See, for that the LORD hath given you 06604 the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two 06605 days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place 06606 on the seventh day. 06607 06608 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day. 06609 06610 16:31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it 06611 was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers 06612 made with honey. 06613 06614 16:32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, 06615 Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see 06616 the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought 06617 you forth from the land of Egypt. 06618 06619 16:33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of 06620 manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your 06621 generations. 06622 06623 16:34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the 06624 Testimony, to be kept. 06625 06626 16:35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they 06627 came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the 06628 borders of the land of Canaan. 06629 06630 16:36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. 06631 06632 17:1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from 06633 the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the 06634 commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no 06635 water for the people to drink. 06636 06637 17:2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us 06638 water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with 06639 me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? 17:3 And the people thirsted 06640 there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, 06641 Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill 06642 us and our children and our cattle with thirst? 17:4 And Moses cried 06643 unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be 06644 almost ready to stone me. 06645 06646 17:5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take 06647 with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest 06648 the river, take in thine hand, and go. 06649 06650 17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; 06651 and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, 06652 that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders 06653 of Israel. 06654 06655 17:7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because 06656 of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the 06657 LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? 17:8 Then came Amalek, 06658 and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 06659 06660 17:9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight 06661 with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the 06662 rod of God in mine hand. 06663 06664 17:10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: 06665 and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 06666 06667 17:11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel 06668 prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 06669 06670 17:12 But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it 06671 under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, 06672 the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his 06673 hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 06674 06675 17:13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of 06676 the sword. 06677 06678 17:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a 06679 book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put 06680 out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 06681 06682 17:15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it 06683 Jehovahnissi: 17:16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the 06684 LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. 06685 06686 18:1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of 06687 all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that 06688 the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt; 18:2 Then Jethro, Moses' 06689 father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, 06690 18:3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for 06691 he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: 18:4 And the name of 06692 the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine 06693 help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: 18:5 And Jethro, 06694 Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into 06695 the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: 18:6 And he 06696 said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy 06697 wife, and her two sons with her. 06698 06699 18:7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, 06700 and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they 06701 came into the tent. 06702 06703 18:8 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto 06704 Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail 06705 that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. 06706 06707 18:9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done 06708 to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. 06709 06710 18:10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out 06711 of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath 06712 delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. 06713 06714 18:11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the 06715 thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. 06716 06717 18:12 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and 06718 sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to 06719 eat bread with Moses' father in law before God. 06720 06721 18:13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the 06722 people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the 06723 evening. 06724 06725 18:14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, 06726 he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest 06727 thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto 06728 even? 18:15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people 06729 come unto me to enquire of God: 18:16 When they have a matter, they 06730 come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them 06731 know the statutes of God, and his laws. 06732 06733 18:17 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou 06734 doest is not good. 06735 06736 18:18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is 06737 with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to 06738 perform it thyself alone. 06739 06740 18:19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God 06741 shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou 06742 mayest bring the causes unto God: 18:20 And thou shalt teach them 06743 ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must 06744 walk, and the work that they must do. 06745 06746 18:21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such 06747 as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over 06748 them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of 06749 fifties, and rulers of tens: 18:22 And let them judge the people at 06750 all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring 06751 unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be 06752 easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. 06753 06754 18:23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou 06755 shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their 06756 place in peace. 06757 06758 18:24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did 06759 all that he had said. 06760 06761 18:25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads 06762 over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of 06763 fifties, and rulers of tens. 06764 06765 18:26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they 06766 brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. 06767 06768 18:27 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into 06769 his own land. 06770 06771 19:1 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth 06772 out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness 06773 of Sinai. 06774 06775 19:2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert 06776 of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped 06777 before the mount. 06778 06779 19:3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of 06780 the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and 06781 tell the children of Israel; 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the 06782 Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto 06783 myself. 06784 06785 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my 06786 covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all 06787 people: for all the earth is mine: 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a 06788 kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. 06789 06790 These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of 06791 Israel. 06792 06793 19:7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid 06794 before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. 06795 06796 19:8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD 06797 hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people 06798 unto the LORD. 06799 06800 19:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick 06801 cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe 06802 thee for ever. 06803 06804 And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. 06805 06806 19:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify 06807 them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 19:11 And 06808 be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come 06809 down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 06810 06811 19:12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, 06812 Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch 06813 the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to 06814 death: 19:13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be 06815 stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not 06816 live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. 06817 06818 19:14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and 06819 sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 06820 06821 19:15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: 06822 come not at your wives. 06823 06824 19:16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there 06825 were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and 06826 the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that 06827 was in the camp trembled. 06828 06829 19:17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with 06830 God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 06831 06832 19:18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD 06833 descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke 06834 of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 06835 06836 19:19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder 06837 and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. 06838 06839 19:20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the 06840 mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses 06841 went up. 06842 06843 19:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest 06844 they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. 06845 06846 19:22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify 06847 themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. 06848 06849 19:23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount 06850 Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and 06851 sanctify it. 06852 06853 19:24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt 06854 come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the 06855 people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth 06856 upon them. 06857 06858 19:25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. 06859 06860 20:1 And God spake all these words, saying, 20:2 I am the LORD thy 06861 God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the 06862 house of bondage. 06863 06864 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 06865 06866 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness 06867 of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, 06868 or that is in the water under the earth. 06869 06870 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I 06871 the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the 06872 fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them 06873 that hate me; 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love 06874 me, and keep my commandments. 06875 06876 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the 06877 LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 06878 06879 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 06880 06881 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 20:10 But the 06882 seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not 06883 do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor 06884 thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy 06885 gates: 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, 06886 and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the 06887 LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 06888 06889 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon 06890 the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 06891 06892 20:13 Thou shalt not kill. 06893 06894 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 06895 06896 20:15 Thou shalt not steal. 06897 06898 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 06899 06900 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet 06901 thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his 06902 ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. 06903 06904 20:18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and 06905 the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the 06906 people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 06907 06908 20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: 06909 but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 06910 06911 20:20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to 06912 prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin 06913 not. 06914 06915 20:21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the 06916 thick darkness where God was. 06917 06918 20:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the 06919 children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from 06920 heaven. 06921 06922 20:23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make 06923 unto you gods of gold. 06924 06925 20:24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice 06926 thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and 06927 thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto 06928 thee, and I will bless thee. 06929 06930 20:25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build 06931 it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast 06932 polluted it. 06933 06934 20:26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy 06935 nakedness be not discovered thereon. 06936 06937 21:1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. 06938 06939 21:2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in 06940 the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. 06941 06942 21:3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were 06943 married, then his wife shall go out with him. 06944 06945 21:4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons 06946 or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he 06947 shall go out by himself. 06948 06949 21:5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, 06950 and my children; I will not go out free: 21:6 Then his master shall 06951 bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or 06952 unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an 06953 aul; and he shall serve him for ever. 06954 06955 21:7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not 06956 go out as the menservants do. 06957 06958 21:8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, 06959 then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation 06960 he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. 06961 06962 21:9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her 06963 after the manner of daughters. 06964 06965 21:10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty 06966 of marriage, shall he not diminish. 06967 06968 21:11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out 06969 free without money. 06970 06971 21:12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to 06972 death. 06973 06974 21:13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; 06975 then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 06976 06977 21:14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him 06978 with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 06979 06980 21:15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely 06981 put to death. 06982 06983 21:16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found 06984 in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 06985 06986 21:17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be 06987 put to death. 06988 06989 21:18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, 06990 or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: 21:19 If he 06991 rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote 06992 him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall 06993 cause him to be thoroughly healed. 06994 06995 21:20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he 06996 die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. 06997 06998 21:21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be 06999 punished: for he is his money. 07000 07001 21:22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit 07002 depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely 07003 punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he 07004 shall pay as the judges determine. 07005 07006 21:23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 07007 21:24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 07008 21:25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 07009 07010 21:26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his 07011 maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 07012 07013 21:27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's 07014 tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. 07015 07016 21:28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall 07017 be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of 07018 the ox shall be quit. 07019 07020 21:29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and 07021 it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but 07022 that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his 07023 owner also shall be put to death. 07024 07025 21:30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for 07026 the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. 07027 07028 21:31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according 07029 to this judgment shall it be done unto him. 07030 07031 21:32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall 07032 give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be 07033 stoned. 07034 07035 21:33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and 07036 not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; 21:34 The owner of the 07037 pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the 07038 dead beast shall be his. 07039 07040 21:35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall 07041 sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also 07042 they shall divide. 07043 07044 21:36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, 07045 and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and 07046 the dead shall be his own. 07047 07048 22:1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; 07049 he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 07050 07051 22:2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, 07052 there shall no blood be shed for him. 07053 07054 22:3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; 07055 for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall 07056 be sold for his theft. 07057 07058 22:4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be 07059 ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. 07060 07061 22:5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall 07062 put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best 07063 of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make 07064 restitution. 07065 07066 22:6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of 07067 corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he 07068 that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. 07069 07070 22:7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, 07071 and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let 07072 him pay double. 07073 07074 22:8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be 07075 brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his 07076 neighbour's goods. 07077 07078 22:9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for 07079 sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another 07080 challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the 07081 judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto 07082 his neighbour. 07083 07084 22:10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a 07085 sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, 07086 no man seeing it: 22:11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them 07087 both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and 07088 the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. 07089 07090 22:12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the 07091 owner thereof. 07092 07093 22:13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and 07094 he shall not make good that which was torn. 07095 07096 22:14 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or 07097 die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it 07098 good. 07099 07100 22:15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: 07101 if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. 07102 07103 22:16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with 07104 her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 07105 07106 22:17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay 07107 money according to the dowry of virgins. 07108 07109 22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. 07110 07111 22:19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 07112 07113 22:20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he 07114 shall be utterly destroyed. 07115 07116 22:21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were 07117 strangers in the land of Egypt. 07118 07119 22:22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 07120 07121 22:23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I 07122 will surely hear their cry; 22:24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I 07123 will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your 07124 children fatherless. 07125 07126 22:25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, 07127 thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him 07128 usury. 07129 07130 22:26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou 07131 shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 22:27 For that 07132 is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he 07133 sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will 07134 hear; for I am gracious. 07135 07136 22:28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy 07137 people. 07138 07139 22:29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and 07140 of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. 07141 07142 22:30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: 07143 seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give 07144 it me. 07145 07146 22:31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh 07147 that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. 07148 07149 23:1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the 07150 wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 07151 07152 23:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou 07153 speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 23:3 Neither 07154 shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 07155 07156 23:4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt 07157 surely bring it back to him again. 07158 07159 23:5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his 07160 burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with 07161 him. 07162 07163 23:6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. 07164 07165 23:7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous 07166 slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. 07167 07168 23:8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and 07169 perverteth the words of the righteous. 07170 07171 23:9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of 07172 a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 07173 07174 23:10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the 07175 fruits thereof: 23:11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and 07176 lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave 07177 the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with 07178 thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. 07179 07180 23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou 07181 shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy 07182 handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. 07183 07184 23:13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and 07185 make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out 07186 of thy mouth. 07187 07188 23:14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. 07189 07190 23:15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat 07191 unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time 07192 appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and 07193 none shall appear before me empty:) 23:16 And the feast of harvest, 07194 the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and 07195 the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou 07196 hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. 07197 07198 23:17 Three items in the year all thy males shall appear before the 07199 LORD God. 07200 07201 23:18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened 07202 bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. 07203 07204 23:19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into 07205 the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his 07206 mother's milk. 07207 07208 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, 07209 and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 07210 07211 23:21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will 07212 not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. 07213 07214 23:22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I 07215 speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary 07216 unto thine adversaries. 07217 07218 23:23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the 07219 Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, 07220 the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. 07221 07222 23:24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do 07223 after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite 07224 break down their images. 07225 07226 23:25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy 07227 bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of 07228 thee. 07229 07230 23:26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy 07231 land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. 07232 07233 23:27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people 07234 to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their 07235 backs unto thee. 07236 07237 23:28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the 07238 Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. 07239 07240 23:29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the 07241 land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against 07242 thee. 07243 07244 23:30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, 07245 until thou be increased, and inherit the land. 07246 07247 23:31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of 07248 the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will 07249 deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt 07250 drive them out before thee. 07251 07252 23:32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 07253 07254 23:33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin 07255 against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare 07256 unto thee. 07257 07258 24:1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, 07259 Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye 07260 afar off. 07261 07262 24:2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come 07263 nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. 07264 07265 24:3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and 07266 all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and 07267 said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do. 07268 07269 24:4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in 07270 the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, 07271 according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 07272 07273 24:5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered 07274 burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. 07275 07276 24:6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half 07277 of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 07278 07279 24:7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of 07280 the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and 07281 be obedient. 07282 07283 24:8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and 07284 said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with 07285 you concerning all these words. 07286 07287 24:9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of 07288 the elders of Israel: 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there 07289 was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as 07290 it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 07291 07292 24:11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his 07293 hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. 07294 07295 24:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and 07296 be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and 07297 commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. 07298 07299 24:13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up 07300 into the mount of God. 07301 07302 24:14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come 07303 again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man 07304 have any matters to do, let him come unto them. 07305 07306 24:15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. 07307 07308 24:16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud 07309 covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of 07310 the midst of the cloud. 07311 07312 24:17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire 07313 on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. 07314 07315 24:18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into 07316 the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. 07317 07318 25:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 25:2 Speak unto the 07319 children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that 07320 giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. 07321 07322 25:3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and 07323 silver, and brass, 25:4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine 07324 linen, and goats' hair, 25:5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' 07325 skins, and shittim wood, 25:6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing 07326 oil, and for sweet incense, 25:7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in 07327 the ephod, and in the breastplate. 07328 07329 25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. 07330 07331 25:9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the 07332 tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so 07333 shall ye make it. 07334 07335 25:10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a 07336 half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth 07337 thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 07338 07339 25:11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without 07340 shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round 07341 about. 07342 07343 25:12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in 07344 the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of 07345 it, and two rings in the other side of it. 07346 07347 25:13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them 07348 with gold. 07349 07350 25:14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the 07351 ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 07352 07353 25:15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be 07354 taken from it. 07355 07356 25:16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give 07357 thee. 07358 07359 25:17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a 07360 half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth 07361 thereof. 07362 07363 25:18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt 07364 thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. 07365 07366 25:19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the 07367 other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the 07368 two ends thereof. 07369 07370 25:20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, 07371 covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look 07372 one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims 07373 be. 07374 07375 25:21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the 07376 ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. 07377 07378 25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee 07379 from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are 07380 upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in 07381 commandment unto the children of Israel. 07382 07383 25:23 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall 07384 be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit 07385 and a half the height thereof. 07386 07387 25:24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a 07388 crown of gold round about. 07389 07390 25:25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round 07391 about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round 07392 about. 07393 07394 25:26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings 07395 in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. 07396 07397 25:27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the 07398 staves to bear the table. 07399 07400 25:28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them 07401 with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 07402 07403 25:29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and 07404 covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt 07405 thou make them. 07406 07407 25:30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway. 07408 07409 25:31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work 07410 shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, 07411 his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. 07412 07413 25:32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three 07414 branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of 07415 the candlestick out of the other side: 25:33 Three bowls made like 07416 unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls 07417 made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in 07418 the six branches that come out of the candlestick. 07419 07420 25:34 And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto 07421 almonds, with their knops and their flowers. 07422 07423 25:35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a 07424 knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of 07425 the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the 07426 candlestick. 07427 07428 25:36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it 07429 shall be one beaten work of pure gold. 07430 07431 25:37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall 07432 light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. 07433 07434 25:38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of 07435 pure gold. 07436 07437 25:39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these 07438 vessels. 07439 07440 25:40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was 07441 shewed thee in the mount. 07442 07443 26:1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine 07444 twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of 07445 cunning work shalt thou make them. 07446 07447 26:2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and 07448 the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains 07449 shall have one measure. 07450 07451 26:3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and 07452 other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. 07453 07454 26:4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one 07455 curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou 07456 make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the 07457 second. 07458 07459 26:5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops 07460 shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of 07461 the second; that the loops may take hold one of another. 07462 07463 26:6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains 07464 together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle. 07465 07466 26:7 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon 07467 the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. 07468 07469 26:8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth 07470 of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of 07471 one measure. 07472 07473 26:9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six 07474 curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the 07475 forefront of the tabernacle. 07476 07477 26:10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain 07478 that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the 07479 curtain which coupleth the second. 07480 07481 26:11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches 07482 into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. 07483 07484 26:12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the 07485 half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the 07486 tabernacle. 07487 07488 26:13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of 07489 that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it 07490 shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that 07491 side, to cover it. 07492 07493 26:14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed 07494 red, and a covering above of badgers' skins. 07495 07496 26:15 And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood 07497 standing up. 07498 07499 26:16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a 07500 half shall be the breadth of one board. 07501 07502 26:17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against 07503 another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 07504 07505 26:18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards 07506 on the south side southward. 07507 07508 26:19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty 07509 boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two 07510 sockets under another board for his two tenons. 07511 07512 26:20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side 07513 there shall be twenty boards: 26:21 And their forty sockets of silver; 07514 two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 07515 07516 26:22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six 07517 boards. 07518 07519 26:23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle 07520 in the two sides. 07521 07522 26:24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be 07523 coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be 07524 for them both; they shall be for the two corners. 07525 07526 26:25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, 07527 sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under 07528 another board. 07529 07530 26:26 And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of 07531 the one side of the tabernacle, 26:27 And five bars for the boards of 07532 the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the 07533 side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward. 07534 07535 26:28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from 07536 end to end. 07537 07538 26:29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their 07539 rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars 07540 with gold. 07541 07542 26:30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion 07543 thereof which was shewed thee in the mount. 07544 07545 26:31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 07546 fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: 07547 26:32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood 07548 overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four 07549 sockets of silver. 07550 07551 26:33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou 07552 mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and 07553 the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most 07554 holy. 07555 07556 26:34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony 07557 in the most holy place. 07558 07559 26:35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the 07560 candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle 07561 toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side. 07562 07563 26:36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of 07564 blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with 07565 needlework. 07566 07567 26:37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim 07568 wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: 07569 and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. 07570 07571 27:1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, 07572 and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height 07573 thereof shall be three cubits. 07574 07575 27:2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners 07576 thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it 07577 with brass. 07578 07579 27:3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his 07580 shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the 07581 vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 07582 07583 27:4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon 07584 the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. 07585 07586 27:5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, 07587 that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. 07588 07589 27:6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, 07590 and overlay them with brass. 07591 07592 27:7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall 07593 be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. 07594 07595 27:8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in 07596 the mount, so shall they make it. 07597 07598 27:9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south 07599 side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined 07600 linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: 27:10 And the twenty 07601 pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks 07602 of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. 07603 07604 27:11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be 07605 hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their 07606 twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of 07607 silver. 07608 07609 27:12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be 07610 hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. 07611 07612 27:13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be 07613 fifty cubits. 07614 07615 27:14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: 07616 their pillars three, and their sockets three. 07617 07618 27:15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their 07619 pillars three, and their sockets three. 07620 07621 27:16 And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty 07622 cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, 07623 wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their 07624 sockets four. 07625 07626 27:17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with 07627 silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. 07628 07629 27:18 The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the 07630 breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined 07631 linen, and their sockets of brass. 07632 07633 27:19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, 07634 and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of 07635 brass. 07636 07637 27:20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring 07638 thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn 07639 always. 07640 07641 27:21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is 07642 before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening 07643 to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their 07644 generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. 07645 07646 28:1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, 07647 from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the 07648 priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, 07649 Aaron's sons. 07650 07651 28:2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory 07652 and for beauty. 07653 07654 28:3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have 07655 filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments 07656 to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's 07657 office. 07658 07659 28:4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, 07660 and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: 07661 and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, 07662 that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. 07663 07664 28:5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 07665 fine linen. 07666 07667 28:6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of 07668 scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. 07669 07670 28:7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two 07671 edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. 07672 07673 28:8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be 07674 of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and 07675 purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 07676 07677 28:9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names 07678 of the children of Israel: 28:10 Six of their names on one stone, and 07679 the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their 07680 birth. 07681 07682 28:11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a 07683 signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the 07684 children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. 07685 07686 28:12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the 07687 ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron 07688 shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a 07689 memorial. 07690 07691 28:13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold; 28:14 And two chains of pure 07692 gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten 07693 the wreathen chains to the ouches. 07694 07695 28:15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning 07696 work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of 07697 blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt 07698 thou make it. 07699 07700 28:16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length 07701 thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. 07702 07703 28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of 07704 stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: 07705 this shall be the first row. 07706 07707 28:18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a 07708 diamond. 07709 07710 28:19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 07711 07712 28:20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they 07713 shall be set in gold in their inclosings. 07714 07715 28:21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of 07716 Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a 07717 signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve 07718 tribes. 07719 07720 28:22 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of 07721 wreathen work of pure gold. 07722 07723 28:23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and 07724 shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 07725 07726 28:24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two 07727 rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. 07728 07729 28:25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt 07730 fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the 07731 ephod before it. 07732 07733 28:26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them 07734 upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is 07735 in the side of the ephod inward. 07736 07737 28:27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them 07738 on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, 07739 over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of 07740 the ephod. 07741 07742 28:28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto 07743 the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the 07744 curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed 07745 from the ephod. 07746 07747 28:29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the 07748 breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy 07749 place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. 07750 07751 28:30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and 07752 the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in 07753 before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of 07754 Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually. 07755 07756 28:31 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 07757 07758 28:32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst 07759 thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of 07760 it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. 07761 07762 28:33 And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of 07763 blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and 07764 bells of gold between them round about: 28:34 A golden bell and a 07765 pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe 07766 round about. 07767 07768 28:35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be 07769 heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when 07770 he cometh out, that he die not. 07771 07772 28:36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, 07773 like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 07774 07775 28:37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the 07776 mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. 07777 07778 28:38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the 07779 iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow 07780 in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, 07781 that they may be accepted before the LORD. 07782 07783 28:39 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt 07784 make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of 07785 needlework. 07786 07787 28:40 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make 07788 for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and 07789 for beauty. 07790 07791 28:41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons 07792 with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify 07793 them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. 07794 07795 28:42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their 07796 nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: 28:43 07797 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in 07798 unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto 07799 the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, 07800 and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after 07801 him. 07802 07803 29:1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow 07804 them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young 07805 bullock, and two rams without blemish, 29:2 And unleavened bread, and 07806 cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed 07807 with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them. 07808 07809 29:3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the 07810 basket, with the bullock and the two rams. 07811 07812 29:4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the 07813 tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. 07814 07815 29:5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, 07816 and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and 07817 gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: 29:6 And thou shalt put 07818 the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. 07819 07820 29:7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his 07821 head, and anoint him. 07822 07823 29:8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. 07824 07825 29:9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and 07826 put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a 07827 perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. 07828 07829 29:10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the 07830 tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their 07831 hands upon the head of the bullock. 07832 07833 29:11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of 07834 the tabernacle of the congregation. 07835 07836 29:12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon 07837 the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside 07838 the bottom of the altar. 07839 07840 29:13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and 07841 the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat 07842 that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. 07843 07844 29:14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt 07845 thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering. 07846 07847 29:15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put 07848 their hands upon the head of the ram. 07849 07850 29:16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and 07851 sprinkle it round about upon the altar. 07852 07853 29:17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of 07854 him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head. 07855 07856 29:18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt 07857 offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire 07858 unto the LORD. 07859 07860 29:19 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall 07861 put their hands upon the head of the ram. 07862 07863 29:20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it 07864 upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right 07865 ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the 07866 great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar 07867 round about. 07868 07869 29:21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of 07870 the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, 07871 and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he 07872 shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' 07873 garments with him. 07874 07875 29:22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the 07876 fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the 07877 two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; 07878 for it is a ram of consecration: 29:23 And one loaf of bread, and one 07879 cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened 07880 bread that is before the LORD: 29:24 And thou shalt put all in the 07881 hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for 07882 a wave offering before the LORD. 07883 07884 29:25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon 07885 the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it 07886 is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 07887 07888 29:26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's 07889 consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it 07890 shall be thy part. 07891 07892 29:27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the 07893 shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved 07894 up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, 07895 and of that which is for his sons: 29:28 And it shall be Aaron's and 07896 his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is 07897 an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children 07898 of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave 07899 offering unto the LORD. 07900 07901 29:29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to 07902 be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. 07903 07904 29:30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven 07905 days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to 07906 minister in the holy place. 07907 07908 29:31 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his 07909 flesh in the holy place. 07910 07911 29:32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the 07912 bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the 07913 congregation. 07914 07915 29:33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was 07916 made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat 07917 thereof, because they are holy. 07918 07919 29:34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, 07920 remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: 07921 it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 07922 07923 29:35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to 07924 all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou 07925 consecrate them. 07926 07927 29:36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for 07928 atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an 07929 atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 07930 07931 29:37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and 07932 sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth 07933 the altar shall be holy. 07934 07935 29:38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two 07936 lambs of the first year day by day continually. 07937 07938 29:39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb 07939 thou shalt offer at even: 29:40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of 07940 flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the 07941 fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. 07942 07943 29:41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do 07944 thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according 07945 to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by 07946 fire unto the LORD. 07947 07948 29:42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your 07949 generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before 07950 the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. 07951 07952 29:43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the 07953 tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. 07954 07955 29:44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the 07956 altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me 07957 in the priest's office. 07958 07959 29:45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their 07960 God. 07961 07962 29:46 And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought 07963 them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am 07964 the LORD their God. 07965 07966 30:1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim 07967 wood shalt thou make it. 07968 07969 30:2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth 07970 thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height 07971 thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. 07972 07973 30:3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and 07974 the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt 07975 make unto it a crown of gold round about. 07976 07977 30:4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, 07978 by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make 07979 it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. 07980 07981 30:5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them 07982 with gold. 07983 07984 30:6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the 07985 testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I 07986 will meet with thee. 07987 07988 30:7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he 07989 dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. 07990 07991 30:8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense 07992 upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your 07993 generations. 07994 07995 30:9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, 07996 nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. 07997 07998 30:10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a 07999 year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the 08000 year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it 08001 is most holy unto the LORD. 08002 08003 30:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 30:12 When thou takest 08004 the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they 08005 give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou 08006 numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou 08007 numberest them. 08008 08009 30:13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are 08010 numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel 08011 is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD. 08012 08013 30:14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty 08014 years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. 08015 08016 30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less 08017 than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make 08018 an atonement for your souls. 08019 08020 30:16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of 08021 Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the 08022 congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel 08023 before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. 08024 08025 30:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 30:18 Thou shalt also 08026 make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and 08027 thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the 08028 altar, and thou shalt put water therein. 08029 08030 30:19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet 08031 thereat: 30:20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, 08032 they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near 08033 to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD: 08034 30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die 08035 not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to 08036 his seed throughout their generations. 08037 08038 30:22 Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 30:23 Take thou also 08039 unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of 08040 sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and 08041 of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 30:24 And of cassia 08042 five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil 08043 olive an hin: 30:25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an 08044 ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy 08045 anointing oil. 08046 08047 30:26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation 08048 therewith, and the ark of the testimony, 30:27 And the table and all 08049 his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of 08050 incense, 30:28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, 08051 and the laver and his foot. 08052 08053 30:29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: 08054 whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. 08055 08056 30:30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, 08057 that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. 08058 08059 30:31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This 08060 shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. 08061 08062 30:32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make 08063 any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it 08064 shall be holy unto you. 08065 08066 30:33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of 08067 it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. 08068 08069 30:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, 08070 stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure 08071 frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: 30:35 And thou 08072 shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, 08073 tempered together, pure and holy: 30:36 And thou shalt beat some of it 08074 very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of 08075 the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you 08076 most holy. 08077 08078 30:37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make 08079 to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto 08080 thee holy for the LORD. 08081 08082 30:38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall 08083 even be cut off from his people. 08084 08085 31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:2 See, I have called by 08086 name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: 08087 31:3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in 08088 understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 08089 31:4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in 08090 brass, 31:5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of 08091 timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. 08092 08093 31:6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of 08094 Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise 08095 hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have 08096 commanded thee; 31:7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark 08097 of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the 08098 furniture of the tabernacle, 31:8 And the table and his furniture, and 08099 the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, 08100 31:9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the 08101 laver and his foot, 31:10 And the cloths of service, and the holy 08102 garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to 08103 minister in the priest's office, 31:11 And the anointing oil, and 08104 sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have 08105 commanded thee shall they do. 08106 08107 31:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:13 Speak thou also 08108 unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: 08109 for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that 08110 ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. 08111 08112 31:14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: 08113 every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever 08114 doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his 08115 people. 08116 08117 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of 08118 rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, 08119 he shall surely be put to death. 08120 08121 31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to 08122 observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual 08123 covenant. 08124 08125 31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for 08126 in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he 08127 rested, and was refreshed. 08128 08129 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing 08130 with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, 08131 written with the finger of God. 08132 08133 32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of 08134 the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and 08135 said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for 08136 this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we 08137 wot not what is become of him. 08138 08139 32:2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which 08140 are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, 08141 and bring them unto me. 08142 08143 32:3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in 08144 their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 08145 08146 32:4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a 08147 graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These 08148 be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 08149 08150 32:5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron 08151 made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. 08152 08153 32:6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt 08154 offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat 08155 and to drink, and rose up to play. 08156 08157 32:7 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, 08158 which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted 08159 themselves: 32:8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I 08160 commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped 08161 it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O 08162 Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 08163 08164 32:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, 08165 behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 32:10 Now therefore let me alone, 08166 that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: 08167 and I will make of thee a great nation. 08168 08169 32:11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth 08170 thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth 08171 out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? 08172 32:12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did 08173 he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them 08174 from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of 08175 this evil against thy people. 08176 08177 32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou 08178 swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your 08179 seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of 08180 will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. 08181 08182 32:14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto 08183 his people. 08184 08185 32:15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two 08186 tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on 08187 both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 08188 08189 32:16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the 08190 writing of God, graven upon the tables. 08191 08192 32:17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, 08193 he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. 08194 08195 32:18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, 08196 neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the 08197 noise of them that sing do I hear. 08198 08199 32:19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that 08200 he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he 08201 cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. 08202 08203 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the 08204 fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made 08205 the children of Israel drink of it. 08206 08207 32:21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that 08208 thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? 32:22 And Aaron said, Let 08209 not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they 08210 are set on mischief. 08211 08212 32:23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: 08213 for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of 08214 Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 08215 08216 32:24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it 08217 off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came 08218 out this calf. 08219 08220 32:25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had 08221 made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:) 32:26 Then 08222 Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD's 08223 side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered 08224 themselves together unto him. 08225 08226 32:27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put 08227 every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate 08228 throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his 08229 companion, and every man his neighbour. 08230 08231 32:28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and 08232 there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 08233 08234 32:29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, 08235 even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow 08236 upon you a blessing this day. 08237 08238 32:30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the 08239 people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the 08240 LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. 08241 08242 32:31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have 08243 sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. 08244 08245 32:32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, 08246 I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. 08247 08248 32:33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, 08249 him will I blot out of my book. 08250 08251 32:34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have 08252 spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: 08253 nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. 08254 08255 32:35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, 08256 which Aaron made. 08257 08258 33:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and 08259 the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto 08260 the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 08261 Unto thy seed will I give it: 33:2 And I will send an angel before 08262 thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the 08263 Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 33:3 Unto a 08264 land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of 08265 thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the 08266 way. 08267 08268 33:4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and 08269 no man did put on him his ornaments. 08270 08271 33:5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of 08272 Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of 08273 thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy 08274 ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. 08275 08276 33:6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments 08277 by the mount Horeb. 08278 08279 33:7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, 08280 afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the 08281 congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the 08282 LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was 08283 without the camp. 08284 08285 33:8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, 08286 that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and 08287 looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. 08288 08289 33:9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the 08290 cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and 08291 the Lord talked with Moses. 08292 08293 33:10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle 08294 door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent 08295 door. 08296 08297 33:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh 08298 unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant 08299 Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the 08300 tabernacle. 08301 08302 33:12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up 08303 this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with 08304 me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found 08305 grace in my sight. 08306 08307 33:13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, 08308 shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in 08309 thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. 08310 08311 33:14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give 08312 thee rest. 08313 08314 33:15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us 08315 not up hence. 08316 08317 33:16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have 08318 found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so 08319 shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are 08320 upon the face of the earth. 08321 08322 33:17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that 08323 thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know 08324 thee by name. 08325 08326 33:18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. 08327 08328 33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I 08329 will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious 08330 to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew 08331 mercy. 08332 08333 33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man 08334 see me, and live. 08335 08336 33:21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou 08337 shalt stand upon a rock: 33:22 And it shall come to pass, while my 08338 glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and 08339 will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: 33:23 And I will take 08340 away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall 08341 not be seen. 08342 08343 34:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like 08344 unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were 08345 in the first tables, which thou brakest. 08346 08347 34:2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto 08348 mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. 08349 08350 34:3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen 08351 throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before 08352 that mount. 08353 08354 34:4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses 08355 rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the 08356 LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. 08357 08358 34:5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, 08359 and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 08360 08361 34:6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The 08362 LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in 08363 goodness and truth, 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving 08364 iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear 08365 the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, 08366 and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth 08367 generation. 08368 08369 34:8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and 08370 worshipped. 08371 08372 34:9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let 08373 my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and 08374 pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. 08375 08376 34:10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I 08377 will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in 08378 any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work 08379 of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. 08380 08381 34:11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive 08382 out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and 08383 the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 08384 08385 34:12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the 08386 inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in 08387 the midst of thee: 34:13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break 08388 their images, and cut down their groves: 34:14 For thou shalt worship 08389 no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: 08390 34:15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and 08391 they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, 08392 and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; 34:16 And thou take 08393 of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring 08394 after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. 08395 08396 34:17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 08397 08398 34:18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou 08399 shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the 08400 month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. 08401 08402 34:19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among 08403 thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. 08404 08405 34:20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and 08406 if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the 08407 firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before 08408 me empty. 08409 08410 34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt 08411 rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. 08412 08413 34:22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of 08414 wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. 08415 08416 34:23 Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the 08417 LORD God, the God of Israel. 08418 08419 34:24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy 08420 borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up 08421 to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. 08422 08423 34:25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; 08424 neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto 08425 the morning. 08426 08427 34:26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto 08428 the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his 08429 mother's milk. 08430 08431 34:27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after 08432 the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with 08433 Israel. 08434 08435 34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he 08436 did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables 08437 the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. 08438 08439 34:29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with 08440 the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the 08441 mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he 08442 talked with him. 08443 08444 34:30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, 08445 the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 08446 08447 34:31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the 08448 congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. 08449 08450 34:32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave 08451 them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount 08452 Sinai. 08453 08454 34:33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his 08455 face. 08456 08457 34:34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he 08458 took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto 08459 the children of Israel that which he was commanded. 08460 08461 34:35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin 08462 of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, 08463 until he went in to speak with him. 08464 08465 35:1 And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel 08466 together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath 08467 commanded, that ye should do them. 08468 08469 35:2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall 08470 be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth 08471 work therein shall be put to death. 08472 08473 35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the 08474 sabbath day. 08475 08476 35:4 And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of 08477 Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, 08478 35:5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of 08479 a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and 08480 silver, and brass, 35:6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine 08481 linen, and goats' hair, 35:7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' 08482 skins, and shittim wood, 35:8 And oil for the light, and spices for 08483 anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 35:9 And onyx stones, and 08484 stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. 08485 08486 35:10 And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that 08487 the LORD hath commanded; 35:11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his 08488 covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his 08489 sockets, 35:12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, 08490 and the vail of the covering, 35:13 The table, and his staves, and all 08491 his vessels, and the shewbread, 35:14 The candlestick also for the 08492 light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, 08493 35:15 And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, 08494 and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in 08495 of the tabernacle, 35:16 The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen 08496 grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, 35:17 08497 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the 08498 hanging for the door of the court, 35:18 The pins of the tabernacle, 08499 and the pins of the court, and their cords, 35:19 The cloths of 08500 service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron 08501 the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's 08502 office. 08503 08504 35:20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from 08505 the presence of Moses. 08506 08507 35:21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every 08508 one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offering 08509 to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his 08510 service, and for the holy garments. 08511 08512 35:22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing 08513 hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, 08514 all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of 08515 gold unto the LORD. 08516 08517 35:23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and 08518 scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and 08519 badgers' skins, brought them. 08520 08521 35:24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought 08522 the LORD's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood 08523 for any work of the service, brought it. 08524 08525 35:25 And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their 08526 hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of 08527 purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 08528 08529 35:26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun 08530 goats' hair. 08531 08532 35:27 And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for 08533 the ephod, and for the breastplate; 35:28 And spice, and oil for the 08534 light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 08535 08536 35:29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, 08537 every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all 08538 manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of 08539 Moses. 08540 08541 35:30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath 08542 called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe 08543 of Judah; 35:31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in 08544 wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of 08545 workmanship; 35:32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and 08546 in silver, and in brass, 35:33 And in the cutting of stones, to set 08547 them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. 08548 08549 35:34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and 08550 Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 08551 08552 35:35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of 08553 work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the 08554 embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, 08555 and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that 08556 devise cunning work. 08557 08558 36:1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in 08559 whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all 08560 manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that 08561 the LORD had commanded. 08562 08563 36:2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted 08564 man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose 08565 heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: 36:3 And they 08566 received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had 08567 brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it 08568 withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. 08569 08570 36:4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, 08571 came every man from his work which they made; 36:5 And they spake unto 08572 Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service 08573 of the work, which the LORD commanded to make. 08574 08575 36:6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed 08576 throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more 08577 work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained 08578 from bringing. 08579 08580 36:7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make 08581 it, and too much. 08582 08583 36:8 And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of 08584 the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and 08585 purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them. 08586 08587 36:9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the 08588 breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size. 08589 08590 36:10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other 08591 five curtains he coupled one unto another. 08592 08593 36:11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the 08594 selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of 08595 another curtain, in the coupling of the second. 08596 08597 36:12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in 08598 the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the 08599 loops held one curtain to another. 08600 08601 36:13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one 08602 unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle. 08603 08604 36:14 And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the 08605 tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. 08606 08607 36:15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was 08608 the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. 08609 08610 36:16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by 08611 themselves. 08612 08613 36:17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain 08614 in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain 08615 which coupleth the second. 08616 08617 36:18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, 08618 that it might be one. 08619 08620 36:19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and 08621 a covering of badgers' skins above that. 08622 08623 36:20 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing 08624 up. 08625 08626 36:21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board 08627 one cubit and a half. 08628 08629 36:22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus 08630 did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 08631 08632 36:23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the 08633 south side southward: 36:24 And forty sockets of silver he made under 08634 the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and 08635 two sockets under another board for his two tenons. 08636 08637 36:25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the 08638 north corner, he made twenty boards, 36:26 And their forty sockets of 08639 silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another 08640 board. 08641 08642 36:27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. 08643 08644 36:28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the 08645 two sides. 08646 08647 36:29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head 08648 thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners. 08649 08650 36:30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen 08651 sockets of silver, under every board two sockets. 08652 08653 36:31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one 08654 side of the tabernacle, 36:32 And five bars for the boards of the 08655 other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the 08656 tabernacle for the sides westward. 08657 08658 36:33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the 08659 one end to the other. 08660 08661 36:34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of 08662 gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 08663 08664 36:35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine 08665 twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work. 08666 08667 36:36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid 08668 them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four 08669 sockets of silver. 08670 08671 36:37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and 08672 purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; 36:38 And 08673 the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their 08674 chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of 08675 brass. 08676 08677 37:1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half 08678 was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a 08679 cubit and a half the height of it: 37:2 And he overlaid it with pure 08680 gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. 08681 08682 37:3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four 08683 corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings 08684 upon the other side of it. 08685 08686 37:4 And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. 08687 08688 37:5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to 08689 bear the ark. 08690 08691 37:6 And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half 08692 was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 08693 08694 37:7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made 08695 he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat; 37:8 One cherub on the end 08696 on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of 08697 the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 08698 08699 37:9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered 08700 with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; 08701 even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims. 08702 08703 37:10 And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length 08704 thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the 08705 height thereof: 37:11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made 08706 thereunto a crown of gold round about. 08707 08708 37:12 Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; 08709 and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. 08710 08711 37:13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon 08712 the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. 08713 08714 37:14 Over against the border were the rings, the places for the 08715 staves to bear the table. 08716 08717 37:15 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with 08718 gold, to bear the table. 08719 08720 37:16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, 08721 and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure 08722 gold. 08723 08724 37:17 And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he 08725 the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and 08726 his flowers, were of the same: 37:18 And six branches going out of the 08727 sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side 08728 thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side 08729 thereof: 37:19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one 08730 branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in 08731 another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches 08732 going out of the candlestick. 08733 08734 37:20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his 08735 knops, and his flowers: 37:21 And a knop under two branches of the 08736 same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two 08737 branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it. 08738 08739 37:22 Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was 08740 one beaten work of pure gold. 08741 08742 37:23 And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his 08743 snuffdishes, of pure gold. 08744 08745 37:24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels 08746 thereof. 08747 08748 37:25 And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it 08749 was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two 08750 cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same. 08751 08752 37:26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the 08753 sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a 08754 crown of gold round about. 08755 08756 37:27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by 08757 the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for 08758 the staves to bear it withal. 08759 08760 37:28 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with 08761 gold. 08762 08763 37:29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of 08764 sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary. 08765 08766 38:1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five 08767 cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it 08768 was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. 08769 08770 38:2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the 08771 horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. 08772 08773 38:3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the 08774 shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the 08775 vessels thereof made he of brass. 08776 08777 38:4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the 08778 compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. 08779 08780 38:5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, 08781 to be places for the staves. 08782 08783 38:6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with 08784 brass. 08785 08786 38:7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, 08787 to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards. 08788 08789 38:8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of 08790 the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the 08791 door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 08792 08793 38:9 And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings 08794 of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: 38:10 Their 08795 pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the 08796 pillars and their fillets were of silver. 08797 08798 38:11 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, 08799 their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the 08800 hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 08801 08802 38:12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their 08803 pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their 08804 fillets of silver. 08805 08806 38:13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. 08807 08808 38:14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; 08809 their pillars three, and their sockets three. 08810 08811 38:15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that 08812 hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their 08813 sockets three. 08814 08815 38:16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined 08816 linen. 08817 08818 38:17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the 08819 pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their 08820 chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted 08821 with silver. 08822 08823 38:18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of 08824 blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty 08825 cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, 08826 answerable to the hangings of the court. 08827 08828 38:19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; 08829 their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their 08830 fillets of silver. 08831 08832 38:20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round 08833 about, were of brass. 08834 08835 38:21 This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of 08836 testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, 08837 for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron 08838 the priest. 08839 08840 38:22 And Bezaleel the son Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 08841 made all that the LORD commanded Moses. 08842 08843 38:23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, 08844 an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in 08845 purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. 08846 08847 38:24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of 08848 the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine 08849 talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the 08850 sanctuary. 08851 08852 38:25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation 08853 was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore 08854 and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 38:26 A bekah 08855 for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the 08856 sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years 08857 old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five 08858 hundred and fifty men. 08859 08860 38:27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of 08861 the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the 08862 hundred talents, a talent for a socket. 08863 08864 38:28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he 08865 made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted 08866 them. 08867 08868 38:29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two 08869 thousand and four hundred shekels. 08870 08871 38:30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle 08872 of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for 08873 it, and all the vessels of the altar, 38:31 And the sockets of the 08874 court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins 08875 of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. 08876 08877 39:1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of 08878 service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments 08879 for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses. 08880 08881 39:2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 08882 fine twined linen. 08883 08884 39:3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into 08885 wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, 08886 and in the fine linen, with cunning work. 08887 08888 39:4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the 08889 two edges was it coupled together. 08890 08891 39:5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the 08892 same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and 08893 scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses. 08894 08895 39:6 And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, 08896 as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel. 08897 08898 39:7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should 08899 be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD 08900 commanded Moses. 08901 08902 39:8 And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the 08903 ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 08904 08905 39:9 It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was 08906 the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. 08907 08908 39:10 And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a 08909 sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. 08910 08911 39:11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 08912 08913 39:12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 08914 08915 39:13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were 08916 inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. 08917 08918 39:14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of 08919 Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a 08920 signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. 08921 08922 39:15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of 08923 wreathen work of pure gold. 08924 08925 39:16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put 08926 the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. 08927 08928 39:17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on 08929 the ends of the breastplate. 08930 08931 39:18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the 08932 two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before 08933 it. 08934 08935 39:19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of 08936 the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the 08937 ephod inward. 08938 08939 39:20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two 08940 sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against 08941 the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 08942 08943 39:21 And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of 08944 the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious 08945 girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from 08946 the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses. 08947 08948 39:22 And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. 08949 08950 39:23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of 08951 an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not 08952 rend. 08953 08954 39:24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, 08955 and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. 08956 08957 39:25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the 08958 pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the 08959 pomegranates; 39:26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a 08960 pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the 08961 LORD commanded Moses. 08962 08963 39:27 And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and 08964 for his sons, 39:28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of 08965 fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, 39:29 And a 08966 girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of 08967 needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses. 08968 08969 39:30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and 08970 wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS 08971 TO THE LORD. 08972 08973 39:31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon 08974 the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses. 08975 08976 39:32 Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the 08977 congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all 08978 that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. 08979 08980 39:33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all 08981 his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and 08982 his sockets, 39:34 And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the 08983 covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering, 39:35 The 08984 ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, 08985 39:36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, 39:37 08986 The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to 08987 be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light, 08988 39:38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet 08989 incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, 39:39 The brasen 08990 altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the 08991 laver and his foot, 39:40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and 08992 his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his 08993 pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the 08994 tent of the congregation, 39:41 The cloths of service to do service in 08995 the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his 08996 sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office. 08997 08998 39:42 According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children 08999 of Israel made all the work. 09000 09001 39:43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done 09002 it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses 09003 blessed them. 09004 09005 40:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 40:2 On the first day of 09006 the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the 09007 congregation. 09008 09009 40:3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover 09010 the ark with the vail. 09011 09012 40:4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things 09013 that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the 09014 candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. 09015 09016 40:5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the 09017 ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the 09018 tabernacle. 09019 09020 40:6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the 09021 door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 09022 09023 40:7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation 09024 and the altar, and shalt put water therein. 09025 09026 40:8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the 09027 hanging at the court gate. 09028 09029 40:9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, 09030 and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels 09031 thereof: and it shall be holy. 09032 09033 40:10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all 09034 his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most 09035 holy. 09036 09037 40:11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. 09038 09039 40:12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the 09040 tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. 09041 09042 40:13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, 09043 and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. 09044 09045 40:14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: 40:15 09046 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that 09047 they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing 09048 shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their 09049 generations. 09050 09051 40:16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so 09052 did he. 09053 09054 40:17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on 09055 the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. 09056 09057 40:18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, 09058 and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared 09059 up his pillars. 09060 09061 40:19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the 09062 covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses. 09063 09064 40:20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the 09065 staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: 40:21 09066 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the 09067 covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded 09068 Moses. 09069 09070 40:22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the 09071 side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. 09072 09073 40:23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the 09074 LORD had commanded Moses. 09075 09076 40:24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over 09077 against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. 09078 09079 40:25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded 09080 Moses. 09081 09082 40:26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation 09083 before the vail: 40:27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD 09084 commanded Moses. 09085 09086 40:28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. 09087 09088 40:29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the 09089 tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the 09090 burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses. 09091 09092 40:30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and 09093 the altar, and put water there, to wash withal. 09094 09095 40:31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their 09096 feet thereat: 40:32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, 09097 and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD 09098 commanded Moses. 09099 09100 40:33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the 09101 altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the 09102 work. 09103 09104 40:34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory 09105 of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 09106 09107 40:35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the 09108 congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the 09109 LORD filled the tabernacle. 09110 09111 40:36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the 09112 children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: 40:37 But if the 09113 cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it 09114 was taken up. 09115 09116 40:38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and 09117 fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, 09118 throughout all their journeys. 09119 09120 09121 09122 09123 The Third Book of Moses: Called Leviticus 09124 09125 09126 1:1 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the 09127 tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 1:2 Speak unto the children of 09128 Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto 09129 the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the 09130 herd, and of the flock. 09131 09132 1:3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a 09133 male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at 09134 the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD. 09135 09136 1:4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and 09137 it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. 09138 09139 1:5 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, 09140 Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round 09141 about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the 09142 congregation. 09143 09144 1:6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces. 09145 09146 1:7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, 09147 and lay the wood in order upon the fire: 1:8 And the priests, Aaron's 09148 sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the 09149 wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: 1:9 But his inwards 09150 and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on 09151 the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a 09152 sweet savour unto the LORD. 09153 09154 1:10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of 09155 the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without 09156 blemish. 09157 09158 1:11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before 09159 the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood 09160 round about upon the altar. 09161 09162 1:12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: 09163 and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire 09164 which is upon the altar: 1:13 But he shall wash the inwards and the 09165 legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon 09166 the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a 09167 sweet savour unto the LORD. 09168 09169 1:14 And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of 09170 fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young 09171 pigeons. 09172 09173 1:15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his 09174 head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung 09175 out at the side of the altar: 1:16 And he shall pluck away his crop 09176 with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by 09177 the place of the ashes: 1:17 And he shall cleave it with the wings 09178 thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it 09179 upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt 09180 sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 09181 09182 2:1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his 09183 offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and 09184 put frankincense thereon: 2:2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons 09185 the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour 09186 thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; 09187 and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an 09188 offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: 2:3 And the 09189 remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a 09190 thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. 09191 09192 2:4 And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the 09193 oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or 09194 unleavened wafers anointed with oil. 09195 09196 2:5 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be 09197 of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. 09198 09199 2:6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat 09200 offering. 09201 09202 2:7 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it 09203 shall be made of fine flour with oil. 09204 09205 2:8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these 09206 things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he 09207 shall bring it unto the altar. 09208 09209 2:9 And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial 09210 thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by 09211 fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 09212 09213 2:10 And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and 09214 his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made 09215 by fire. 09216 09217 2:11 No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be 09218 made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any 09219 offering of the LORD made by fire. 09220 09221 2:12 As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto 09222 the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. 09223 09224 2:13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with 09225 salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to 09226 be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt 09227 offer salt. 09228 09229 2:14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the 09230 LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green 09231 ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears. 09232 09233 2:15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it 09234 is a meat offering. 09235 09236 2:16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten 09237 corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense 09238 thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 09239 09240 3:1 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer 09241 it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it 09242 without blemish before the LORD. 09243 09244 3:2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill 09245 it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons 09246 the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 09247 09248 3:3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an 09249 offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the 09250 inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 3:4 And the two 09251 kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the 09252 caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 09253 09254 3:5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt 09255 sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an 09256 offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 09257 09258 3:6 And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the 09259 LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without 09260 blemish. 09261 09262 3:7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before 09263 the LORD. 09264 09265 3:8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill 09266 it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall 09267 sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. 09268 09269 3:9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an 09270 offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole 09271 rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that 09272 covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 3:10 09273 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the 09274 flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he 09275 take away. 09276 09277 3:11 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of 09278 the offering made by fire unto the LORD. 09279 09280 3:12 And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the 09281 LORD. 09282 09283 3:13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before 09284 the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall 09285 sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. 09286 09287 3:14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by 09288 fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat 09289 that is upon the inwards, 3:15 And the two kidneys, and the fat that 09290 is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, 09291 with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 09292 09293 3:16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of 09294 the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the 09295 LORD's. 09296 09297 3:17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout 09298 all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. 09299 09300 4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 4:2 Speak unto the children 09301 of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any 09302 of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to 09303 be done, and shall do against any of them: 4:3 If the priest that is 09304 anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring 09305 for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish 09306 unto the LORD for a sin offering. 09307 09308 4:4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of 09309 the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the 09310 bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD. 09311 09312 4:5 And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, 09313 and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation: 4:6 And the priest 09314 shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven 09315 times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary. 09316 09317 4:7 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the 09318 altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of 09319 the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the 09320 bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the 09321 tabernacle of the congregation. 09322 09323 4:8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the 09324 sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that 09325 is upon the inwards, 4:9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon 09326 them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the 09327 kidneys, it shall he take away, 4:10 As it was taken off from the 09328 bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn 09329 them upon the altar of the burnt offering. 09330 09331 4:11 And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, 09332 and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, 4:12 Even the whole 09333 bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, 09334 where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: 09335 where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt. 09336 09337 4:13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, 09338 and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done 09339 somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things 09340 which should not be done, and are guilty; 4:14 When the sin, which 09341 they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall 09342 offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle 09343 of the congregation. 09344 09345 4:15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the 09346 head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed 09347 before the LORD. 09348 09349 4:16 And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's 09350 blood to the tabernacle of the congregation: 4:17 And the priest shall 09351 dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times 09352 before the LORD, even before the vail. 09353 09354 4:18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar 09355 which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the 09356 congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the 09357 altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of 09358 the congregation. 09359 09360 4:19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the 09361 altar. 09362 09363 4:20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a 09364 sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an 09365 atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. 09366 09367 4:21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn 09368 him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the 09369 congregation. 09370 09371 4:22 When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance 09372 against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things 09373 which should not be done, and is guilty; 4:23 Or if his sin, wherein 09374 he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a 09375 kid of the goats, a male without blemish: 4:24 And he shall lay his 09376 hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they 09377 kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering. 09378 09379 4:25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with 09380 his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, 09381 and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt 09382 offering. 09383 09384 4:26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the 09385 sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement 09386 for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. 09387 09388 4:27 And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while 09389 he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD 09390 concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; 4:28 Or 09391 if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall 09392 bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for 09393 his sin which he hath sinned. 09394 09395 4:29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and 09396 slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. 09397 09398 4:30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, 09399 and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall 09400 pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. 09401 09402 4:31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken 09403 away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall 09404 burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the 09405 priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. 09406 09407 4:32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a 09408 female without blemish. 09409 09410 4:33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and 09411 slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt 09412 offering. 09413 09414 4:34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with 09415 his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, 09416 and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar: 09417 4:35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the 09418 lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the 09419 priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made 09420 by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his 09421 sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. 09422 09423 5:1 And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a 09424 witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, 09425 then he shall bear his iniquity. 09426 09427 5:2 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of 09428 an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of 09429 unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall 09430 be unclean, and guilty. 09431 09432 5:3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it 09433 be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he 09434 knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. 09435 09436 5:4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do 09437 good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it 09438 be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one 09439 of these. 09440 09441 5:5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, 09442 that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing: 5:6 And he 09443 shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he 09444 hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, 09445 for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him 09446 concerning his sin. 09447 09448 5:7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his 09449 trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young 09450 pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a 09451 burnt offering. 09452 09453 5:8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that 09454 which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his 09455 neck, but shall not divide it asunder: 5:9 And he shall sprinkle of 09456 the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest 09457 of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a 09458 sin offering. 09459 09460 5:10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to 09461 the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin 09462 which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. 09463 09464 5:11 But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young 09465 pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth 09466 part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil 09467 upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a 09468 sin offering. 09469 09470 5:12 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take 09471 his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, 09472 according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin 09473 offering. 09474 09475 5:13 And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his 09476 sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: 09477 and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering. 09478 09479 5:14 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:15 If a soul commit a 09480 trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; 09481 then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without 09482 blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, 09483 after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering. 09484 09485 5:16 And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the 09486 holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the 09487 priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of 09488 the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. 09489 09490 5:17 And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are 09491 forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist 09492 it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. 09493 09494 5:18 And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with 09495 thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the 09496 priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance 09497 wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him. 09498 09499 5:19 It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against 09500 the LORD. 09501 09502 6:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:2 If a soul sin, and 09503 commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that 09504 which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken 09505 away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; 6:3 Or have found 09506 that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in 09507 any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: 6:4 Then it shall 09508 be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that 09509 which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully 09510 gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing 09511 which he found, 6:5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he 09512 shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part 09513 more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day 09514 of his trespass offering. 09515 09516 6:6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram 09517 without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass 09518 offering, unto the priest: 6:7 And the priest shall make an atonement 09519 for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of 09520 all that he hath done in trespassing therein. 09521 09522 6:8 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:9 Command Aaron and his 09523 sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt 09524 offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the 09525 morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. 09526 09527 6:10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen 09528 breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the 09529 fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall 09530 put them beside the altar. 09531 09532 6:11 And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and 09533 carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place. 09534 09535 6:12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not 09536 be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and 09537 lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the 09538 fat of the peace offerings. 09539 09540 6:13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go 09541 out. 09542 09543 6:14 And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall 09544 offer it before the LORD, before the altar. 09545 09546 6:15 And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat 09547 offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is 09548 upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet 09549 savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD. 09550 09551 6:16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with 09552 unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of 09553 the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. 09554 09555 6:17 It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for 09556 their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the 09557 sin offering, and as the trespass offering. 09558 09559 6:18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It 09560 shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the 09561 offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall 09562 be holy. 09563 09564 6:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:20 This is the offering 09565 of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the 09566 day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for 09567 a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof 09568 at night. 09569 09570 6:21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou 09571 shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt 09572 thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD. 09573 09574 6:22 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall 09575 offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly 09576 burnt. 09577 09578 6:23 For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it 09579 shall not be eaten. 09580 09581 6:24 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:25 Speak unto Aaron and 09582 to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place 09583 where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed 09584 before the LORD: it is most holy. 09585 09586 6:26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy 09587 place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the 09588 congregation. 09589 09590 6:27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when 09591 there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt 09592 wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. 09593 09594 6:28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and 09595 if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed 09596 in water. 09597 09598 6:29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most 09599 holy. 09600 09601 6:30 And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the 09602 tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, 09603 shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire. 09604 09605 7:1 Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most 09606 holy. 09607 09608 7:2 In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill 09609 the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round 09610 about upon the altar. 09611 09612 7:3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the 09613 fat that covereth the inwards, 7:4 And the two kidneys, and the fat 09614 that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above 09615 the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away: 7:5 And the priest 09616 shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the 09617 LORD: it is a trespass offering. 09618 09619 7:6 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten 09620 in the holy place: it is most holy. 09621 09622 7:7 As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one 09623 law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have 09624 it. 09625 09626 7:8 And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the 09627 priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he 09628 hath offered. 09629 09630 7:9 And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that 09631 is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's 09632 that offereth it. 09633 09634 7:10 And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the 09635 sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. 09636 09637 7:11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he 09638 shall offer unto the LORD. 09639 09640 7:12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the 09641 sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and 09642 unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of 09643 fine flour, fried. 09644 09645 7:13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread 09646 with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. 09647 09648 7:14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an 09649 heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that 09650 sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. 09651 09652 7:15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for 09653 thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall 09654 not leave any of it until the morning. 09655 09656 7:16 But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary 09657 offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his 09658 sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten: 09659 7:17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day 09660 shall be burnt with fire. 09661 09662 7:18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings 09663 be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither 09664 shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an 09665 abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. 09666 09667 7:19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; 09668 it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean 09669 shall eat thereof. 09670 09671 7:20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace 09672 offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon 09673 him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 09674 09675 7:21 Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the 09676 uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean 09677 thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which 09678 pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his 09679 people. 09680 09681 7:22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7:23 Speak unto the 09682 children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or 09683 of sheep, or of goat. 09684 09685 7:24 And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of 09686 that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye 09687 shall in no wise eat of it. 09688 09689 7:25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an 09690 offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it 09691 shall be cut off from his people. 09692 09693 7:26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl 09694 or of beast, in any of your dwellings. 09695 09696 7:27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that 09697 soul shall be cut off from his people. 09698 09699 7:28 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7:29 Speak unto the 09700 children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his 09701 peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD 09702 of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. 09703 09704 7:30 His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, 09705 the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be 09706 waved for a wave offering before the LORD. 09707 09708 7:31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast 09709 shall be Aaron's and his sons'. 09710 09711 7:32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave 09712 offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. 09713 09714 7:33 He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace 09715 offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. 09716 09717 7:34 For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the 09718 children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, 09719 and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a 09720 statute for ever from among the children of Israel. 09721 09722 7:35 This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the 09723 anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, 09724 in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the 09725 priest's office; 7:36 Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the 09726 children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for 09727 ever throughout their generations. 09728 09729 7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and 09730 of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the 09731 consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; 7:38 Which 09732 the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded 09733 the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the 09734 wilderness of Sinai. 09735 09736 8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:2 Take Aaron and his sons 09737 with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for 09738 the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; 8:3 09739 And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the 09740 tabernacle of the congregation. 09741 09742 8:4 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was 09743 gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 09744 09745 8:5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the 09746 LORD commanded to be done. 09747 09748 8:6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. 09749 09750 8:7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and 09751 clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded 09752 him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him 09753 therewith. 09754 09755 8:8 And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the 09756 breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. 09757 09758 8:9 And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon 09759 his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the 09760 LORD commanded Moses. 09761 09762 8:10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and 09763 all that was therein, and sanctified them. 09764 09765 8:11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed 09766 the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to 09767 sanctify them. 09768 09769 8:12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and 09770 anointed him, to sanctify him. 09771 09772 8:13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and 09773 girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD 09774 commanded Moses. 09775 09776 8:14 And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and 09777 his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin 09778 offering. 09779 09780 8:15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the 09781 horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the 09782 altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified 09783 it, to make reconciliation upon it. 09784 09785 8:16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul 09786 above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned 09787 it upon the altar. 09788 09789 8:17 But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt 09790 with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses. 09791 09792 8:18 And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his 09793 sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 09794 09795 8:19 And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar 09796 round about. 09797 09798 8:20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the 09799 pieces, and the fat. 09800 09801 8:21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt 09802 the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet 09803 savour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD 09804 commanded Moses. 09805 09806 8:22 And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron 09807 and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 09808 09809 8:23 And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it 09810 upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right 09811 hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 09812 09813 8:24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the 09814 tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and 09815 upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood 09816 upon the altar round about. 09817 09818 8:25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon 09819 the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and 09820 their fat, and the right shoulder: 8:26 And out of the basket of 09821 unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened 09822 cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the 09823 fat, and upon the right shoulder: 8:27 And he put all upon Aaron's 09824 hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering 09825 before the LORD. 09826 09827 8:28 And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the 09828 altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet 09829 savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 09830 09831 8:29 And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering 09832 before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as 09833 the LORD commanded Moses. 09834 09835 8:30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was 09836 upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, 09837 and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and 09838 sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' 09839 garments with him. 09840 09841 8:31 And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the 09842 door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the 09843 bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, 09844 Aaron and his sons shall eat it. 09845 09846 8:32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye 09847 burn with fire. 09848 09849 8:33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the 09850 congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at 09851 an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you. 09852 09853 8:34 As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to 09854 make an atonement for you. 09855 09856 8:35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the 09857 congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the 09858 LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded. 09859 09860 8:36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by 09861 the hand of Moses. 09862 09863 9:1 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and 09864 his sons, and the elders of Israel; 9:2 And he said unto Aaron, Take 09865 thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, 09866 without blemish, and offer them before the LORD. 09867 09868 9:3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye 09869 a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of 09870 the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; 9:4 Also a 09871 bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; 09872 and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear 09873 unto you. 09874 09875 9:5 And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle 09876 of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood 09877 before the LORD. 09878 09879 9:6 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye 09880 should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you. 09881 09882 9:7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin 09883 offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, 09884 and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an 09885 atonement for them; as the LORD commanded. 09886 09887 9:8 Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin 09888 offering, which was for himself. 09889 09890 9:9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped 09891 his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and 09892 poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: 9:10 But the fat, and 09893 the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he 09894 burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses. 09895 09896 9:11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. 09897 09898 9:12 And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto 09899 him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar. 09900 09901 9:13 And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces 09902 thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar. 09903 09904 9:14 And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the 09905 burnt offering on the altar. 09906 09907 9:15 And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which 09908 was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for 09909 sin, as the first. 09910 09911 9:16 And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to 09912 the manner. 09913 09914 9:17 And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, 09915 and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the 09916 morning. 09917 09918 9:18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace 09919 offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto 09920 him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, 9:19 And 09921 the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which 09922 covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver: 09923 9:20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon 09924 the altar: 9:21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for 09925 a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded. 09926 09927 9:22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, 09928 and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt 09929 offering, and peace offerings. 09930 09931 9:23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, 09932 and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD 09933 appeared unto all the people. 09934 09935 9:24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon 09936 the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people 09937 saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces. 09938 09939 10:1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his 09940 censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered 09941 strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. 09942 09943 10:2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and 09944 they died before the LORD. 09945 09946 10:3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, 09947 saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all 09948 the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. 09949 09950 10:4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the 09951 uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren 09952 from before the sanctuary out of the camp. 09953 09954 10:5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the 09955 camp; as Moses had said. 09956 09957 10:6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his 09958 sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, 09959 and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the 09960 whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled. 09961 09962 10:7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the 09963 congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon 09964 you. And they did according to the word of Moses. 09965 09966 10:8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, 10:9 Do not drink wine nor 09967 strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the 09968 tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for 09969 ever throughout your generations: 10:10 And that ye may put difference 09970 between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; 10:11 And that 09971 ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD 09972 hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. 09973 09974 10:12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, 09975 his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the 09976 offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside 09977 the altar: for it is most holy: 10:13 And ye shall eat it in the holy 09978 place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of 09979 the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded. 09980 09981 10:14 And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean 09982 place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be 09983 thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of 09984 peace offerings of the children of Israel. 09985 09986 10:15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the 09987 offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering 09988 before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a 09989 statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded. 09990 09991 10:16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, 09992 behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the 09993 sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, 10:17 Wherefore have ye 09994 not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, 09995 and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to 09996 make atonement for them before the LORD? 10:18 Behold, the blood of 09997 it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have 09998 eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded. 09999 10000 10:19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered 10001 their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such 10002 things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, 10003 should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD? 10:20 And when 10004 Moses heard that, he was content. 10005 10006 11:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 10007 11:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts 10008 which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 10009 10010 11:3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the 10011 cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 10012 10013 11:4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or 10014 of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the 10015 cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 10016 10017 11:5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the 10018 hoof; he is unclean unto you. 10019 10020 11:6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the 10021 hoof; he is unclean unto you. 10022 10023 11:7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, 10024 yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. 10025 10026 11:8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not 10027 touch; they are unclean to you. 10028 10029 11:9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath 10030 fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them 10031 shall ye eat. 10032 10033 11:10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the 10034 rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which 10035 is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: 11:11 They 10036 shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their 10037 flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 10038 10039 11:12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be 10040 an abomination unto you. 10041 10042 11:13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the 10043 fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, 10044 and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 11:14 And the vulture, and the kite 10045 after his kind; 11:15 Every raven after his kind; 11:16 And the owl, 10046 and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 11:17 10047 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 11:18 And 10048 the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, 11:19 And the stork, 10049 the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 10050 10051 11:20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an 10052 abomination unto you. 10053 10054 11:21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth 10055 upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon 10056 the earth; 11:22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his 10057 kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his 10058 kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. 10059 10060 11:23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, 10061 shall be an abomination unto you. 10062 10063 11:24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the 10064 carcase of them shall be unclean until the even. 10065 10066 11:25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash 10067 his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 10068 10069 11:26 The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not 10070 clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one 10071 that toucheth them shall be unclean. 10072 10073 11:27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts 10074 that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their 10075 carcase shall be unclean until the even. 10076 10077 11:28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, 10078 and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you. 10079 10080 11:29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things 10081 that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise 10082 after his kind, 11:30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the 10083 lizard, and the snail, and the mole. 10084 10085 11:31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth 10086 touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even. 10087 10088 11:32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, 10089 it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or 10090 skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it 10091 must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it 10092 shall be cleansed. 10093 10094 11:33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, 10095 whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it. 10096 10097 11:34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh 10098 shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel 10099 shall be unclean. 10100 10101 11:35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth 10102 shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall 10103 be broken down: for they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you. 10104 10105 11:36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of 10106 water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be 10107 unclean. 10108 10109 11:37 And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which 10110 is to be sown, it shall be clean. 10111 10112 11:38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their 10113 carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. 10114 10115 11:39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the 10116 carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. 10117 10118 11:40 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, 10119 and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it 10120 shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 10121 10122 11:41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be 10123 an abomination; it shall not be eaten. 10124 10125 11:42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all 10126 four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that 10127 creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an 10128 abomination. 10129 10130 11:43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing 10131 that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, 10132 that ye should be defiled thereby. 10133 10134 11:44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify 10135 yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye 10136 defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon 10137 the earth. 10138 10139 11:45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, 10140 to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 10141 10142 11:46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every 10143 living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that 10144 creepeth upon the earth: 11:47 To make a difference between the 10145 unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the 10146 beast that may not be eaten. 10147 10148 12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12:2 Speak unto the 10149 children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a 10150 man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days 10151 of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. 10152 10153 12:3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be 10154 circumcised. 10155 10156 12:4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three 10157 and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the 10158 sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. 10159 10160 12:5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two 10161 weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of 10162 her purifying threescore and six days. 10163 10164 12:6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or 10165 for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt 10166 offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, 10167 unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: 10168 12:7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for 10169 her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is 10170 the law for her that hath born a male or a female. 10171 10172 12:8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two 10173 turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the 10174 other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for 10175 her, and she shall be clean. 10176 10177 13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, 13:2 When a man 10178 shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, 10179 and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he 10180 shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the 10181 priests: 13:3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of 10182 the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the 10183 plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague 10184 of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him 10185 unclean. 10186 10187 13:4 If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in 10188 sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned 10189 white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven 10190 days: 13:5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, 10191 behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread 10192 not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more: 10193 13:6 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, 10194 behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in 10195 the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and 10196 he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 10197 10198 13:7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he 10199 hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of 10200 the priest again. 10201 10202 13:8 And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the 10203 skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy. 10204 10205 13:9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought 10206 unto the priest; 13:10 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if 10207 the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, 10208 and there be quick raw flesh in the rising; 13:11 It is an old leprosy 10209 in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, 10210 and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean. 10211 10212 13:12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy 10213 cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to 10214 his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh; 13:13 Then the priest shall 10215 consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he 10216 shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned 10217 white: he is clean. 10218 10219 13:14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. 10220 10221 13:15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be 10222 unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. 10223 10224 13:16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he 10225 shall come unto the priest; 13:17 And the priest shall see him: and, 10226 behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall 10227 pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean. 10228 10229 13:18 The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, 10230 and is healed, 13:19 And in the place of the boil there be a white 10231 rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be 10232 shewed to the priest; 13:20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, 10233 it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned 10234 white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of 10235 leprosy broken out of the boil. 10236 10237 13:21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white 10238 hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat 10239 dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 13:22 And if it 10240 spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him 10241 unclean: it is a plague. 10242 10243 13:23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is 10244 a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 10245 10246 13:24 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot 10247 burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, 10248 somewhat reddish, or white; 13:25 Then the priest shall look upon it: 10249 and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be 10250 in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the 10251 burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the 10252 plague of leprosy. 10253 10254 13:26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white 10255 hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but 10256 be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 13:27 10257 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be 10258 spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him 10259 unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. 10260 10261 13:28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the 10262 skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the 10263 priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the 10264 burning. 10265 10266 13:29 If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard; 10267 13:30 Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in 10268 sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; 10269 then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a 10270 leprosy upon the head or beard. 10271 10272 13:31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, 10273 it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black 10274 hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of 10275 the scall seven days: 13:32 And in the seventh day the priest shall 10276 look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be 10277 in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the 10278 skin; 13:33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and 10279 the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more: 10280 13:34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, 10281 behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper 10282 than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall 10283 wash his clothes, and be clean. 10284 10285 13:35 But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing; 10286 13:36 Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be 10287 spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is 10288 unclean. 10289 10290 13:37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is 10291 black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the 10292 priest shall pronounce him clean. 10293 10294 13:38 If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright 10295 spots, even white bright spots; 13:39 Then the priest shall look: and, 10296 behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish 10297 white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean. 10298 10299 13:40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet 10300 is he clean. 10301 10302 13:41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head 10303 toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean. 10304 10305 13:42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white 10306 reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald 10307 forehead. 10308 10309 13:43 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising 10310 of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald 10311 forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; 13:44 He 10312 is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him 10313 utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. 10314 10315 13:45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, 10316 and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and 10317 shall cry, Unclean, unclean. 10318 10319 13:46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be 10320 defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall 10321 his habitation be. 10322 10323 13:47 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be 10324 a woollen garment, or a linen garment; 13:48 Whether it be in the 10325 warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any 10326 thing made of skin; 13:49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in 10327 the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in 10328 any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto 10329 the priest: 13:50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut 10330 up it that hath the plague seven days: 13:51 And he shall look on the 10331 plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, 10332 either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that 10333 is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. 10334 10335 13:52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in 10336 woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for 10337 it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. 10338 10339 13:53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not 10340 spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any 10341 thing of skin; 13:54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the 10342 thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more: 10343 13:55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is 10344 washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and 10345 the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the 10346 fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without. 10347 10348 13:56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark 10349 after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or 10350 out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: 13:57 And if 10351 it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or 10352 in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that 10353 wherein the plague is with fire. 10354 10355 13:58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of 10356 skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from 10357 them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. 10358 10359 13:59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen 10360 or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to 10361 pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. 10362 10363 14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 14:2 This shall be the law 10364 of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the 10365 priest: 14:3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the 10366 priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in 10367 the leper; 14:4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is 10368 to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, 10369 and hyssop: 14:5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be 10370 killed in an earthen vessel over running water: 14:6 As for the living 10371 bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the 10372 hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the 10373 bird that was killed over the running water: 14:7 And he shall 10374 sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, 10375 and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose 10376 into the open field. 10377 10378 14:8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave 10379 off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and 10380 after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of 10381 his tent seven days. 10382 10383 14:9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his 10384 hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he 10385 shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his 10386 flesh in water, and he shall be clean. 10387 10388 14:10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without 10389 blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three 10390 tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and 10391 one log of oil. 10392 10393 14:11 And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that 10394 is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of 10395 the tabernacle of the congregation: 14:12 And the priest shall take 10396 one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of 10397 oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: 14:13 And he 10398 shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering 10399 and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is 10400 the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy: 14:14 And 10401 the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and 10402 the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is 10403 to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the 10404 great toe of his right foot: 14:15 And the priest shall take some of 10405 the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: 14:16 10406 And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his 10407 left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times 10408 before the LORD: 14:17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand 10409 shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to 10410 be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great 10411 toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering: 14:18 10412 And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour 10413 upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make 10414 an atonement for him before the LORD. 10415 10416 14:19 And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an 10417 atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and 10418 afterward he shall kill the burnt offering: 14:20 And the priest shall 10419 offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the 10420 priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. 10421 10422 14:21 And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take 10423 one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for 10424 him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat 10425 offering, and a log of oil; 14:22 And two turtledoves, or two young 10426 pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin 10427 offering, and the other a burnt offering. 10428 10429 14:23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto 10430 the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 10431 before the LORD. 10432 10433 14:24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and 10434 the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering 10435 before the LORD: 14:25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass 10436 offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass 10437 offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to 10438 be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great 10439 toe of his right foot: 14:26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into 10440 the palm of his own left hand: 14:27 And the priest shall sprinkle 10441 with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven 10442 times before the LORD: 14:28 And the priest shall put of the oil that 10443 is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be 10444 cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe 10445 of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass 10446 offering: 14:29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand 10447 he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an 10448 atonement for him before the LORD. 10449 10450 14:30 And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young 10451 pigeons, such as he can get; 14:31 Even such as he is able to get, the 10452 one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the 10453 meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is 10454 to be cleansed before the LORD. 10455 10456 14:32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose 10457 hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing. 10458 10459 14:33 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 14:34 When 10460 ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a 10461 possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of 10462 your possession; 14:35 And he that owneth the house shall come and 10463 tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague 10464 in the house: 14:36 Then the priest shall command that they empty the 10465 house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that 10466 is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go 10467 in to see the house: 14:37 And he shall look on the plague, and, 10468 behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow 10469 strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall; 10470 14:38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the 10471 house, and shut up the house seven days: 14:39 And the priest shall 10472 come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague 10473 be spread in the walls of the house; 14:40 Then the priest shall 10474 command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and 10475 they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: 14:41 And 10476 he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they 10477 shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an 10478 unclean place: 14:42 And they shall take other stones, and put them in 10479 the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall 10480 plaister the house. 10481 10482 14:43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after 10483 that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the 10484 house, and after it is plaistered; 14:44 Then the priest shall come 10485 and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a 10486 fretting leprosy in the house; it is unclean. 10487 10488 14:45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the 10489 timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry 10490 them forth out of the city into an unclean place. 10491 10492 14:46 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is 10493 shut up shall be unclean until the even. 10494 10495 14:47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he 10496 that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. 10497 10498 14:48 And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, 10499 the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was 10500 plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because 10501 the plague is healed. 10502 10503 14:49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar 10504 wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 14:50 And he shall kill the one of the 10505 birds in an earthen vessel over running water: 14:51 And he shall take 10506 the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, 10507 and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, 10508 and sprinkle the house seven times: 14:52 And he shall cleanse the 10509 house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with 10510 the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and 10511 with the scarlet: 14:53 But he shall let go the living bird out of the 10512 city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it 10513 shall be clean. 10514 10515 14:54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall, 10516 14:55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, 14:56 And for 10517 a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: 14:57 To teach when 10518 it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy. 10519 10520 15:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, 15:2 Speak 10521 unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a 10522 running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean. 10523 10524 15:3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh 10525 run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his 10526 uncleanness. 10527 10528 15:4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and 10529 every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. 10530 10531 15:5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe 10532 himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 10533 10534 15:6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the 10535 issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be 10536 unclean until the even. 10537 10538 15:7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall 10539 wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the 10540 even. 10541 10542 15:8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then 10543 he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean 10544 until the even. 10545 10546 15:9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall 10547 be unclean. 10548 10549 15:10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be 10550 unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall 10551 wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the 10552 even. 10553 10554 15:11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not 10555 rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe 10556 himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 10557 10558 15:12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, 10559 shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. 10560 10561 15:13 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he 10562 shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his 10563 clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean. 10564 10565 15:14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or 10566 two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the 10567 tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest: 15:15 10568 And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the 10569 other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for 10570 him before the LORD for his issue. 10571 10572 15:16 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he 10573 shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. 10574 10575 15:17 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of 10576 copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. 10577 10578 15:18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, 10579 they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the 10580 even. 10581 10582 15:19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be 10583 blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her 10584 shall be unclean until the even. 10585 10586 15:20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be 10587 unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. 10588 10589 15:21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe 10590 himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 10591 10592 15:22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash 10593 his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the 10594 even. 10595 10596 15:23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, 10597 when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. 10598 10599 15:24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, 10600 he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall 10601 be unclean. 10602 10603 15:25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the 10604 time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her 10605 separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as 10606 the days of her separation: she shall be unclean. 10607 10608 15:26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be 10609 unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon 10610 shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation. 10611 10612 15:27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall 10613 wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the 10614 even. 10615 10616 15:28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to 10617 herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. 10618 10619 15:29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or 10620 two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the 10621 tabernacle of the congregation. 10622 10623 15:30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the 10624 other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for 10625 her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness. 10626 10627 15:31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their 10628 uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile 10629 my tabernacle that is among them. 10630 10631 15:32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed 10632 goeth from him, and is defiled therewith; 15:33 And of her that is 10633 sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of 10634 the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean. 10635 10636 16:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of 10637 Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died; 16:2 And the LORD 10638 said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all 10639 times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which 10640 is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon 10641 the mercy seat. 10642 10643 16:3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock 10644 for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. 10645 10646 16:4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen 10647 breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and 10648 with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; 10649 therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. 10650 10651 16:5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel 10652 two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt 10653 offering. 10654 10655 16:6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is 10656 for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. 10657 10658 16:7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD 10659 at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 10660 10661 16:8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the 10662 LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. 10663 10664 16:9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, 10665 and offer him for a sin offering. 10666 10667 16:10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall 10668 be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and 10669 to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. 10670 10671 16:11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is 10672 for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his 10673 house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for 10674 himself: 16:12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of 10675 fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet 10676 incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: 16:13 And he shall 10677 put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the 10678 incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he 10679 die not: 16:14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and 10680 sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before 10681 the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven 10682 times. 10683 10684 16:15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the 10685 people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as 10686 he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy 10687 seat, and before the mercy seat: 16:16 And he shall make an atonement 10688 for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of 10689 Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so 10690 shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth 10691 among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 10692 10693 16:17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation 10694 when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come 10695 out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, 10696 and for all the congregation of Israel. 10697 10698 16:18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and 10699 make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, 10700 and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar 10701 round about. 10702 10703 16:19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven 10704 times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the 10705 children of Israel. 10706 10707 16:20 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and 10708 the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the 10709 live goat: 16:21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of 10710 the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children 10711 of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting 10712 them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of 10713 a fit man into the wilderness: 16:22 And the goat shall bear upon him 10714 all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go 10715 the goat in the wilderness. 10716 10717 16:23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, 10718 and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went 10719 into the holy place, and shall leave them there: 16:24 And he shall 10720 wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, 10721 and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering 10722 of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. 10723 10724 16:25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. 10725 10726 16:26 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his 10727 clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the 10728 camp. 10729 10730 16:27 And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin 10731 offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy 10732 place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in 10733 the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. 10734 10735 16:28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his 10736 flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. 10737 10738 16:29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the 10739 seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your 10740 souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, 10741 or a stranger that sojourneth among you: 16:30 For on that day shall 10742 the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be 10743 clean from all your sins before the LORD. 10744 10745 16:31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict 10746 your souls, by a statute for ever. 10747 10748 16:32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall 10749 consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, 10750 shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the 10751 holy garments: 16:33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy 10752 sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the 10753 congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for 10754 the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. 10755 10756 16:34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an 10757 atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. 10758 And he did as the LORD commanded Moses. 10759 10760 17:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17:2 Speak unto Aaron, and 10761 unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; 10762 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying, 17:3 What man 10763 soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, 10764 or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, 17:4 And 10765 bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 10766 to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; 10767 blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man 10768 shall be cut off from among his people: 17:5 To the end that the 10769 children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the 10770 open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door 10771 of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them 10772 for peace offerings unto the LORD. 10773 10774 17:6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the 10775 LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the 10776 fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD. 10777 10778 17:7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after 10779 whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto 10780 them throughout their generations. 10781 10782 17:8 And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the 10783 house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that 10784 offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, 17:9 And bringeth it not unto 10785 the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the 10786 LORD; even that man shall be cut off from among his people. 10787 10788 17:10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the 10789 strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I 10790 will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will 10791 cut him off from among his people. 10792 10793 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it 10794 to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is 10795 the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. 10796 10797 17:12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you 10798 shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you 10799 eat blood. 10800 10801 17:13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the 10802 strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast 10803 or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, 10804 and cover it with dust. 10805 10806 17:14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life 10807 thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat 10808 the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the 10809 blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. 10810 10811 17:15 And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that 10812 which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or 10813 a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in 10814 water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. 10815 10816 17:16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear 10817 his iniquity. 10818 10819 18:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 18:2 Speak unto the 10820 children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God. 10821 10822 18:3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye 10823 not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring 10824 you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. 10825 10826 18:4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk 10827 therein: I am the LORD your God. 10828 10829 18:5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a 10830 man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD. 10831 10832 18:6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to 10833 uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. 10834 10835 18:7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, 10836 shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her 10837 nakedness. 10838 10839 18:8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is 10840 thy father's nakedness. 10841 10842 18:9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or 10843 daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, 10844 even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. 10845 10846 18:10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's 10847 daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is 10848 thine own nakedness. 10849 10850 18:11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy 10851 father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 10852 10853 18:12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she 10854 is thy father's near kinswoman. 10855 10856 18:13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for 10857 she is thy mother's near kinswoman. 10858 10859 18:14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, 10860 thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. 10861 10862 18:15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she 10863 is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 10864 10865 18:16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it 10866 is thy brother's nakedness. 10867 10868 18:17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her 10869 daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her 10870 daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near 10871 kinswomen: it is wickedness. 10872 10873 18:18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to 10874 uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. 10875 10876 18:19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her 10877 nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. 10878 10879 18:20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, 10880 to defile thyself with her. 10881 10882 18:21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to 10883 Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. 10884 10885 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is 10886 abomination. 10887 10888 18:23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself 10889 therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down 10890 thereto: it is confusion. 10891 10892 18:24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all 10893 these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: 18:25 And 10894 the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon 10895 it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. 10896 10897 18:26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall 10898 not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, 10899 nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: 18:27 (For all these 10900 abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and 10901 the land is defiled;) 18:28 That the land spue not you out also, when 10902 ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. 10903 10904 18:29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the 10905 souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. 10906 10907 18:30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any 10908 one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and 10909 that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God. 10910 10911 19:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 19:2 Speak unto all the 10912 congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be 10913 holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. 10914 10915 19:3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my 10916 sabbaths: I am the LORD your God. 10917 10918 19:4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am 10919 the LORD your God. 10920 10921 19:5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye 10922 shall offer it at your own will. 10923 10924 19:6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: 10925 and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the 10926 fire. 10927 10928 19:7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it 10929 shall not be accepted. 10930 10931 19:8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, 10932 because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul 10933 shall be cut off from among his people. 10934 10935 19:9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly 10936 reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings 10937 of thy harvest. 10938 10939 19:10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather 10940 every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and 10941 stranger: I am the LORD your God. 10942 10943 19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to 10944 another. 10945 10946 19:12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou 10947 profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. 10948 10949 19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages 10950 of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the 10951 morning. 10952 10953 19:14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before 10954 the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD. 10955 10956 19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not 10957 respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: 10958 but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. 10959 10960 19:16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: 10961 neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the 10962 LORD. 10963 10964 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in 10965 any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. 10966 10967 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children 10968 of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the 10969 LORD. 10970 10971 19:19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender 10972 with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: 10973 neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. 10974 10975 19:20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, 10976 betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given 10977 her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because 10978 she was not free. 10979 10980 19:21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the 10981 door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass 10982 offering. 10983 10984 19:22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of 10985 the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: 10986 and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him. 10987 10988 19:23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all 10989 manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as 10990 uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it 10991 shall not be eaten of. 10992 10993 19:24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to 10994 praise the LORD withal. 10995 10996 19:25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it 10997 may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. 10998 10999 19:26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use 11000 enchantment, nor observe times. 11001 11002 19:27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou 11003 mar the corners of thy beard. 11004 11005 19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor 11006 print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. 11007 11008 19:29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest 11009 the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. 11010 11011 19:30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the 11012 LORD. 11013 11014 19:31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after 11015 wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. 11016 11017 19:32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of 11018 the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. 11019 11020 19:33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not 11021 vex him. 11022 11023 19:34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one 11024 born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were 11025 strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. 11026 11027 19:35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in 11028 weight, or in measure. 11029 11030 19:36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall 11031 ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of 11032 Egypt. 11033 11034 19:37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my 11035 judgments, and do them: I am the LORD. 11036 11037 20:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 20:2 Again, thou shalt say 11038 to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, 11039 or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his 11040 seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the 11041 land shall stone him with stones. 11042 11043 20:3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off 11044 from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, 11045 to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. 11046 11047 20:4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from 11048 the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not: 11049 20:5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, 11050 and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit 11051 whoredom with Molech, from among their people. 11052 11053 20:6 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, 11054 and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face 11055 against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. 11056 11057 20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD 11058 your God. 11059 11060 20:8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which 11061 sanctify you. 11062 11063 20:9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be 11064 surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his 11065 blood shall be upon him. 11066 11067 20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, 11068 even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the 11069 adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11070 11071 20:11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his 11072 father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their 11073 blood shall be upon them. 11074 11075 20:12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall 11076 surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall 11077 be upon them. 11078 11079 20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both 11080 of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to 11081 death; their blood shall be upon them. 11082 11083 20:14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they 11084 shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no 11085 wickedness among you. 11086 11087 20:15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: 11088 and ye shall slay the beast. 11089 11090 20:16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, 11091 thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to 11092 death; their blood shall be upon them. 11093 11094 20:17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or 11095 his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his 11096 nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the 11097 sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he 11098 shall bear his iniquity. 11099 11100 20:18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and 11101 shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she 11102 hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be 11103 cut off from among their people. 11104 11105 20:19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, 11106 nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall 11107 bear their iniquity. 11108 11109 20:20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered 11110 his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die 11111 childless. 11112 11113 20:21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean 11114 thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be 11115 childless. 11116 11117 20:22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, 11118 and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue 11119 you not out. 11120 11121 20:23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast 11122 out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I 11123 abhorred them. 11124 11125 20:24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I 11126 will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and 11127 honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other 11128 people. 11129 11130 20:25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and 11131 unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make 11132 your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living 11133 thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as 11134 unclean. 11135 11136 20:26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have 11137 severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. 11138 11139 20:27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a 11140 wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with 11141 stones: their blood shall be upon them. 11142 11143 21:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of 11144 Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead 11145 among his people: 21:2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that 11146 is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his 11147 daughter, and for his brother. 11148 11149 21:3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath 11150 had no husband; for her may he be defiled. 11151 11152 21:4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his 11153 people, to profane himself. 11154 11155 21:5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they 11156 shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their 11157 flesh. 11158 11159 21:6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of 11160 their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread 11161 of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. 11162 11163 21:7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither 11164 shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto 11165 his God. 11166 11167 21:8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of 11168 thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify 11169 you, am holy. 11170 11171 21:9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing 11172 the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. 11173 11174 21:10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose 11175 head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on 11176 the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; 21:11 11177 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his 11178 father, or for his mother; 21:12 Neither shall he go out of the 11179 sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the 11180 anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD. 11181 11182 21:13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 11183 11184 21:14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these 11185 shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to 11186 wife. 11187 11188 21:15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the 11189 LORD do sanctify him. 11190 11191 21:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 21:17 Speak unto Aaron, 11192 saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any 11193 blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. 11194 11195 21:18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not 11196 approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any 11197 thing superfluous, 21:19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or 11198 brokenhanded, 21:20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish 11199 in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; 21:21 11200 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come 11201 nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a 11202 blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. 11203 11204 21:22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of 11205 the holy. 11206 11207 21:23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the 11208 altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: 11209 for I the LORD do sanctify them. 11210 11211 21:24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the 11212 children of Israel. 11213 11214 22:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22:2 Speak unto Aaron and 11215 to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the 11216 children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those 11217 things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD. 11218 11219 22:3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your 11220 generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of 11221 Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that 11222 soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD. 11223 11224 22:4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a 11225 running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. 11226 And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man 11227 whose seed goeth from him; 22:5 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping 11228 thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take 11229 uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; 22:6 The soul which hath 11230 touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the 11231 holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water. 11232 11233 22:7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward 11234 eat of the holy things; because it is his food. 11235 11236 22:8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not 11237 eat to defile himself therewith; I am the LORD. 11238 11239 22:9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for 11240 it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify 11241 them. 11242 11243 22:10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of 11244 the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 11245 11246 22:11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of 11247 it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat. 11248 11249 22:12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she 11250 may not eat of an offering of the holy things. 11251 11252 22:13 But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have 11253 no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, 11254 she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall be no stranger eat 11255 thereof. 11256 11257 22:14 And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall 11258 put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest 11259 with the holy thing. 11260 11261 22:15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of 11262 Israel, which they offer unto the LORD; 22:16 Or suffer them to bear 11263 the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the 11264 LORD do sanctify them. 11265 11266 22:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22:18 Speak unto Aaron, 11267 and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto 11268 them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in 11269 Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his 11270 freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt 11271 offering; 22:19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without 11272 blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. 11273 11274 22:20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it 11275 shall not be acceptable for you. 11276 11277 22:21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the 11278 LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, 11279 it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. 11280 11281 22:22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or 11282 scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering 11283 by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. 11284 11285 22:23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or 11286 lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; 11287 but for a vow it shall not be accepted. 11288 11289 22:24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or 11290 crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof 11291 in your land. 11292 11293 22:25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your 11294 God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and 11295 blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you. 11296 11297 22:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22:27 When a bullock, or 11298 a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days 11299 under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be 11300 accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 11301 11302 22:28 And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her 11303 young both in one day. 11304 11305 22:29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the 11306 LORD, offer it at your own will. 11307 11308 22:30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it 11309 until the morrow: I am the LORD. 11310 11311 22:31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the 11312 LORD. 11313 11314 22:32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed 11315 among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you, 22:33 11316 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the 11317 LORD. 11318 11319 23:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:2 Speak unto the 11320 children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the 11321 LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are 11322 my feasts. 11323 11324 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath 11325 of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the 11326 sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. 11327 11328 23:4 These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which 11329 ye shall proclaim in their seasons. 11330 11331 23:5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's 11332 passover. 11333 11334 23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of 11335 unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened 11336 bread. 11337 11338 23:7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do 11339 no servile work therein. 11340 11341 23:8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven 11342 days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no 11343 servile work therein. 11344 11345 23:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:10 Speak unto the 11346 children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land 11347 which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye 11348 shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the 11349 priest: 23:11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be 11350 accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall 11351 wave it. 11352 11353 23:12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb 11354 without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. 11355 11356 23:13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine 11357 flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a 11358 sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the 11359 fourth part of an hin. 11360 11361 23:14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green 11362 ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto 11363 your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations 11364 in all your dwellings. 11365 11366 23:15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, 11367 from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven 11368 sabbaths shall be complete: 23:16 Even unto the morrow after the 11369 seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new 11370 meat offering unto the LORD. 11371 11372 23:17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two 11373 tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with 11374 leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD. 11375 11376 23:18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of 11377 the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for 11378 a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their 11379 drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto 11380 the LORD. 11381 11382 23:19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, 11383 and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. 11384 11385 23:20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits 11386 for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be 11387 holy to the LORD for the priest. 11388 11389 23:21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an 11390 holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it 11391 shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your 11392 generations. 11393 11394 23:22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make 11395 clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither 11396 shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them 11397 unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God. 11398 11399 23:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:24 Speak unto the 11400 children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of 11401 the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, 11402 an holy convocation. 11403 11404 23:25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an 11405 offering made by fire unto the LORD. 11406 11407 23:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:27 Also on the tenth 11408 day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall 11409 be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and 11410 offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 11411 11412 23:28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of 11413 atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. 11414 11415 23:29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that 11416 same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. 11417 11418 23:30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, 11419 the same soul will I destroy from among his people. 11420 11421 23:31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever 11422 throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 11423 11424 23:32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict 11425 your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto 11426 even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. 11427 11428 23:33 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:34 Speak unto the 11429 children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month 11430 shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. 11431 11432 23:35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no 11433 servile work therein. 11434 11435 23:36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the 11436 LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye 11437 shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn 11438 assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein. 11439 11440 23:37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be 11441 holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a 11442 burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, 11443 every thing upon his day: 23:38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and 11444 beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your 11445 freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD. 11446 11447 23:39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have 11448 gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD 11449 seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day 11450 shall be a sabbath. 11451 11452 23:40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly 11453 trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and 11454 willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God 11455 seven days. 11456 11457 23:41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the 11458 year. 11459 11460 It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate 11461 it in the seventh month. 11462 11463 23:42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites 11464 born shall dwell in booths: 23:43 That your generations may know that 11465 I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them 11466 out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. 11467 11468 23:44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the 11469 LORD. 11470 11471 24:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24:2 Command the children 11472 of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the 11473 light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. 11474 11475 24:3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the 11476 congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning 11477 before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your 11478 generations. 11479 11480 24:4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the 11481 LORD continually. 11482 11483 24:5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: 11484 two tenth deals shall be in one cake. 11485 11486 24:6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure 11487 table before the LORD. 11488 11489 24:7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may 11490 be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the 11491 LORD. 11492 11493 24:8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD 11494 continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting 11495 covenant. 11496 11497 24:9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in 11498 the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the 11499 LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute. 11500 11501 24:10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an 11502 Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the 11503 Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; 11504 24:11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, 11505 and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name 11506 was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) 24:12 And 11507 they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them. 11508 11509 24:13 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24:14 Bring forth him 11510 that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay 11511 their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 11512 11513 24:15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, 11514 Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. 11515 11516 24:16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be 11517 put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as 11518 well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth 11519 the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. 11520 11521 24:17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. 11522 11523 24:18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. 11524 11525 24:19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, 11526 so shall it be done to him; 24:20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, 11527 tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be 11528 done to him again. 11529 11530 24:21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that 11531 killeth a man, he shall be put to death. 11532 11533 24:22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as 11534 for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God. 11535 11536 24:23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should 11537 bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with 11538 stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses. 11539 11540 25:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, 25:2 Speak 11541 unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the 11542 land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the 11543 LORD. 11544 11545 25:3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt 11546 prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; 25:4 But in the 11547 seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for 11548 the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. 11549 11550 25:5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt 11551 not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a 11552 year of rest unto the land. 11553 11554 25:6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and 11555 for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for 11556 thy stranger that sojourneth with thee. 11557 11558 25:7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall 11559 all the increase thereof be meat. 11560 11561 25:8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven 11562 times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall 11563 be unto thee forty and nine years. 11564 11565 25:9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the 11566 tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make 11567 the trumpet sound throughout all your land. 11568 11569 25:10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty 11570 throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be 11571 a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, 11572 and ye shall return every man unto his family. 11573 11574 25:11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, 11575 neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes 11576 in it of thy vine undressed. 11577 11578 25:12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat 11579 the increase thereof out of the field. 11580 11581 25:13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his 11582 possession. 11583 11584 25:14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of 11585 thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: 25:15 11586 According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of 11587 thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he 11588 shall sell unto thee: 25:16 According to the multitude of years thou 11589 shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of 11590 years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number 11591 of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. 11592 11593 25:17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear 11594 thy God:for I am the LORD your God. 11595 11596 25:18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do 11597 them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. 11598 11599 25:19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, 11600 and dwell therein in safety. 11601 11602 25:20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, 11603 we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: 25:21 Then I will 11604 command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring 11605 forth fruit for three years. 11606 11607 25:22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until 11608 the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old 11609 store. 11610 11611 25:23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for 11612 ye are strangers and sojourners with me. 11613 11614 25:24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a 11615 redemption for the land. 11616 11617 25:25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his 11618 possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he 11619 redeem that which his brother sold. 11620 11621 25:26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to 11622 redeem it; 25:27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and 11623 restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may 11624 return unto his possession. 11625 11626 25:28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is 11627 sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the 11628 year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return 11629 unto his possession. 11630 11631 25:29 And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may 11632 redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may 11633 he redeem it. 11634 11635 25:30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then 11636 the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to 11637 him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in 11638 the jubile. 11639 11640 25:31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about 11641 them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be 11642 redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile. 11643 11644 25:32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the 11645 cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. 11646 11647 25:33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was 11648 sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of 11649 jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their 11650 possession among the children of Israel. 11651 11652 25:34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; 11653 for it is their perpetual possession. 11654 11655 25:35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; 11656 then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a 11657 sojourner; that he may live with thee. 11658 11659 25:36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that 11660 thy brother may live with thee. 11661 11662 25:37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy 11663 victuals for increase. 11664 11665 25:38 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land 11666 of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. 11667 11668 25:39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be 11669 sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: 11670 25:40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with 11671 thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile. 11672 11673 25:41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children 11674 with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the 11675 possession of his fathers shall he return. 11676 11677 25:42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land 11678 of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. 11679 11680 25:43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy 11681 God. 11682 11683 25:44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, 11684 shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy 11685 bondmen and bondmaids. 11686 11687 25:45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among 11688 you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, 11689 which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. 11690 11691 25:46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after 11692 you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for 11693 ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule 11694 one over another with rigour. 11695 11696 25:47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother 11697 that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or 11698 sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family: 25:48 11699 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren 11700 may redeem him: 25:49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem 11701 him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; 11702 or if he be able, he may redeem himself. 11703 11704 25:50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that 11705 he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale 11706 shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of 11707 an hired servant shall it be with him. 11708 11709 25:51 If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall 11710 give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was 11711 bought for. 11712 11713 25:52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then 11714 he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give 11715 him again the price of his redemption. 11716 11717 25:53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the 11718 other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. 11719 11720 25:54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out 11721 in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him. 11722 11723 25:55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my 11724 servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD 11725 your God. 11726 11727 26:1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up 11728 a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your 11729 land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God. 11730 11731 26:2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the 11732 LORD. 11733 11734 26:3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; 11735 26:4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield 11736 her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 11737 11738 26:5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage 11739 shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the 11740 full, and dwell in your land safely. 11741 11742 26:6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and 11743 none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the 11744 land, neither shall the sword go through your land. 11745 11746 26:7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you 11747 by the sword. 11748 11749 26:8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you 11750 shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before 11751 you by the sword. 11752 11753 26:9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and 11754 multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. 11755 11756 26:10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of 11757 the new. 11758 11759 26:11 And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor 11760 you. 11761 11762 26:12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be 11763 my people. 11764 11765 26:13 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land 11766 of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the 11767 bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. 11768 11769 26:14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these 11770 commandments; 26:15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your 11771 soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, 11772 but that ye break my covenant: 26:16 I also will do this unto you; I 11773 will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, 11774 that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall 11775 sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 11776 11777 26:17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before 11778 your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall 11779 flee when none pursueth you. 11780 11781 26:18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will 11782 punish you seven times more for your sins. 11783 11784 26:19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your 11785 heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: 26:20 And your strength shall 11786 be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither 11787 shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. 11788 11789 26:21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I 11790 will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. 11791 11792 26:22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of 11793 your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; 11794 and your high ways shall be desolate. 11795 11796 26:23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will 11797 walk contrary unto me; 26:24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, 11798 and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. 11799 11800 26:25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel 11801 of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, 11802 I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into 11803 the hand of the enemy. 11804 11805 26:26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall 11806 bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread 11807 again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. 11808 11809 26:27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk 11810 contrary unto me; 26:28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in 11811 fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 11812 11813 26:29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your 11814 daughters shall ye eat. 11815 11816 26:30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, 11817 and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul 11818 shall abhor you. 11819 11820 26:31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries 11821 unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. 11822 11823 26:32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies 11824 which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 11825 11826 26:33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a 11827 sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities 11828 waste. 11829 11830 26:34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth 11831 desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land 11832 rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. 11833 11834 26:35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not 11835 rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 11836 11837 26:36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness 11838 into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a 11839 shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a 11840 sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 11841 11842 26:37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, 11843 when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your 11844 enemies. 11845 11846 26:38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your 11847 enemies shall eat you up. 11848 11849 26:39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity 11850 in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers 11851 shall they pine away with them. 11852 11853 26:40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their 11854 fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and 11855 that also they have walked contrary unto me; 26:41 And that I also 11856 have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of 11857 their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they 11858 then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 26:42 Then will I 11859 remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and 11860 also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the 11861 land. 11862 11863 26:43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her 11864 sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept 11865 of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they 11866 despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. 11867 11868 26:44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, 11869 I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them 11870 utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their 11871 God. 11872 11873 26:45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their 11874 ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight 11875 of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD. 11876 11877 26:46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD 11878 made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand 11879 of Moses. 11880 11881 27:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 27:2 Speak unto the 11882 children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a 11883 singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation. 11884 11885 27:3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old 11886 even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels 11887 of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 11888 11889 27:4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty 11890 shekels. 11891 11892 27:5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then 11893 thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female 11894 ten shekels. 11895 11896 27:6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy 11897 estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the 11898 female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. 11899 11900 27:7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, 11901 then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten 11902 shekels. 11903 11904 27:8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present 11905 himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according 11906 to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. 11907 11908 27:9 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the 11909 LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy. 11910 11911 27:10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad 11912 for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and 11913 the exchange thereof shall be holy. 11914 11915 27:11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a 11916 sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the 11917 priest: 27:12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or 11918 bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. 11919 11920 27:13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part 11921 thereof unto thy estimation. 11922 11923 27:14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the 11924 LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as 11925 the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. 11926 11927 27:15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he 11928 shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and 11929 it shall be his. 11930 11931 27:16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field 11932 of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed 11933 thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of 11934 silver. 11935 11936 27:17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to 11937 thy estimation it shall stand. 11938 11939 27:18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest 11940 shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, 11941 even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy 11942 estimation. 11943 11944 27:19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, 11945 then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto 11946 it, and it shall be assured to him. 11947 11948 27:20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the 11949 field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. 11950 11951 27:21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy 11952 unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the 11953 priest's. 11954 11955 27:22 And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath 11956 bought, which is not of the fields of his possession; 27:23 Then the 11957 priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto 11958 the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that 11959 day, as a holy thing unto the LORD. 11960 11961 27:24 In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of 11962 whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did 11963 belong. 11964 11965 27:25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the 11966 sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. 11967 11968 27:26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's 11969 firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is 11970 the LORD's. 11971 11972 27:27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it 11973 according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it 11974 thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to 11975 thy estimation. 11976 11977 27:28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto 11978 the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field 11979 of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is 11980 most holy unto the LORD. 11981 11982 27:29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; 11983 but shall surely be put to death. 11984 11985 27:30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, 11986 or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD. 11987 11988 27:31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall 11989 add thereto the fifth part thereof. 11990 11991 27:32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of 11992 whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the 11993 LORD. 11994 11995 27:33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he 11996 change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change 11997 thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. 11998 11999 27:34 These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for 12000 the children of Israel in mount Sinai. 12001 12002 12003 12004 12005 The Fourth Book of Moses: Called Numbers 12006 12007 12008 1:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the 12009 tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, 12010 in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, 12011 saying, 1:2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of 12012 Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the 12013 number of their names, every male by their polls; 1:3 From twenty 12014 years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: 12015 thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies. 12016 12017 1:4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head 12018 of the house of his fathers. 12019 12020 1:5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of 12021 the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. 12022 12023 1:6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 12024 12025 1:7 Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 12026 12027 1:8 Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 12028 12029 1:9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. 12030 12031 1:10 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of 12032 Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 12033 12034 1:11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. 12035 12036 1:12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 12037 12038 1:13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. 12039 12040 1:14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 12041 12042 1:15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. 12043 12044 1:16 These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the 12045 tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. 12046 12047 1:17 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their 12048 names: 1:18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the 12049 first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after 12050 their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number 12051 of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. 12052 12053 1:19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the 12054 wilderness of Sinai. 12055 12056 1:20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their 12057 generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 12058 according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from 12059 twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 12060 1:21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, 12061 were forty and six thousand and five hundred. 12062 12063 1:22 Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their 12064 families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of 12065 them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male 12066 from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to 12067 war; 1:23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of 12068 Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 12069 12070 1:24 Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their 12071 families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of 12072 the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go 12073 forth to war; 1:25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe 12074 of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. 12075 12076 1:26 Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their 12077 families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of 12078 the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go 12079 forth to war; 1:27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe 12080 of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 12081 12082 1:28 Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their 12083 families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of 12084 the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go 12085 forth to war; 1:29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe 12086 of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 12087 12088 1:30 Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their 12089 families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of 12090 the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go 12091 forth to war; 1:31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe 12092 of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 12093 12094 1:32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by 12095 their generations, after their families, by the house of their 12096 fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old 12097 and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 1:33 Those that 12098 were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty 12099 thousand and five hundred. 12100 12101 1:34 Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their 12102 families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of 12103 the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go 12104 forth to war; 1:35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe 12105 of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 12106 12107 1:36 Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their 12108 families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of 12109 the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go 12110 forth to war; 1:37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe 12111 of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 12112 12113 1:38 Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their 12114 families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of 12115 the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go 12116 forth to war; 1:39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe 12117 of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 12118 12119 1:40 Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their 12120 families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of 12121 the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go 12122 forth to war; 1:41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe 12123 of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. 12124 12125 1:42 Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after 12126 their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number 12127 of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to 12128 go forth to war; 1:43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the 12129 tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 12130 12131 1:44 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron 12132 numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was 12133 for the house of his fathers. 12134 12135 1:45 So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, 12136 by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all 12137 that were able to go forth to war in Israel; 1:46 Even all they that 12138 were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five 12139 hundred and fifty. 12140 12141 1:47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not 12142 numbered among them. 12143 12144 1:48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying, 1:49 Only thou shalt 12145 not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the 12146 children of Israel: 1:50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the 12147 tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over 12148 all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all 12149 the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp 12150 round about the tabernacle. 12151 12152 1:51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take 12153 it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall 12154 set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 12155 12156 1:52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by 12157 his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their 12158 hosts. 12159 12160 1:53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of 12161 testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the 12162 children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the 12163 tabernacle of testimony. 12164 12165 1:54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD 12166 commanded Moses, so did they. 12167 12168 2:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2:2 Every 12169 man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with 12170 the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of 12171 the congregation shall they pitch. 12172 12173 2:3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of 12174 the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and 12175 Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of 12176 Judah. 12177 12178 2:4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were 12179 threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 12180 12181 2:5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of 12182 Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the 12183 children of Issachar. 12184 12185 2:6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and 12186 four thousand and four hundred. 12187 12188 2:7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be 12189 captain of the children of Zebulun. 12190 12191 2:8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and 12192 seven thousand and four hundred. 12193 12194 2:9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred 12195 thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, 12196 throughout their armies. These shall first set forth. 12197 12198 2:10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben 12199 according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben 12200 shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. 12201 12202 2:11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty 12203 and six thousand and five hundred. 12204 12205 2:12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and 12206 the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of 12207 Zurishaddai. 12208 12209 2:13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty 12210 and nine thousand and three hundred. 12211 12212 2:14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall 12213 be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. 12214 12215 2:15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty 12216 and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. 12217 12218 2:16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred 12219 thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, 12220 throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank. 12221 12222 2:17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with 12223 the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so 12224 shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. 12225 12226 2:18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim 12227 according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim 12228 shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. 12229 12230 2:19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty 12231 thousand and five hundred. 12232 12233 2:20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the 12234 children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 12235 12236 2:21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty 12237 and two thousand and two hundred. 12238 12239 2:22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of 12240 Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. 12241 12242 2:23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty 12243 and five thousand and four hundred. 12244 12245 2:24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred 12246 thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. 12247 And they shall go forward in the third rank. 12248 12249 2:25 The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by 12250 their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer 12251 the son of Ammishaddai. 12252 12253 2:26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were 12254 threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 12255 12256 2:27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the 12257 captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran. 12258 12259 2:28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty 12260 and one thousand and five hundred. 12261 12262 2:29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of 12263 Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. 12264 12265 2:30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty 12266 and three thousand and four hundred. 12267 12268 2:31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred 12269 thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go 12270 hindmost with their standards. 12271 12272 2:32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by 12273 the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps 12274 throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand 12275 and five hundred and fifty. 12276 12277 2:33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; 12278 as the LORD commanded Moses. 12279 12280 2:34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD 12281 commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set 12282 forward, every one after their families, according to the house of 12283 their fathers. 12284 12285 3:1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that 12286 the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. 12287 12288 3:2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, 12289 and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 12290 12291 3:3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were 12292 anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. 12293 12294 3:4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered 12295 strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had 12296 no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office 12297 in the sight of Aaron their father. 12298 12299 3:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 3:6 Bring the tribe of Levi 12300 near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister 12301 unto him. 12302 12303 3:7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole 12304 congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the 12305 service of the tabernacle. 12306 12307 3:8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the 12308 congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the 12309 service of the tabernacle. 12310 12311 3:9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they 12312 are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. 12313 12314 3:10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on 12315 their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put 12316 to death. 12317 12318 3:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 3:12 And I, behold, I have 12319 taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the 12320 firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: 12321 therefore the Levites shall be mine; 3:13 Because all the firstborn 12322 are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of 12323 Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and 12324 beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD. 12325 12326 3:14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 12327 3:15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by 12328 their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou 12329 number them. 12330 12331 3:16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he 12332 was commanded. 12333 12334 3:17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and 12335 Kohath, and Merari. 12336 12337 3:18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; 12338 Libni, and Shimei. 12339 12340 3:19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, 12341 Hebron, and Uzziel. 12342 12343 3:20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These 12344 are the families of the Levites according to the house of their 12345 fathers. 12346 12347 3:21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the 12348 Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. 12349 12350 3:22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all 12351 the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered 12352 of them were seven thousand and five hundred. 12353 12354 3:23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle 12355 westward. 12356 12357 3:24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall 12358 be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 12359 12360 3:25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the 12361 congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering 12362 thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the 12363 congregation, 3:26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for 12364 the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar 12365 round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. 12366 12367 3:27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of 12368 the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of 12369 the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. 12370 12371 3:28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were 12372 eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 12373 12374 3:29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the 12375 tabernacle southward. 12376 12377 3:30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the 12378 Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 12379 12380 3:31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the 12381 candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary 12382 wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. 12383 12384 3:32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the 12385 chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the 12386 charge of the sanctuary. 12387 12388 3:33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the 12389 Mushites: these are the families of Merari. 12390 12391 3:34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of 12392 all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two 12393 hundred. 12394 12395 3:35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of 12396 Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of 12397 the tabernacle northward. 12398 12399 3:36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be 12400 the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars 12401 thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all 12402 that serveth thereto, 3:37 And the pillars of the court round about, 12403 and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. 12404 12405 3:38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even 12406 before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, 12407 and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the 12408 charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh 12409 shall be put to death. 12410 12411 3:39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron 12412 numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, 12413 all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two 12414 thousand. 12415 12416 3:40 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the 12417 males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take 12418 the number of their names. 12419 12420 3:41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of 12421 all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the 12422 Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children 12423 of Israel. 12424 12425 3:42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn 12426 among the children of Israel. 12427 12428 3:43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month 12429 old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and 12430 two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. 12431 12432 3:44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 3:45 Take the Levites 12433 instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the 12434 cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall 12435 be mine: I am the LORD. 12436 12437 3:46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and 12438 threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, 12439 which are more than the Levites; 3:47 Thou shalt even take five 12440 shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt 12441 thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:) 3:48 And thou shalt 12442 give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, 12443 unto Aaron and to his sons. 12444 12445 3:49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and 12446 above them that were redeemed by the Levites: 3:50 Of the firstborn of 12447 the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and 12448 threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 3:51 12449 And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to 12450 his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded 12451 Moses. 12452 12453 4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 4:2 Take the 12454 sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their 12455 families, by the house of their fathers, 4:3 From thirty years old and 12456 upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do 12457 the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 12458 12459 4:4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle 12460 of the congregation, about the most holy things: 4:5 And when the camp 12461 setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take 12462 down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: 4:6 12463 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread 12464 over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. 12465 12466 4:7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, 12467 and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers 12468 to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: 4:8 And 12469 they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same 12470 with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves 12471 thereof. 12472 12473 4:9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of 12474 the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all 12475 the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: 4:10 And 12476 they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of 12477 badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 12478 12479 4:11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and 12480 cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the 12481 staves thereof: 4:12 And they shall take all the instruments of 12482 ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a 12483 cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and 12484 shall put them on a bar: 4:13 And they shall take away the ashes from 12485 the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: 4:14 And they shall put 12486 upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, 12487 even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all 12488 the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of 12489 badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. 12490 12491 4:15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the 12492 sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set 12493 forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but 12494 they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are 12495 the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the 12496 congregation. 12497 12498 4:16 And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest 12499 pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily 12500 meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the 12501 tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the 12502 vessels thereof. 12503 12504 4:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying, 4:18 Cut ye 12505 not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the 12506 Levites: 4:19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, 12507 when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall 12508 go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden: 12509 4:20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, 12510 lest they die. 12511 12512 4:21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 4:22 Take also the sum of 12513 the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their 12514 families; 4:23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old 12515 shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to 12516 do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 12517 12518 4:24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, 12519 and for burdens: 4:25 And they shall bear the curtains of the 12520 tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and 12521 the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the 12522 hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 4:26 And 12523 the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of 12524 the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, 12525 and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all 12526 that is made for them: so shall they serve. 12527 12528 4:27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service 12529 of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their 12530 service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. 12531 12532 4:28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the 12533 tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the 12534 hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 12535 12536 4:29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their 12537 families, by the house of their fathers; 4:30 From thirty years old 12538 and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one 12539 that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of 12540 the congregation. 12541 12542 4:31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their 12543 service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the 12544 tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets 12545 thereof, 4:32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their 12546 sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, 12547 and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the 12548 instruments of the charge of their burden. 12549 12550 4:33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, 12551 according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, 12552 under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 12553 12554 4:34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered 12555 the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house 12556 of their fathers, 4:35 From thirty years old and upward even unto 12557 fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the 12558 work in the tabernacle of the congregation: 4:36 And those that were 12559 numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and 12560 fifty. 12561 12562 4:37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the 12563 Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the 12564 congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the 12565 commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 12566 12567 4:38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout 12568 their families, and by the house of their fathers, 4:39 From thirty 12569 years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that 12570 entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the 12571 congregation, 4:40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout 12572 their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and 12573 six hundred and thirty. 12574 12575 4:41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of 12576 Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the 12577 congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the 12578 commandment of the LORD. 12579 12580 4:42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of 12581 Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, 4:43 12582 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one 12583 that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the 12584 congregation, 4:44 Even those that were numbered of them after their 12585 families, were three thousand and two hundred. 12586 12587 4:45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of 12588 Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the 12589 LORD by the hand of Moses. 12590 12591 4:46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron 12592 and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the 12593 house of their fathers, 4:47 From thirty years old and upward even 12594 unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the 12595 ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the 12596 congregation. 12597 12598 4:48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and 12599 five hundred and fourscore, 4:49 According to the commandment of the 12600 LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to 12601 his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of 12602 him, as the LORD commanded Moses. 12603 12604 5:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:2 Command the children of 12605 Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that 12606 hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: 5:3 Both male and 12607 female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they 12608 defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell. 12609 12610 5:4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the 12611 camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. 12612 12613 5:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:6 Speak unto the children 12614 of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, 12615 to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty; 5:7 Then 12616 they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall 12617 recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it 12618 the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath 12619 trespassed. 12620 12621 5:8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, 12622 let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; 12623 beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made 12624 for him. 12625 12626 5:9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of 12627 Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. 12628 12629 5:10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man 12630 giveth the priest, it shall be his. 12631 12632 5:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:12 Speak unto the 12633 children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and 12634 commit a trespass against him, 5:13 And a man lie with her carnally, 12635 and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she 12636 be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken 12637 with the manner; 5:14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he 12638 be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of 12639 jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not 12640 defiled: 5:15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and 12641 he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of 12642 barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense 12643 thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, 12644 bringing iniquity to remembrance. 12645 12646 5:16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD: 12647 5:17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of 12648 the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, 12649 and put it into the water: 5:18 And the priest shall set the woman 12650 before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of 12651 memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest 12652 shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse: 5:19 12653 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If 12654 no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to 12655 uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from 12656 this bitter water that causeth the curse: 5:20 But if thou hast gone 12657 aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and 12658 some man have lain with thee beside thine husband: 5:21 Then the 12659 priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest 12660 shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among 12661 thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to 12662 swell; 5:22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy 12663 bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the 12664 woman shall say, Amen, amen. 12665 12666 5:23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall 12667 blot them out with the bitter water: 5:24 And he shall cause the woman 12668 to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that 12669 causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. 12670 12671 5:25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the 12672 woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer 12673 it upon the altar: 5:26 And the priest shall take an handful of the 12674 offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and 12675 afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. 12676 12677 5:27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come 12678 to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her 12679 husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, 12680 and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: 12681 and the woman shall be a curse among her people. 12682 12683 5:28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be 12684 free, and shall conceive seed. 12685 12686 5:29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another 12687 instead of her husband, and is defiled; 5:30 Or when the spirit of 12688 jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall 12689 set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her 12690 all this law. 12691 12692 5:31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman 12693 shall bear her iniquity. 12694 12695 6:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:2 Speak unto the children 12696 of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate 12697 themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the 12698 LORD: 6:3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and 12699 shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither 12700 shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. 12701 12702 6:4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made 12703 of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. 12704 12705 6:5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor 12706 come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he 12707 separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the 12708 locks of the hair of his head grow. 12709 12710 6:6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall 12711 come at no dead body. 12712 12713 6:7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his 12714 mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the 12715 consecration of his God is upon his head. 12716 12717 6:8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD. 12718 12719 6:9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the 12720 head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of 12721 his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. 12722 12723 6:10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young 12724 pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the 12725 congregation: 6:11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin 12726 offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement 12727 for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head 12728 that same day. 12729 12730 6:12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, 12731 and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but 12732 the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was 12733 defiled. 12734 12735 6:13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his 12736 separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the 12737 tabernacle of the congregation: 6:14 And he shall offer his offering 12738 unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a 12739 burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for 12740 a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings, 6:15 12741 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with 12742 oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat 12743 offering, and their drink offerings. 12744 12745 6:16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer 12746 his sin offering, and his burnt offering: 6:17 And he shall offer the 12747 ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket 12748 of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, 12749 and his drink offering. 12750 12751 6:18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the 12752 door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of 12753 the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the 12754 sacrifice of the peace offerings. 12755 12756 6:19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one 12757 unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall 12758 put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his 12759 separation is shaven: 6:20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave 12760 offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave 12761 breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. 12762 12763 6:21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his 12764 offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand 12765 shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after 12766 the law of his separation. 12767 12768 6:22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:23 Speak unto Aaron and 12769 unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of 12770 Israel, saying unto them, 6:24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: 12771 6:25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto 12772 thee: 6:26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee 12773 peace. 12774 12775 6:27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I 12776 will bless them. 12777 12778 7:1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the 12779 tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the 12780 instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and 12781 had anointed them, and sanctified them; 7:2 That the princes of 12782 Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of 12783 the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: 7:3 And 12784 they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and 12785 twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: 12786 and they brought them before the tabernacle. 12787 12788 7:4 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7:5 Take it of them, that 12789 they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; 12790 and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to 12791 his service. 12792 12793 7:6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the 12794 Levites. 12795 12796 7:7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, 12797 according to their service: 7:8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave 12798 unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand 12799 of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 12800 12801 7:9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of 12802 the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their 12803 shoulders. 12804 12805 7:10 And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day 12806 that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before 12807 the altar. 12808 12809 7:11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, 12810 each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. 12811 12812 7:12 And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the 12813 son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: 7:13 And his offering was one 12814 silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, 12815 one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; 12816 both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat 12817 offering: 7:14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense: 7:15 12818 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt 12819 offering: 7:16 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:17 And for a 12820 sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five 12821 lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of 12822 Amminadab. 12823 12824 7:18 On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, 12825 did offer: 7:19 He offered for his offering one silver charger, the 12826 weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of 12827 seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full 12828 of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:20 One spoon of 12829 gold of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:21 One young bullock, one ram, 12830 one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:22 One kid of the 12831 goats for a sin offering: 7:23 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, 12832 two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this 12833 was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 12834 12835 7:24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children 12836 of Zebulun, did offer: 7:25 His offering was one silver charger, the 12837 weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of 12838 seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full 12839 of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:26 One golden 12840 spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:27 One young bullock, one 12841 ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:28 One kid of 12842 the goats for a sin offering: 7:29 And for a sacrifice of peace 12843 offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first 12844 year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. 12845 12846 7:30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the 12847 children of Reuben, did offer: 7:31 His offering was one silver 12848 charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver 12849 bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of 12850 them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:32 One 12851 golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:33 One young bullock, 12852 one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:34 One 12853 kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:35 And for a sacrifice of peace 12854 offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first 12855 year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. 12856 12857 7:36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the 12858 children of Simeon, did offer: 7:37 His offering was one silver 12859 charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one 12860 silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; 12861 both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 12862 7:38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:39 One young 12863 bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 12864 7:40 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:41 And for a sacrifice 12865 of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of 12866 the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of 12867 Zurishaddai. 12868 12869 7:42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the 12870 children of Gad, offered: 7:43 His offering was one silver charger of 12871 the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy 12872 shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine 12873 flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:44 One golden spoon of 12874 ten shekels, full of incense: 7:45 One young bullock, one ram, one 12875 lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:46 One kid of the 12876 goats for a sin offering: 7:47 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, 12877 two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this 12878 was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 12879 12880 7:48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the 12881 children of Ephraim, offered: 7:49 His offering was one silver 12882 charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one 12883 silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; 12884 both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 12885 7:50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:51 One young 12886 bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 12887 7:52 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:53 And for a sacrifice 12888 of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of 12889 the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. 12890 12891 7:54 On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of 12892 the children of Manasseh: 7:55 His offering was one silver charger of 12893 the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of 12894 seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full 12895 of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:56 One golden 12896 spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:57 One young bullock, one 12897 ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:58 One kid of 12898 the goats for a sin offering: 7:59 And for a sacrifice of peace 12899 offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first 12900 year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 12901 12902 7:60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the 12903 children of Benjamin, offered: 7:61 His offering was one silver 12904 charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one 12905 silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; 12906 both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 12907 7:62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:63 One young 12908 bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 12909 7:64 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:65 And for a sacrifice 12910 of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of 12911 the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. 12912 12913 7:66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the 12914 children of Dan, offered: 7:67 His offering was one silver charger, 12915 the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl 12916 of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them 12917 full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:68 One 12918 golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:69 One young bullock, 12919 one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:70 One 12920 kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:71 And for a sacrifice of peace 12921 offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first 12922 year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 12923 12924 7:72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the 12925 children of Asher, offered: 7:73 His offering was one silver charger, 12926 the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl 12927 of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them 12928 full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:74 One 12929 golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:75 One young bullock, 12930 one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:76 One 12931 kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:77 And for a sacrifice of peace 12932 offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first 12933 year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. 12934 12935 7:78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children 12936 of Naphtali, offered: 7:79 His offering was one silver charger, the 12937 weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of 12938 seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full 12939 of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:80 One golden 12940 spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:81 One young bullock, one 12941 ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:82 One kid of 12942 the goats for a sin offering: 7:83 And for a sacrifice of peace 12943 offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first 12944 year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. 12945 12946 7:84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was 12947 anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve 12948 silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: 7:85 Each charger of silver 12949 weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the 12950 silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after 12951 the shekel of the sanctuary: 7:86 The golden spoons were twelve, full 12952 of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the 12953 sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty 12954 shekels. 12955 12956 7:87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the 12957 rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat 12958 offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve. 12959 12960 7:88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were 12961 twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the 12962 lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, 12963 after that it was anointed. 12964 12965 7:89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation 12966 to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him 12967 from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from 12968 between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him. 12969 12970 8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:2 Speak unto Aaron and 12971 say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give 12972 light over against the candlestick. 12973 12974 8:3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the 12975 candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses. 12976 12977 8:4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the 12978 shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according 12979 unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the 12980 candlestick. 12981 12982 8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:6 Take the Levites from 12983 among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 12984 12985 8:7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water 12986 of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let 12987 them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean. 12988 12989 8:8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even 12990 fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take 12991 for a sin offering. 12992 12993 8:9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the 12994 congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children 12995 of Israel together: 8:10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the 12996 LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the 12997 Levites: 8:11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an 12998 offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service 12999 of the LORD. 13000 13001 8:12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the 13002 bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the 13003 other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for 13004 the Levites. 13005 13006 8:13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, 13007 and offer them for an offering unto the LORD. 13008 13009 8:14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of 13010 Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. 13011 13012 8:15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the 13013 tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer 13014 them for an offering. 13015 13016 8:16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of 13017 Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the 13018 firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me. 13019 13020 8:17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both 13021 man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of 13022 Egypt I sanctified them for myself. 13023 13024 8:18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the 13025 children of Israel. 13026 13027 8:19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons 13028 from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children 13029 of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an 13030 atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among 13031 the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the 13032 sanctuary. 13033 13034 8:20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of 13035 Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded 13036 Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. 13037 13038 8:21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and 13039 Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an 13040 atonement for them to cleanse them. 13041 13042 8:22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the 13043 tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as 13044 the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto 13045 them. 13046 13047 8:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:24 This is it that 13048 belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward 13049 they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the 13050 congregation: 8:25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease 13051 waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: 8:26 But 13052 shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the 13053 congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt 13054 thou do unto the Levites touching their charge. 13055 13056 9:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the 13057 first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of 13058 Egypt, saying, 9:2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover 13059 at his appointed season. 13060 13061 9:3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in 13062 his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according 13063 to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. 13064 13065 9:4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep 13066 the passover. 13067 13068 9:5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first 13069 month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the 13070 LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. 13071 13072 9:6 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a 13073 man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came 13074 before Moses and before Aaron on that day: 9:7 And those men said unto 13075 him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept 13076 back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed 13077 season among the children of Israel? 9:8 And Moses said unto them, 13078 Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning 13079 you. 13080 13081 9:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 9:10 Speak unto the 13082 children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity 13083 shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar 13084 off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD. 13085 13086 9:11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep 13087 it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 13088 13089 9:12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone 13090 of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep 13091 it. 13092 13093 9:13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and 13094 forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off 13095 from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD 13096 in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. 13097 13098 9:14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the 13099 passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, 13100 and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one 13101 ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the 13102 land. 13103 13104 9:15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud 13105 covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even 13106 there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until 13107 the morning. 13108 13109 9:16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance 13110 of fire by night. 13111 13112 9:17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after 13113 that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the 13114 cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. 13115 13116 9:18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, 13117 and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud 13118 abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. 13119 13120 9:19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, 13121 then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed 13122 not. 13123 13124 9:20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; 13125 according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, 13126 and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed. 13127 13128 9:21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, 13129 and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: 13130 whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they 13131 journeyed. 13132 13133 9:22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the 13134 cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of 13135 Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken 13136 up, they journeyed. 13137 13138 9:23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at 13139 the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of 13140 the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 13141 13142 10:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 10:2 Make thee two 13143 trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou 13144 mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the 13145 journeying of the camps. 13146 13147 10:3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall 13148 assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the 13149 congregation. 13150 13151 10:4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which 13152 are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto 13153 thee. 13154 13155 10:5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts 13156 shall go forward. 13157 13158 10:6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on 13159 the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for 13160 their journeys. 13161 13162 10:7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall 13163 blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. 13164 13165 10:8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; 13166 and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your 13167 generations. 13168 13169 10:9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that 13170 oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye 13171 shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved 13172 from your enemies. 13173 13174 10:10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and 13175 in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over 13176 your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; 13177 that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD 13178 your God. 13179 13180 10:11 And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in 13181 the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle 13182 of the testimony. 13183 13184 10:12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the 13185 wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. 13186 13187 10:13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment 13188 of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 13189 13190 10:14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children 13191 of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the 13192 son of Amminadab. 13193 13194 10:15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was 13195 Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 13196 13197 10:16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was 13198 Eliab the son of Helon. 13199 13200 10:17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and 13201 the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. 13202 13203 10:18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to 13204 their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. 13205 13206 10:19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was 13207 Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 13208 13209 10:20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was 13210 Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 13211 13212 10:21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the 13213 other did set up the tabernacle against they came. 13214 13215 10:22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set 13216 forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the 13217 son of Ammihud. 13218 13219 10:23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was 13220 Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 13221 13222 10:24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was 13223 Abidan the son of Gideoni. 13224 13225 10:25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, 13226 which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and 13227 over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 13228 13229 10:26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was 13230 Pagiel the son of Ocran. 13231 13232 10:27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was 13233 Ahira the son of Enan. 13234 13235 10:28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to 13236 their armies, when they set forward. 13237 13238 10:29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, 13239 Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the 13240 LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee 13241 good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel. 13242 13243 10:30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine 13244 own land, and to my kindred. 13245 13246 10:31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou 13247 knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to 13248 us instead of eyes. 13249 13250 10:32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what 13251 goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. 13252 13253 10:33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' 13254 journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in 13255 the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them. 13256 13257 10:34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went 13258 out of the camp. 13259 13260 10:35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, 13261 Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that 13262 hate thee flee before thee. 13263 13264 10:36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many 13265 thousands of Israel. 13266 13267 11:1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the 13268 LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD 13269 burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts 13270 of the camp. 13271 13272 11:2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the 13273 LORD, the fire was quenched. 13274 13275 11:3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of 13276 the LORD burnt among them. 13277 13278 11:4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and 13279 the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us 13280 flesh to eat? 11:5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt 13281 freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, 13282 and the garlick: 11:6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing 13283 at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. 13284 13285 11:7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as 13286 the colour of bdellium. 13287 13288 11:8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in 13289 mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of 13290 it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. 13291 13292 11:9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell 13293 upon it. 13294 13295 11:10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, 13296 every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was 13297 kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased. 13298 13299 11:11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy 13300 servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou 13301 layest the burden of all this people upon me? 11:12 Have I conceived 13302 all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto 13303 me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking 13304 child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? 11:13 13305 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep 13306 unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. 13307 13308 11:14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too 13309 heavy for me. 13310 13311 11:15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of 13312 hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my 13313 wretchedness. 13314 13315 11:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the 13316 elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, 13317 and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the 13318 congregation, that they may stand there with thee. 13319 13320 11:17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take 13321 of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they 13322 shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not 13323 thyself alone. 13324 13325 11:18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to 13326 morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the 13327 LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us 13328 in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. 13329 13330 11:19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither 13331 ten days, nor twenty days; 11:20 But even a whole month, until it come 13332 out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye 13333 have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, 13334 saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? 11:21 And Moses said, The 13335 people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou 13336 hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. 13337 13338 11:22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice 13339 them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, 13340 to suffice them? 11:23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's 13341 hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to 13342 pass unto thee or not. 13343 13344 11:24 And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, 13345 and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them 13346 round about the tabernacle. 13347 13348 11:25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took 13349 of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: 13350 and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they 13351 prophesied, and did not cease. 13352 13353 11:26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the 13354 one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested 13355 upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out 13356 unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. 13357 13358 11:27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and 13359 Medad do prophesy in the camp. 13360 13361 11:28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his 13362 young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. 13363 13364 11:29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God 13365 that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put 13366 his spirit upon them! 11:30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and 13367 the elders of Israel. 13368 13369 11:31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails 13370 from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's 13371 journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other 13372 side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the 13373 face of the earth. 13374 13375 11:32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and 13376 all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least 13377 gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves 13378 round about the camp. 13379 13380 11:33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was 13381 chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the 13382 LORD smote the people with a very great plague. 13383 13384 11:34 And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because 13385 there they buried the people that lusted. 13386 13387 11:35 And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; 13388 and abode at Hazeroth. 13389 13390 12:1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian 13391 woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. 13392 13393 12:2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he 13394 not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. 13395 13396 12:3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were 13397 upon the face of the earth.) 12:4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto 13398 Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the 13399 tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. 13400 13401 12:5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in 13402 the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both 13403 came forth. 13404 13405 12:6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, 13406 I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak 13407 unto him in a dream. 13408 13409 12:7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. 13410 13411 12:8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in 13412 dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: 13413 wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? 13414 12:9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he 13415 departed. 13416 13417 12:10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, 13418 Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, 13419 and, behold, she was leprous. 13420 13421 12:11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay 13422 not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we 13423 have sinned. 13424 13425 12:12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed 13426 when he cometh out of his mother's womb. 13427 13428 12:13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I 13429 beseech thee. 13430 13431 12:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her 13432 face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from 13433 the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. 13434 13435 12:15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people 13436 journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. 13437 13438 12:16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in 13439 the wilderness of Paran. 13440 13441 13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 13:2 Send thou men, that 13442 they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of 13443 Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one 13444 a ruler among them. 13445 13446 13:3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the 13447 wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of 13448 Israel. 13449 13450 13:4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the 13451 son of Zaccur. 13452 13453 13:5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. 13454 13455 13:6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 13456 13457 13:7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. 13458 13459 13:8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. 13460 13461 13:9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. 13462 13463 13:10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. 13464 13465 13:11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi 13466 the son of Susi. 13467 13468 13:12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. 13469 13470 13:13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. 13471 13472 13:14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. 13473 13474 13:15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 13475 13476 13:16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the 13477 land. 13478 13479 And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. 13480 13481 13:17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto 13482 them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain: 13483 13:18 And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth 13484 therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 13:19 And what 13485 the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what 13486 cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong 13487 holds; 13:20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether 13488 there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of 13489 the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe 13490 grapes. 13491 13492 13:21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of 13493 Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. 13494 13495 13:22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where 13496 Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron 13497 was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 13:23 And they came unto 13498 the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one 13499 cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they 13500 brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. 13501 13502 13:24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of 13503 grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. 13504 13505 13:25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. 13506 13507 13:26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the 13508 congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, 13509 to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the 13510 congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. 13511 13512 13:27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou 13513 sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the 13514 fruit of it. 13515 13516 13:28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and 13517 the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the 13518 children of Anak there. 13519 13520 13:29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, 13521 and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the 13522 Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. 13523 13524 13:30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go 13525 up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. 13526 13527 13:31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up 13528 against the people; for they are stronger than we. 13529 13530 13:32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had 13531 searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which 13532 we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants 13533 thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great 13534 stature. 13535 13536 13:33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the 13537 giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were 13538 in their sight. 13539 13540 14:1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and 13541 the people wept that night. 13542 13543 14:2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against 13544 Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we 13545 had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this 13546 wilderness! 14:3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this 13547 land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be 13548 a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? 14:4 And they 13549 said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into 13550 Egypt. 13551 13552 14:5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly 13553 of the congregation of the children of Israel. 13554 13555 14:6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which 13556 were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: 14:7 And they 13557 spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The 13558 land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. 13559 13560 14:8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, 13561 and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 13562 13563 14:9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of 13564 the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from 13565 them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not. 13566 13567 14:10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the 13568 glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation 13569 before all the children of Israel. 13570 13571 14:11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke 13572 me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs 13573 which I have shewed among them? 14:12 I will smite them with the 13574 pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater 13575 nation and mightier than they. 13576 13577 14:13 And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, 13578 (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) 13579 14:14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they 13580 have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art 13581 seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that 13582 thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a 13583 pillar of fire by night. 13584 13585 14:15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the 13586 nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 14:16 13587 Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which 13588 he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. 13589 13590 14:17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my LORD be great, 13591 according as thou hast spoken, saying, 14:18 The LORD is 13592 longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and 13593 transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the 13594 iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth 13595 generation. 13596 13597 14:19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according 13598 unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this 13599 people, from Egypt even until now. 13600 13601 14:20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: 14:21 13602 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory 13603 of the LORD. 13604 13605 14:22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, 13606 which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now 13607 these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; 14:23 Surely they 13608 shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall 13609 any of them that provoked me see it: 14:24 But my servant Caleb, 13610 because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, 13611 him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall 13612 possess it. 13613 13614 14:25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) 13615 Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the 13616 Red sea. 13617 13618 14:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 14:27 How 13619 long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against 13620 me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they 13621 murmur against me. 13622 13623 14:28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have 13624 spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 14:29 Your carcases shall 13625 fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according 13626 to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which have 13627 murmured against me. 13628 13629 14:30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I 13630 sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and 13631 Joshua the son of Nun. 13632 13633 14:31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will 13634 I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. 13635 13636 14:32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this 13637 wilderness. 13638 13639 14:33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, 13640 and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the 13641 wilderness. 13642 13643 14:34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even 13644 forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even 13645 forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. 13646 13647 14:35 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil 13648 congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this 13649 wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. 13650 13651 14:36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, 13652 and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a 13653 slander upon the land, 14:37 Even those men that did bring up the evil 13654 report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD. 13655 13656 14:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which 13657 were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. 13658 13659 14:39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: 13660 and the people mourned greatly. 13661 13662 14:40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the 13663 top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the 13664 place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned. 13665 13666 14:41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment 13667 of the LORD? but it shall not prosper. 13668 13669 14:42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten 13670 before your enemies. 13671 13672 14:43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and 13673 ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, 13674 therefore the LORD will not be with you. 13675 13676 14:44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the 13677 ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the 13678 camp. 13679 13680 14:45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in 13681 that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah. 13682 13683 15:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 15:2 Speak unto the 13684 children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land 13685 of your habitations, which I give unto you, 15:3 And will make an 13686 offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in 13687 performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, 13688 to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd or of the flock: 13689 15:4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a 13690 meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of 13691 an hin of oil. 13692 13693 15:5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt 13694 thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. 13695 13696 15:6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth 13697 deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. 13698 13699 15:7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an 13700 hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. 13701 13702 15:8 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a 13703 sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD: 15:9 13704 Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth 13705 deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. 13706 13707 15:10 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, 13708 for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 13709 13710 15:11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a 13711 lamb, or a kid. 13712 13713 15:12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to 13714 every one according to their number. 13715 13716 15:13 All that are born of the country shall do these things after 13717 this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour 13718 unto the LORD. 13719 13720 15:14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in 13721 your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet 13722 savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do. 13723 13724 15:15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and 13725 also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever 13726 in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the 13727 LORD. 13728 13729 15:16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger 13730 that sojourneth with you. 13731 13732 15:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 15:18 Speak unto the 13733 children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land 13734 whither I bring you, 15:19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the 13735 bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD. 13736 13737 15:20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave 13738 offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall 13739 ye heave it. 13740 13741 15:21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave 13742 offering in your generations. 13743 13744 15:22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, 13745 which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses, 15:23 Even all that the LORD 13746 hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD 13747 commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations; 15:24 Then 13748 it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge 13749 of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young 13750 bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with 13751 his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, 13752 and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. 13753 13754 15:25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation 13755 of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is 13756 ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by 13757 fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their 13758 ignorance: 15:26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the 13759 children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; 13760 seeing all the people were in ignorance. 13761 13762 15:27 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she 13763 goat of the first year for a sin offering. 13764 13765 15:28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth 13766 ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an 13767 atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. 13768 13769 15:29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, 13770 both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the 13771 stranger that sojourneth among them. 13772 13773 15:30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born 13774 in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that 13775 soul shall be cut off from among his people. 13776 13777 15:31 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken 13778 his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity 13779 shall be upon him. 13780 13781 15:32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they 13782 found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. 13783 13784 15:33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses 13785 and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. 13786 13787 15:34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what 13788 should be done to him. 13789 13790 15:35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to 13791 death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the 13792 camp. 13793 13794 15:36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and 13795 stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses. 13796 13797 15:37 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 15:38 Speak unto the 13798 children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the 13799 borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they 13800 put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: 15:39 And it 13801 shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember 13802 all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not 13803 after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a 13804 whoring: 15:40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and 13805 be holy unto your God. 13806 13807 15:41 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of 13808 Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God. 13809 13810 16:1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, 13811 and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, 13812 sons of Reuben, took men: 16:2 And they rose up before Moses, with 13813 certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of 13814 the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: 16:3 And they 13815 gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said 13816 unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are 13817 holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then 13818 lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? 16:4 And 13819 when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: 16:5 And he spake unto 13820 Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will 13821 shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near 13822 unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto 13823 him. 13824 13825 16:6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; 16:7 And 13826 put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: 13827 and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be 13828 holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. 13829 13830 16:8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: 13831 16:9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel 13832 hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near 13833 to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to 13834 stand before the congregation to minister unto them? 16:10 And he 13835 hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi 13836 with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? 16:11 For which cause 13837 both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: 13838 and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him? 16:12 And Moses sent 13839 to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not 13840 come up: 16:13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of 13841 a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, 13842 except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? 16:14 Moreover 13843 thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, 13844 or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the 13845 eyes of these men? we will not come up. 13846 13847 16:15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not 13848 thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have 13849 I hurt one of them. 13850 13851 16:16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before 13852 the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: 16:17 And take every 13853 man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD 13854 every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and 13855 Aaron, each of you his censer. 13856 13857 16:18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and 13858 laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the 13859 congregation with Moses and Aaron. 13860 13861 16:19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the 13862 door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD 13863 appeared unto all the congregation. 13864 13865 16:20 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 16:21 13866 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume 13867 them in a moment. 13868 13869 16:22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the 13870 spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with 13871 all the congregation? 16:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 13872 16:24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the 13873 tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 13874 13875 16:25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the 13876 elders of Israel followed him. 13877 13878 16:26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, 13879 from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their's, lest 13880 ye be consumed in all their sins. 13881 13882 16:27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, 13883 on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door 13884 of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little 13885 children. 13886 13887 16:28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me 13888 to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. 13889 13890 16:29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be 13891 visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent 13892 me. 13893 13894 16:30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, 13895 and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go 13896 down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have 13897 provoked the LORD. 13898 13899 16:31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these 13900 words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: 16:32 And 13901 the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, 13902 and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 13903 13904 16:33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the 13905 pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the 13906 congregation. 13907 13908 16:34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of 13909 them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. 13910 13911 16:35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two 13912 hundred and fifty men that offered incense. 13913 13914 16:36 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 16:37 Speak unto Eleazar 13915 the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the 13916 burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. 13917 13918 16:38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them 13919 make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered 13920 them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a 13921 sign unto the children of Israel. 13922 13923 16:39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they 13924 that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a 13925 covering of the altar: 16:40 To be a memorial unto the children of 13926 Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near 13927 to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his 13928 company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. 13929 13930 16:41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel 13931 murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the 13932 people of the LORD. 13933 13934 16:42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against 13935 Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the 13936 congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the 13937 LORD appeared. 13938 13939 16:43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the 13940 congregation. 13941 13942 16:44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 16:45 Get you up from 13943 among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And 13944 they fell upon their faces. 13945 13946 16:46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein 13947 from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the 13948 congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone 13949 out from the LORD; the plague is begun. 13950 13951 16:47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the 13952 congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and 13953 he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. 13954 13955 16:48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was 13956 stayed. 13957 13958 16:49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and 13959 seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. 13960 13961 16:50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of 13962 the congregation: and the plague was stayed. 13963 13964 17:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17:2 Speak unto the 13965 children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to 13966 the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the 13967 house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon 13968 his rod. 13969 13970 17:3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one 13971 rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. 13972 13973 17:4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation 13974 before the testimony, where I will meet with you. 13975 13976 17:5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall 13977 choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings 13978 of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. 13979 13980 17:6 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of 13981 their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to 13982 their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was 13983 among their rods. 13984 13985 17:7 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of 13986 witness. 13987 13988 17:8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the 13989 tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of 13990 Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and 13991 yielded almonds. 13992 13993 17:9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all 13994 the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. 13995 13996 17:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the 13997 testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt 13998 quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. 13999 14000 17:11 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he. 14001 14002 17:12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we 14003 die, we perish, we all perish. 14004 14005 17:13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD 14006 shall die: shall we be consumed with dying? 18:1 And the LORD said 14007 unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall 14008 bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee 14009 shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 14010 14011 18:2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy 14012 father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and 14013 minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister 14014 before the tabernacle of witness. 14015 14016 18:3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the 14017 tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary 14018 and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. 14019 14020 18:4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the 14021 tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: 14022 and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. 14023 14024 18:5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of 14025 the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of 14026 Israel. 14027 14028 18:6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among 14029 the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, 14030 to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 14031 14032 18:7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's 14033 office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall 14034 serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of 14035 gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 14036 14037 18:8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the 14038 charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the 14039 children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the 14040 anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. 14041 14042 18:9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the 14043 fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and 14044 every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs 14045 which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for 14046 thy sons. 14047 14048 18:10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat 14049 it: it shall be holy unto thee. 14050 14051 18:11 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all 14052 the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto 14053 thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for 14054 ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. 14055 14056 18:12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of 14057 the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the 14058 LORD, them have I given thee. 14059 14060 18:13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring 14061 unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house 14062 shall eat of it. 14063 14064 18:14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. 14065 14066 18:15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they 14067 bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: 14068 nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the 14069 firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. 14070 14071 18:16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou 14072 redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, 14073 after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. 14074 14075 18:17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the 14076 firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt 14077 sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an 14078 offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. 14079 14080 18:18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as 14081 the right shoulder are thine. 14082 14083 18:19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children 14084 of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy 14085 daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt 14086 for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee. 14087 14088 18:20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in 14089 their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part 14090 and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. 14091 14092 18:21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in 14093 Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even 14094 the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 14095 14096 18:22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the 14097 tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. 14098 14099 18:23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the 14100 congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a 14101 statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children 14102 of Israel they have no inheritance. 14103 14104 18:24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an 14105 heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: 14106 therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they 14107 shall have no inheritance. 14108 14109 18:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 18:26 Thus speak unto the 14110 Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the 14111 tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye 14112 shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part 14113 of the tithe. 14114 14115 18:27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as 14116 though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of 14117 the winepress. 14118 14119 18:28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all 14120 your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall 14121 give thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest. 14122 14123 18:29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the 14124 LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of 14125 it. 14126 14127 18:30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best 14128 thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the 14129 increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress. 14130 14131 18:31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for 14132 it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the 14133 congregation. 14134 14135 18:32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved 14136 from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of 14137 the children of Israel, lest ye die. 14138 14139 19:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 19:2 This 14140 is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, 14141 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer 14142 without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: 14143 19:3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring 14144 her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: 14145 19:4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, 14146 and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the 14147 congregation seven times: 19:5 And one shall burn the heifer in his 14148 sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he 14149 burn: 19:6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and 14150 scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. 14151 14152 19:7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his 14153 flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the 14154 priest shall be unclean until the even. 14155 14156 19:8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and 14157 bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. 14158 14159 19:9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, 14160 and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be 14161 kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of 14162 separation: it is a purification for sin. 14163 14164 19:10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his 14165 clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the 14166 children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, 14167 for a statute for ever. 14168 14169 19:11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven 14170 days. 14171 14172 19:12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the 14173 seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third 14174 day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. 14175 14176 19:13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and 14177 purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that 14178 soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was 14179 not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet 14180 upon him. 14181 14182 19:14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into 14183 the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. 14184 14185 19:15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is 14186 unclean. 14187 14188 19:16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the 14189 open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be 14190 unclean seven days. 14191 14192 19:17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the 14193 burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put 14194 thereto in a vessel: 19:18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and 14195 dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the 14196 vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that 14197 touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: 19:19 And the 14198 clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on 14199 the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and 14200 wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at 14201 even. 14202 14203 19:20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, 14204 that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he 14205 hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath 14206 not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. 14207 14208 19:21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that 14209 sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that 14210 toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. 14211 14212 19:22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and 14213 the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. 14214 14215 20:1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, 14216 into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in 14217 Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 14218 14219 20:2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered 14220 themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 14221 14222 20:3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God 14223 that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! 20:4 And why 14224 have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, 14225 that we and our cattle should die there? 20:5 And wherefore have ye 14226 made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? 14227 it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; 14228 neither is there any water to drink. 14229 14230 20:6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto 14231 the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon 14232 their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. 14233 14234 20:7 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 20:8 Take the rod, and 14235 gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and 14236 speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his 14237 water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so 14238 thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. 14239 14240 20:9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. 14241 14242 20:10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before 14243 the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch 14244 you water out of this rock? 20:11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and 14245 with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out 14246 abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. 14247 14248 20:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me 14249 not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore 14250 ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given 14251 them. 14252 14253 20:13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel 14254 strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. 14255 14256 20:14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, 14257 Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath 14258 befallen us: 20:15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have 14259 dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our 14260 fathers: 20:16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, 14261 and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, 14262 behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: 20:17 14263 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass 14264 through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of 14265 the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not 14266 turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy 14267 borders. 14268 14269 20:18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come 14270 out against thee with the sword. 14271 14272 20:19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high 14273 way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for 14274 it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet. 14275 14276 20:20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out 14277 against him with much people, and with a strong hand. 14278 14279 20:21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: 14280 wherefore Israel turned away from him. 14281 14282 20:22 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, 14283 journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor. 14284 14285 20:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the 14286 coast of the land of Edom, saying, 20:24 Aaron shall be gathered unto 14287 his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given 14288 unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at 14289 the water of Meribah. 14290 14291 20:25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount 14292 Hor: 20:26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar 14293 his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die 14294 there. 14295 14296 20:27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount 14297 Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 14298 14299 20:28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon 14300 Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and 14301 Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. 14302 14303 20:29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they 14304 mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. 14305 14306 21:1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard 14307 tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against 14308 Israel, and took some of them prisoners. 14309 14310 21:2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt 14311 indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy 14312 their cities. 14313 14314 21:3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up 14315 the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and 14316 he called the name of the place Hormah. 14317 14318 21:4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to 14319 compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much 14320 discouraged because of the way. 14321 14322 21:5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore 14323 have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there 14324 is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this 14325 light bread. 14326 14327 21:6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit 14328 the people; and much people of Israel died. 14329 14330 21:7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for 14331 we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, 14332 that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the 14333 people. 14334 14335 21:8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set 14336 it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is 14337 bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 14338 14339 21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it 14340 came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the 14341 serpent of brass, he lived. 14342 14343 21:10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. 14344 14345 21:11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the 14346 wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. 14347 14348 21:12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. 14349 14350 21:13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of 14351 Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the 14352 Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the 14353 Amorites. 14354 14355 21:14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What 14356 he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 21:15 And at the 14357 stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth 14358 upon the border of Moab. 14359 14360 21:16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the 14361 LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give 14362 them water. 14363 14364 21:17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: 14365 21:18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, 14366 by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the 14367 wilderness they went to Mattanah: 21:19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: 14368 and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: 21:20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that 14369 is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward 14370 Jeshimon. 14371 14372 21:21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, 14373 saying, 21:22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the 14374 fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the 14375 well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past 14376 thy borders. 14377 14378 21:23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: 14379 but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against 14380 Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against 14381 Israel. 14382 14383 21:24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed 14384 his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for 14385 the border of the children of Ammon was strong. 14386 14387 21:25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the 14388 cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. 14389 14390 21:26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who 14391 had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out 14392 of his hand, even unto Arnon. 14393 14394 21:27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, 14395 let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: 21:28 For there is a fire 14396 gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed 14397 Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. 14398 14399 21:29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath 14400 given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto 14401 Sihon king of the Amorites. 14402 14403 21:30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and 14404 we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. 14405 14406 21:31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 14407 14408 21:32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages 14409 thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. 14410 14411 21:33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the 14412 king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the 14413 battle at Edrei. 14414 14415 21:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered 14416 him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do 14417 to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at 14418 Heshbon. 14419 14420 21:35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there 14421 was none left him alive: and they possessed his land. 14422 14423 22:1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains 14424 of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. 14425 14426 22:2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the 14427 Amorites. 14428 14429 22:3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: 14430 and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 14431 14432 22:4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company 14433 lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of 14434 the field. 14435 14436 And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. 14437 14438 22:5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to 14439 Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his 14440 people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from 14441 Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over 14442 against me: 22:6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this 14443 people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, 14444 that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for 14445 I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest 14446 is cursed. 14447 14448 22:7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the 14449 rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and 14450 spake unto him the words of Balak. 14451 14452 22:8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring 14453 you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of 14454 Moab abode with Balaam. 14455 14456 22:9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? 14457 22:10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, 14458 hath sent unto me, saying, 22:11 Behold, there is a people come out of 14459 Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; 14460 peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. 14461 14462 22:12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou 14463 shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. 14464 14465 22:13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of 14466 Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave 14467 to go with you. 14468 14469 22:14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and 14470 said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. 14471 14472 22:15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than 14473 they. 14474 14475 22:16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the 14476 son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto 14477 me: 22:17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will 14478 do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse 14479 me this people. 14480 14481 22:18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If 14482 Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go 14483 beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more. 14484 14485 22:19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I 14486 may know what the LORD will say unto me more. 14487 14488 22:20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men 14489 come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I 14490 shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. 14491 14492 22:21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went 14493 with the princes of Moab. 14494 14495 22:22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of 14496 the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was 14497 riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. 14498 14499 22:23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and 14500 his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, 14501 and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into 14502 the way. 14503 14504 22:24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a 14505 wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. 14506 14507 22:25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself 14508 unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he 14509 smote her again. 14510 14511 22:26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow 14512 place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the 14513 left. 14514 14515 22:27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under 14516 Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a 14517 staff. 14518 14519 22:28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto 14520 Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these 14521 three times? 22:29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast 14522 mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I 14523 kill thee. 14524 14525 22:30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which 14526 thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont 14527 to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. 14528 14529 22:31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of 14530 the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he 14531 bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. 14532 14533 22:32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou 14534 smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand 14535 thee, because thy way is perverse before me: 22:33 And the ass saw me, 14536 and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, 14537 surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. 14538 14539 22:34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I 14540 knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if 14541 it displease thee, I will get me back again. 14542 14543 22:35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but 14544 only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So 14545 Balaam went with the princes of Balak. 14546 14547 22:36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet 14548 him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in 14549 the utmost coast. 14550 14551 22:37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee 14552 to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed 14553 to promote thee to honour? 22:38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am 14554 come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word 14555 that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. 14556 14557 22:39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth. 14558 14559 22:40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the 14560 princes that were with him. 14561 14562 22:41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and 14563 brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see 14564 the utmost part of the people. 14565 14566 23:1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and 14567 prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 14568 14569 23:2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered 14570 on every altar a bullock and a ram. 14571 14572 23:3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I 14573 will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he 14574 sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. 14575 14576 23:4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven 14577 altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. 14578 14579 23:5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto 14580 Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. 14581 14582 23:6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt 14583 sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. 14584 14585 23:7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath 14586 brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, 14587 curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. 14588 14589 23:8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, 14590 whom the LORD hath not defied? 23:9 For from the top of the rocks I 14591 see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell 14592 alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. 14593 14594 23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth 14595 part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last 14596 end be like his! 23:11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou 14597 done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou 14598 hast blessed them altogether. 14599 14600 23:12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that 14601 which the LORD hath put in my mouth? 23:13 And Balak said unto him, 14602 Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest 14603 see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not 14604 see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14605 14606 23:14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of 14607 Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on 14608 every altar. 14609 14610 23:15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while 14611 I meet the LORD yonder. 14612 14613 23:16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, 14614 Go again unto Balak, and say thus. 14615 14616 23:17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, 14617 and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath 14618 the LORD spoken? 23:18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, 14619 Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: 23:19 God is not 14620 a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should 14621 repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and 14622 shall he not make it good? 23:20 Behold, I have received commandment 14623 to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. 14624 14625 23:21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen 14626 perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of 14627 a king is among them. 14628 14629 23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength 14630 of an unicorn. 14631 14632 23:23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there 14633 any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said 14634 of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! 23:24 Behold, the 14635 people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young 14636 lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the 14637 blood of the slain. 14638 14639 23:25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless 14640 them at all. 14641 14642 23:26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, 14643 saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do? 23:27 And Balak 14644 said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another 14645 place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them 14646 from thence. 14647 14648 23:28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh 14649 toward Jeshimon. 14650 14651 23:29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and 14652 prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. 14653 14654 23:30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a 14655 ram on every altar. 14656 14657 24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he 14658 went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his 14659 face toward the wilderness. 14660 14661 24:2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his 14662 tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him. 14663 14664 24:3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath 14665 said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 24:4 He hath said, 14666 which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, 14667 falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 24:5 How goodly are 14668 thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! 24:6 As the 14669 valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the 14670 trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees 14671 beside the waters. 14672 14673 24:7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be 14674 in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his 14675 kingdom shall be exalted. 14676 14677 24:8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the 14678 strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and 14679 shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. 14680 14681 24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall 14682 stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that 14683 curseth thee. 14684 14685 24:10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his 14686 hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse 14687 mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these 14688 three times. 14689 14690 24:11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee 14691 unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour. 14692 14693 24:12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers 14694 which thou sentest unto me, saying, 24:13 If Balak would give me his 14695 house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of 14696 the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD 14697 saith, that will I speak? 24:14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: 14698 come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to 14699 thy people in the latter days. 14700 14701 24:15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor 14702 hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 24:16 He hath 14703 said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most 14704 High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but 14705 having his eyes open: 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall 14706 behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a 14707 Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, 14708 and destroy all the children of Sheth. 14709 14710 24:18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession 14711 for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. 14712 14713 24:19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall 14714 destroy him that remaineth of the city. 14715 14716 24:20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, 14717 Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that 14718 he perish for ever. 14719 14720 24:21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, 14721 Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. 14722 14723 24:22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall 14724 carry thee away captive. 14725 14726 24:23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when 14727 God doeth this! 24:24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, 14728 and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall 14729 perish for ever. 14730 14731 24:25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and 14732 Balak also went his way. 14733 14734 25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit 14735 whoredom with the daughters of Moab. 14736 14737 25:2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and 14738 the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 14739 14740 25:3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the 14741 LORD was kindled against Israel. 14742 14743 25:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, 14744 and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce 14745 anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. 14746 14747 25:5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his 14748 men that were joined unto Baalpeor. 14749 14750 25:6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto 14751 his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the 14752 sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were 14753 weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 14754 14755 25:7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the 14756 priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a 14757 javelin in his hand; 25:8 And he went after the man of Israel into the 14758 tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the 14759 woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of 14760 Israel. 14761 14762 25:9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. 14763 14764 25:10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 25:11 Phinehas, the son 14765 of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away 14766 from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among 14767 them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. 14768 14769 25:12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: 14770 25:13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant 14771 of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and 14772 made an atonement for the children of Israel. 14773 14774 25:14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was 14775 slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince 14776 of a chief house among the Simeonites. 14777 14778 25:15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, 14779 the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house 14780 in Midian. 14781 14782 25:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 25:17 Vex the Midianites, 14783 and smite them: 25:18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith 14784 they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of 14785 Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was 14786 slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. 14787 14788 26:1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto 14789 Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 26:2 Take 14790 the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty 14791 years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are 14792 able to go to war in Israel. 14793 14794 26:3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of 14795 Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 26:4 Take the sum of the people, 14796 from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the 14797 children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. 14798 14799 26:5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, 14800 of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of 14801 the Palluites: 26:6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, 14802 the family of the Carmites. 14803 14804 26:7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were 14805 numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and 14806 thirty. 14807 14808 26:8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. 14809 14810 26:9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is 14811 that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who 14812 strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when 14813 they strove against the LORD: 26:10 And the earth opened her mouth, 14814 and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, 14815 what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became 14816 a sign. 14817 14818 26:11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. 14819 14820 26:12 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family 14821 of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, 14822 the family of the Jachinites: 26:13 Of Zerah, the family of the 14823 Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14824 14825 26:14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two 14826 thousand and two hundred. 14827 14828 26:15 The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family 14829 of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the 14830 family of the Shunites: 26:16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of 14831 Eri, the family of the Erites: 26:17 Of Arod, the family of the 14832 Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. 14833 14834 26:18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those 14835 that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. 14836 14837 26:19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the 14838 land of Canaan. 14839 14840 26:20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the 14841 family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of 14842 Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 14843 14844 26:21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the 14845 Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 14846 14847 26:22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were 14848 numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. 14849 14850 26:23 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the 14851 family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: 26:24 Of 14852 Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the 14853 Shimronites. 14854 14855 26:25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were 14856 numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. 14857 14858 26:26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the 14859 family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of 14860 Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 14861 14862 26:27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those 14863 that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. 14864 14865 26:28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and 14866 Ephraim. 14867 14868 26:29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the 14869 Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the 14870 Gileadites. 14871 14872 26:30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the 14873 Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: 26:31 And of 14874 Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of 14875 the Shechemites: 26:32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: 14876 and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 14877 14878 26:33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and 14879 the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, 14880 Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 14881 14882 26:34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered 14883 of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. 14884 14885 26:35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of 14886 Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of 14887 the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 14888 14889 26:36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the 14890 Eranites. 14891 14892 26:37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those 14893 that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. 14894 These are the sons of Joseph after their families. 14895 14896 26:38 The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family 14897 of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, 14898 the family of the Ahiramites: 26:39 Of Shupham, the family of the 14899 Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 14900 14901 26:40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of 14902 the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. 14903 14904 26:41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they 14905 that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six 14906 hundred. 14907 14908 26:42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the 14909 family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their 14910 families. 14911 14912 26:43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were 14913 numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. 14914 14915 26:44 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the 14916 family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of 14917 Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 14918 14919 26:45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of 14920 Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 14921 14922 26:46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. 14923 14924 26:47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those 14925 that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four 14926 hundred. 14927 14928 26:48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the 14929 family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: 26:49 14930 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the 14931 Shillemites. 14932 14933 26:50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: 14934 and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and 14935 four hundred. 14936 14937 26:51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred 14938 thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. 14939 14940 26:52 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 26:53 Unto these the land 14941 shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 14942 14943 26:54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou 14944 shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be 14945 given according to those that were numbered of him. 14946 14947 26:55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to 14948 the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 14949 14950 26:56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided 14951 between many and few. 14952 14953 26:57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their 14954 families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the 14955 family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 14956 14957 26:58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the 14958 Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, 14959 the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath 14960 begat Amram. 14961 14962 26:59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, 14963 whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron 14964 and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 14965 14966 26:60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 14967 14968 26:61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before 14969 the LORD. 14970 14971 26:62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three 14972 thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not 14973 numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no 14974 inheritance given them among the children of Israel. 14975 14976 26:63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the 14977 priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by 14978 Jordan near Jericho. 14979 14980 26:64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron 14981 the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the 14982 wilderness of Sinai. 14983 14984 26:65 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the 14985 wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son 14986 of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 14987 14988 27:1 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son 14989 of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of 14990 Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; 14991 Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 14992 14993 27:2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and 14994 before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the 14995 tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 27:3 Our father died in the 14996 wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered 14997 themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died 14998 in his own sin, and had no sons. 14999 15000 27:4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his 15001 family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession 15002 among the brethren of our father. 15003 15004 27:5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD. 15005 15006 27:6 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 27:7 The daughters of 15007 Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an 15008 inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the 15009 inheritance of their father to pass unto them. 15010 15011 27:8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a 15012 man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass 15013 unto his daughter. 15014 15015 27:9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance 15016 unto his brethren. 15017 15018 27:10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance 15019 unto his father's brethren. 15020 15021 27:11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his 15022 inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he 15023 shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a 15024 statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses. 15025 15026 27:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount 15027 Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of 15028 Israel. 15029 15030 27:13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy 15031 people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. 15032 15033 27:14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in 15034 the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before 15035 their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness 15036 of Zin. 15037 15038 27:15 And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, 27:16 Let the LORD, the 15039 God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 15040 27:17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, 15041 and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the 15042 congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd. 15043 15044 27:18 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a 15045 man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; 27:19 And set 15046 him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and 15047 give him a charge in their sight. 15048 15049 27:20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the 15050 congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. 15051 15052 27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask 15053 counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his 15054 word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, 15055 and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. 15056 15057 27:22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and 15058 set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: 15059 27:23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the 15060 LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. 15061 15062 28:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 28:2 Command the children 15063 of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my 15064 sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe 15065 to offer unto me in their due season. 15066 15067 28:3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire 15068 which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year 15069 without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering. 15070 15071 28:4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb 15072 shalt thou offer at even; 28:5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour 15073 for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten 15074 oil. 15075 15076 28:6 It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount 15077 Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. 15078 15079 28:7 And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin 15080 for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine 15081 to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering. 15082 15083 28:8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering 15084 of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer 15085 it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 15086 15087 28:9 And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, 15088 and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, 15089 and the drink offering thereof: 28:10 This is the burnt offering of 15090 every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink 15091 offering. 15092 15093 28:11 And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt 15094 offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs 15095 of the first year without spot; 28:12 And three tenth deals of flour 15096 for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth 15097 deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram; 15098 28:13 And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat 15099 offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a 15100 sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. 15101 15102 28:14 And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a 15103 bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of 15104 an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month 15105 throughout the months of the year. 15106 15107 28:15 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall 15108 be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink 15109 offering. 15110 15111 28:16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of 15112 the LORD. 15113 15114 28:17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days 15115 shall unleavened bread be eaten. 15116 15117 28:18 In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no 15118 manner of servile work therein: 28:19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice 15119 made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, 15120 and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you 15121 without blemish: 28:20 And their meat offering shall be of flour 15122 mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and 15123 two tenth deals for a ram; 28:21 A several tenth deal shalt thou offer 15124 for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 28:22 And one goat for a 15125 sin offering, to make an atonement for you. 15126 15127 28:23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, 15128 which is for a continual burnt offering. 15129 15130 28:24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven 15131 days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto 15132 the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and 15133 his drink offering. 15134 15135 28:25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye 15136 shall do no servile work. 15137 15138 28:26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat 15139 offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy 15140 convocation; ye shall do no servile work: 28:27 But ye shall offer the 15141 burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; two young bullocks, 15142 one ram, seven lambs of the first year; 28:28 And their meat offering 15143 of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two 15144 tenth deals unto one ram, 28:29 A several tenth deal unto one lamb, 15145 throughout the seven lambs; 28:30 And one kid of the goats, to make an 15146 atonement for you. 15147 15148 28:31 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his 15149 meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their 15150 drink offerings. 15151 15152 29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall 15153 have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of 15154 blowing the trumpets unto you. 15155 15156 29:2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the 15157 LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year 15158 without blemish: 29:3 And their meat offering shall be of flour 15159 mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals 15160 for a ram, 29:4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven 15161 lambs: 29:5 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an 15162 atonement for you: 29:6 Beside the burnt offering of the month, and 15163 his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat 15164 offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for 15165 a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. 15166 15167 29:7 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy 15168 convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work 15169 therein: 29:8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a 15170 sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first 15171 year; they shall be unto you without blemish: 29:9 And their meat 15172 offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a 15173 bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, 29:10 A several tenth deal 15174 for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 29:11 One kid of the goats 15175 for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the 15176 continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink 15177 offerings. 15178 15179 29:12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an 15180 holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a 15181 feast unto the LORD seven days: 29:13 And ye shall offer a burnt 15182 offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; 15183 thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first 15184 year; they shall be without blemish: 29:14 And their meat offering 15185 shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every 15186 bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the 15187 two rams, 29:15 And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen 15188 lambs: 29:16 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the 15189 continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 15190 15191 29:17 And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two 15192 rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: 29:18 And their 15193 meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the 15194 rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the 15195 manner: 29:19 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the 15196 continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their 15197 drink offerings. 15198 15199 29:20 And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs 15200 of the first year without blemish; 29:21 And their meat offering and 15201 their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the 15202 lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:22 And 15203 one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and 15204 his meat offering, and his drink offering. 15205 15206 29:23 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs 15207 of the first year without blemish: 29:24 Their meat offering and their 15208 drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, 15209 shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:25 And one 15210 kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt 15211 offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 15212 15213 29:26 And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs 15214 of the first year without spot: 29:27 And their meat offering and 15215 their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the 15216 lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:28 And 15217 one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and 15218 his meat offering, and his drink offering. 15219 15220 29:29 And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen 15221 lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:30 And their meat offering 15222 and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the 15223 lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:31 And 15224 one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his 15225 meat offering, and his drink offering. 15226 15227 29:32 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen 15228 lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:33 And their meat offering 15229 and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the 15230 lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:34 And 15231 one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his 15232 meat offering, and his drink offering. 15233 15234 29:35 On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do 15235 no servile work therein: 29:36 But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a 15236 sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, 15237 one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:37 Their 15238 meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, 15239 and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the 15240 manner: 29:38 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual 15241 burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. 15242 15243 29:39 These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, 15244 beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt 15245 offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, 15246 and for your peace offerings. 15247 15248 29:40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the 15249 LORD commanded Moses. 15250 15251 30:1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the 15252 children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath 15253 commanded. 15254 15255 30:2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his 15256 soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according 15257 to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. 15258 15259 30:3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a 15260 bond, being in her father's house in her youth; 30:4 And her father 15261 hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her 15262 father shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and 15263 every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. 15264 15265 30:5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not 15266 any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, 15267 shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father 15268 disallowed her. 15269 15270 30:6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered 15271 ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; 30:7 And her 15272 husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard 15273 it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her 15274 soul shall stand. 15275 15276 30:8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; 15277 then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered 15278 with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the 15279 LORD shall forgive her. 15280 15281 30:9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith 15282 they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. 15283 15284 30:10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a 15285 bond with an oath; 30:11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace 15286 at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and 15287 every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 15288 15289 30:12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he 15290 heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her 15291 vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband 15292 hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her. 15293 15294 30:13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her 15295 husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. 15296 15297 30:14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to 15298 day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are 15299 upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the 15300 day that he heard them. 15301 15302 30:15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard 15303 them; then he shall bear her iniquity. 15304 15305 30:16 These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between 15306 a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in 15307 her youth in her father's house. 15308 15309 31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:2 Avenge the children 15310 of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy 15311 people. 15312 15313 31:3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves 15314 unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the 15315 LORD of Midian. 15316 15317 31:4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, 15318 shall ye send to the war. 15319 15320 31:5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a 15321 thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 15322 15323 31:6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them 15324 and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy 15325 instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand. 15326 15327 31:7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded 15328 Moses; and they slew all the males. 15329 15330 31:8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that 15331 were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five 15332 kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. 15333 15334 31:9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, 15335 and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all 15336 their flocks, and all their goods. 15337 15338 31:10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all 15339 their goodly castles, with fire. 15340 15341 31:11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and 15342 of beasts. 15343 15344 31:12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto 15345 Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the 15346 children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by 15347 Jordan near Jericho. 15348 15349 31:13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the 15350 congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 15351 15352 31:14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the 15353 captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from 15354 the battle. 15355 15356 31:15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? 15357 31:16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel 15358 of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, 15359 and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. 15360 15361 31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill 15362 every woman that hath known man by lying with him. 15363 15364 31:18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying 15365 with him, keep alive for yourselves. 15366 15367 31:19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath 15368 killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both 15369 yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. 15370 15371 31:20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and 15372 all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood. 15373 15374 31:21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to 15375 the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded 15376 Moses; 31:22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the 15377 tin, and the lead, 31:23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall 15378 make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it 15379 shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth 15380 not the fire ye shall make go through the water. 15381 15382 31:24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall 15383 be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. 15384 15385 31:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:26 Take the sum of the 15386 prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the 15387 priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: 31:27 And divide 15388 the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who 15389 went out to battle, and between all the congregation: 31:28 And levy a 15390 tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one 15391 soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of 15392 the asses, and of the sheep: 31:29 Take it of their half, and give it 15393 unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD. 15394 15395 31:30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one 15396 portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of 15397 the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, 15398 which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. 15399 15400 31:31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded 15401 Moses. 15402 15403 31:32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war 15404 had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five 15405 thousand sheep, 31:33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, 31:34 15406 And threescore and one thousand asses, 31:35 And thirty and two 15407 thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with 15408 him. 15409 15410 31:36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to 15411 war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty 15412 thousand and five hundred sheep: 31:37 And the LORD's tribute of the 15413 sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. 15414 15415 31:38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD's 15416 tribute was threescore and twelve. 15417 15418 31:39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which 15419 the LORD's tribute was threescore and one. 15420 15421 31:40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's 15422 tribute was thirty and two persons. 15423 15424 31:41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, 15425 unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. 15426 15427 31:42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from 15428 the men that warred, 31:43 (Now the half that pertained unto the 15429 congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven 15430 thousand and five hundred sheep, 31:44 And thirty and six thousand 15431 beeves, 31:45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, 31:46 And 15432 sixteen thousand persons;) 31:47 Even of the children of Israel's 15433 half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and 15434 gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of 15435 the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. 15436 15437 31:48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the 15438 captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: 15439 31:49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the 15440 men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man 15441 of us. 15442 15443 31:50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every 15444 man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, 15445 earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the 15446 LORD. 15447 15448 31:51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all 15449 wrought jewels. 15450 15451 31:52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the 15452 LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, 15453 was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. 15454 15455 31:53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) 15456 31:54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains 15457 of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of 15458 the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the 15459 LORD. 15460 15461 32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very 15462 great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and 15463 the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; 15464 32:2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake 15465 unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the 15466 congregation, saying, 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, 15467 and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 32:4 Even 15468 the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is 15469 a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: 32:5 Wherefore, said 15470 they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto 15471 thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. 15472 15473 32:6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of 15474 Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? 32:7 15475 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from 15476 going over into the land which the LORD hath given them? 32:8 Thus 15477 did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land. 15478 15479 32:9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the 15480 land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they 15481 should not go into the land which the LORD had given them. 15482 15483 32:10 And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, 15484 saying, 32:11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from 15485 twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto 15486 Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly 15487 followed me: 32:12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and 15488 Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. 15489 15490 32:13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made 15491 them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, 15492 that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. 15493 15494 32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase 15495 of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward 15496 Israel. 15497 15498 32:15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them 15499 in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people. 15500 15501 32:16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds 15502 here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: 32:17 But we 15503 ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we 15504 have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in 15505 the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. 15506 15507 32:18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel 15508 have inherited every man his inheritance. 15509 15510 32:19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or 15511 forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan 15512 eastward. 15513 15514 32:20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will 15515 go armed before the LORD to war, 32:21 And will go all of you armed 15516 over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from 15517 before him, 32:22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then 15518 afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and 15519 before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD. 15520 15521 32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the 15522 LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. 15523 15524 32:24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; 15525 and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. 15526 15527 32:25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto 15528 Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. 15529 15530 32:26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, 15531 shall be there in the cities of Gilead: 32:27 But thy servants will 15532 pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my 15533 lord saith. 15534 15535 32:28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and 15536 Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the 15537 children of Israel: 32:29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of 15538 Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every 15539 man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued 15540 before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a 15541 possession: 32:30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they 15542 shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. 15543 15544 32:31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, 15545 saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 15546 15547 32:32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, 15548 that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be 15549 ours. 15550 15551 32:33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to 15552 the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of 15553 Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of 15554 Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, 15555 even the cities of the country round about. 15556 15557 32:34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 15558 32:35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 32:36 And 15559 Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. 15560 15561 32:37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and 15562 Kirjathaim, 32:38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) 15563 and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. 15564 15565 32:39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, 15566 and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. 15567 15568 32:40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he 15569 dwelt therein. 15570 15571 32:41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns 15572 thereof, and called them Havothjair. 15573 15574 32:42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and 15575 called it Nobah, after his own name. 15576 15577 33:1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went 15578 forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of 15579 Moses and Aaron. 15580 15581 33:2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by 15582 the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to 15583 their goings out. 15584 15585 33:3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the 15586 fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the 15587 children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the 15588 Egyptians. 15589 15590 33:4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had 15591 smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments. 15592 15593 33:5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in 15594 Succoth. 15595 15596 33:6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in 15597 the edge of the wilderness. 15598 15599 33:7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, 15600 which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol. 15601 15602 33:8 And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the 15603 midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in 15604 the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. 15605 15606 33:9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were 15607 twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they 15608 pitched there. 15609 15610 33:10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. 15611 15612 33:11 And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the 15613 wilderness of Sin. 15614 15615 33:12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and 15616 encamped in Dophkah. 15617 15618 33:13 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. 15619 15620 33:14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was 15621 no water for the people to drink. 15622 15623 33:15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness 15624 of Sinai. 15625 15626 33:16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at 15627 Kibrothhattaavah. 15628 15629 33:17 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at 15630 Hazeroth. 15631 15632 33:18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah. 15633 15634 33:19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez. 15635 15636 33:20 And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah. 15637 15638 33:21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah. 15639 15640 33:22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah. 15641 15642 33:23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher. 15643 15644 33:24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah. 15645 15646 33:25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. 15647 15648 33:26 And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath. 15649 15650 33:27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah. 15651 15652 33:28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah. 15653 15654 33:29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah. 15655 15656 33:30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth. 15657 15658 33:31 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan. 15659 15660 33:32 And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad. 15661 15662 33:33 And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. 15663 15664 33:34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah. 15665 15666 33:35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber. 15667 15668 33:36 And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness 15669 of Zin, which is Kadesh. 15670 15671 33:37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the 15672 edge of the land of Edom. 15673 15674 33:38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment 15675 of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children 15676 of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the 15677 fifth month. 15678 15679 33:39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he 15680 died in mount Hor. 15681 15682 33:40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the 15683 land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. 15684 15685 33:41 And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. 15686 15687 33:42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. 15688 15689 33:43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. 15690 15691 33:44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the 15692 border of Moab. 15693 15694 33:45 And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad. 15695 15696 33:46 And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim. 15697 15698 33:47 And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the 15699 mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. 15700 15701 33:48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in 15702 the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 15703 15704 33:49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto 15705 Abelshittim in the plains of Moab. 15706 15707 33:50 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan 15708 near Jericho, saying, 33:51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say 15709 unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; 15710 33:52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from 15711 before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their 15712 molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: 33:53 And 15713 ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: 15714 for I have given you the land to possess it. 15715 15716 33:54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among 15717 your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and 15718 to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's 15719 inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to 15720 the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. 15721 15722 33:55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from 15723 before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain 15724 of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and 15725 shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. 15726 15727 33:56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I 15728 thought to do unto them. 15729 15730 34:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 34:2 Command the children 15731 of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; 15732 (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even 15733 the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) 34:3 Then your south 15734 quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of 15735 Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea 15736 eastward: 34:4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent 15737 of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be 15738 from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and 15739 pass on to Azmon: 34:5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon 15740 unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. 15741 15742 34:6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea 15743 for a border: this shall be your west border. 15744 15745 34:7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall 15746 point out for you mount Hor: 34:8 From mount Hor ye shall point out 15747 your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the 15748 border shall be to Zedad: 34:9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, 15749 and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your 15750 north border. 15751 15752 34:10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to 15753 Shepham: 34:11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on 15754 the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach 15755 unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: 34:12 And the border 15756 shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt 15757 sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about. 15758 15759 34:13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the 15760 land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give 15761 unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: 34:14 For the tribe of 15762 the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and 15763 the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their 15764 fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of 15765 Manasseh have received their inheritance: 34:15 The two tribes and the 15766 half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near 15767 Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising. 15768 15769 34:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 34:17 These are the names 15770 of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, 15771 and Joshua the son of Nun. 15772 15773 34:18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land 15774 by inheritance. 15775 15776 34:19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb 15777 the son of Jephunneh. 15778 15779 34:20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of 15780 Ammihud. 15781 15782 34:21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 15783 15784 34:22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the 15785 son of Jogli. 15786 15787 34:23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the 15788 children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. 15789 15790 34:24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel 15791 the son of Shiphtan. 15792 15793 34:25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, 15794 Elizaphan the son of Parnach. 15795 15796 34:26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel 15797 the son of Azzan. 15798 15799 34:27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the 15800 son of Shelomi. 15801 15802 34:28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel 15803 the son of Ammihud. 15804 15805 34:29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance 15806 unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. 15807 15808 35:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan 15809 near Jericho, saying, 35:2 Command the children of Israel, that they 15810 give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to 15811 dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the 15812 cities round about them. 15813 15814 35:3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of 15815 them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their 15816 beasts. 15817 15818 35:4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the 15819 Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand 15820 cubits round about. 15821 15822 35:5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two 15823 thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the 15824 west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand 15825 cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the 15826 suburbs of the cities. 15827 15828 35:6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there 15829 shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the 15830 manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty 15831 and two cities. 15832 15833 35:7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be 15834 forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs. 15835 15836 35:8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of 15837 the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; 15838 but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of 15839 his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he 15840 inheriteth. 15841 15842 35:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 35:10 Speak unto the 15843 children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan 15844 into the land of Canaan; 35:11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be 15845 cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which 15846 killeth any person at unawares. 15847 15848 35:12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; 15849 that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in 15850 judgment. 15851 15852 35:13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have 15853 for refuge. 15854 15855 35:14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities 15856 shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. 15857 15858 35:15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of 15859 Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that 15860 every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither. 15861 15862 35:16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, 15863 he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 15864 15865 35:17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, 15866 and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to 15867 death. 15868 15869 35:18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may 15870 die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to 15871 death. 15872 15873 35:19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he 15874 meeteth him, he shall slay him. 15875 15876 35:20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of 15877 wait, that he die; 35:21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he 15878 die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a 15879 murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he 15880 meeteth him. 15881 15882 35:22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon 15883 him any thing without laying of wait, 35:23 Or with any stone, 15884 wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he 15885 die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: 35:24 Then the 15886 congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood 15887 according to these judgments: 35:25 And the congregation shall deliver 15888 the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the 15889 congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he 15890 was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, 15891 which was anointed with the holy oil. 15892 15893 35:26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of 15894 the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; 35:27 And the revenger of 15895 blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the 15896 revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: 15897 35:28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until 15898 the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest 15899 the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. 15900 15901 35:29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you 15902 throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 15903 15904 35:30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by 15905 the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any 15906 person to cause him to die. 15907 15908 35:31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a 15909 murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to 15910 death. 15911 15912 35:32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the 15913 city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, 15914 until the death of the priest. 15915 15916 35:33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it 15917 defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that 15918 is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 15919 15920 35:34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I 15921 dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. 15922 15923 36:1 And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, 15924 the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of 15925 Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the 15926 chief fathers of the children of Israel: 36:2 And they said, The LORD 15927 commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the 15928 children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the 15929 inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. 15930 15931 36:3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of 15932 the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the 15933 inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the 15934 tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot 15935 of our inheritance. 15936 15937 36:4 And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then 15938 shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe 15939 whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away 15940 from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. 15941 15942 36:5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word 15943 of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. 15944 15945 36:6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the 15946 daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think 15947 best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they 15948 marry. 15949 15950 36:7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove 15951 from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall 15952 keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 15953 15954 36:8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe 15955 of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the 15956 tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man 15957 the inheritance of his fathers. 15958 15959 36:9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another 15960 tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall 15961 keep himself to his own inheritance. 15962 15963 36:10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of 15964 Zelophehad: 36:11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and 15965 Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's 15966 brothers' sons: 36:12 And they were married into the families of the 15967 sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in 15968 the tribe of the family of their father. 15969 15970 36:13 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD 15971 commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the 15972 plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 15973 15974 15975 15976 15977 The Fifth Book of Moses: Called Deuteronomy 15978 15979 15980 1:1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side 15981 Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, 15982 between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 15983 15984 1:2 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount 15985 Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.) 1:3 And it came to pass in the fortieth 15986 year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses 15987 spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD 15988 had given him in commandment unto them; 1:4 After he had slain Sihon 15989 the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of 15990 Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: 1:5 On this side Jordan, in 15991 the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, 1:6 The 15992 LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough 15993 in this mount: 1:7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the 15994 mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the 15995 plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea 15996 side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great 15997 river, the river Euphrates. 15998 15999 1:8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land 16000 which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to 16001 give unto them and to their seed after them. 16002 16003 1:9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear 16004 you myself alone: 1:10 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, 16005 behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 16006 16007 1:11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many 16008 more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 1:12 How can 16009 I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 16010 1:13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your 16011 tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. 16012 16013 1:14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is 16014 good for us to do. 16015 16016 1:15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made 16017 them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over 16018 hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and 16019 officers among your tribes. 16020 16021 1:16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes 16022 between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his 16023 brother, and the stranger that is with him. 16024 16025 1:17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the 16026 small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; 16027 for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, 16028 bring it unto me, and I will hear it. 16029 16030 1:18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should 16031 do. 16032 16033 1:19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great 16034 and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of 16035 the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to 16036 Kadeshbarnea. 16037 16038 1:20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the 16039 Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us. 16040 16041 1:21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and 16042 possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear 16043 not, neither be discouraged. 16044 16045 1:22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send 16046 men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us 16047 word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall 16048 come. 16049 16050 1:23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one 16051 of a tribe: 1:24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and 16052 came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. 16053 16054 1:25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and 16055 brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a 16056 good land which the LORD our God doth give us. 16057 16058 1:26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the 16059 commandment of the LORD your God: 1:27 And ye murmured in your tents, 16060 and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of 16061 the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to 16062 destroy us. 16063 16064 1:28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, 16065 saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great 16066 and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the 16067 Anakims there. 16068 16069 1:29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. 16070 16071 1:30 The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, 16072 according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; 1:31 16073 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God 16074 bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, 16075 until ye came into this place. 16076 16077 1:32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, 1:33 Who 16078 went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your 16079 tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and 16080 in a cloud by day. 16081 16082 1:34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and 16083 sware, saying, 1:35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this 16084 evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your 16085 fathers. 16086 16087 1:36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will 16088 I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, 16089 because he hath wholly followed the LORD. 16090 16091 1:37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also 16092 shalt not go in thither. 16093 16094 1:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall 16095 go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. 16096 16097 1:39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and 16098 your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and 16099 evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they 16100 shall possess it. 16101 16102 1:40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the 16103 wilderness by the way of the Red sea. 16104 16105 1:41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the 16106 LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God 16107 commanded us. 16108 16109 And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready 16110 to go up into the hill. 16111 16112 1:42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neither 16113 fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. 16114 16115 1:43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against 16116 the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill. 16117 16118 1:44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against 16119 you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto 16120 Hormah. 16121 16122 1:45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not 16123 hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. 16124 16125 1:46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye 16126 abode there. 16127 16128 2:1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the 16129 way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount 16130 Seir many days. 16131 16132 2:2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying, 2:3 Ye have compassed this 16133 mountain long enough: turn you northward. 16134 16135 2:4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the 16136 coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and 16137 they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves 16138 therefore: 2:5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their 16139 land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount 16140 Seir unto Esau for a possession. 16141 16142 2:6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall 16143 also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. 16144 16145 2:7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy 16146 hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these 16147 forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked 16148 nothing. 16149 16150 2:8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, 16151 which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from 16152 Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 16153 16154 2:9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither 16155 contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land 16156 for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for 16157 a possession. 16158 16159 2:10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, 16160 and tall, as the Anakims; 2:11 Which also were accounted giants, as 16161 the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims. 16162 16163 2:12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of 16164 Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, 16165 and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his 16166 possession, which the LORD gave unto them. 16167 16168 2:13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we 16169 went over the brook Zered. 16170 16171 2:14 And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were 16172 come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the 16173 generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as 16174 the LORD sware unto them. 16175 16176 2:15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them 16177 from among the host, until they were consumed. 16178 16179 2:16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and 16180 dead from among the people, 2:17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying, 16181 2:18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: 16182 2:19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, 16183 distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of 16184 the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given 16185 it unto the children of Lot for a possession. 16186 16187 2:20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein 16188 in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; 2:21 A people 16189 great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them 16190 before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: 2:22 16191 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he 16192 destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and 16193 dwelt in their stead even unto this day: 2:23 And the Avims which 16194 dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth 16195 out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) 2:24 Rise 16196 ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I 16197 have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his 16198 land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. 16199 16200 2:25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of 16201 thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear 16202 report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. 16203 16204 2:26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto 16205 Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 2:27 Let me pass 16206 through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn 16207 unto the right hand nor to the left. 16208 16209 2:28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me 16210 water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my 16211 feet; 2:29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the 16212 Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over 16213 Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us. 16214 16215 2:30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the 16216 LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that 16217 he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. 16218 16219 2:31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and 16220 his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his 16221 land. 16222 16223 2:32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight 16224 at Jahaz. 16225 16226 2:33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, 16227 and his sons, and all his people. 16228 16229 2:34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed 16230 the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left 16231 none to remain: 2:35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto 16232 ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. 16233 16234 2:36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from 16235 the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one 16236 city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us: 2:37 16237 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto 16238 any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, 16239 nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us. 16240 16241 3:1 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of 16242 Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. 16243 16244 3:2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, 16245 and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do 16246 unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at 16247 Heshbon. 16248 16249 3:3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of 16250 Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to 16251 him remaining. 16252 16253 3:4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city 16254 which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of 16255 Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 16256 16257 3:5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; 16258 beside unwalled towns a great many. 16259 16260 3:6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of 16261 Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every 16262 city. 16263 16264 3:7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a 16265 prey to ourselves. 16266 16267 3:8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the 16268 Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of 16269 Arnon unto mount Hermon; 3:9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; 16270 and the Amorites call it Shenir;) 3:10 All the cities of the plain, 16271 and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the 16272 kingdom of Og in Bashan. 16273 16274 3:11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; 16275 behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of 16276 the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four 16277 cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. 16278 16279 3:12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which 16280 is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, 16281 gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. 16282 16283 3:13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, 16284 gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with 16285 all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. 16286 16287 3:14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the 16288 coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, 16289 Bashanhavothjair, unto this day. 16290 16291 3:15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. 16292 16293 3:16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead 16294 even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto 16295 the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; 3:17 16296 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth 16297 even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah 16298 eastward. 16299 16300 3:18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath 16301 given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before 16302 your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war. 16303 16304 3:19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I 16305 know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I 16306 have given you; 3:20 Until the LORD have given rest unto your 16307 brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land 16308 which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall 16309 ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. 16310 16311 3:21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen 16312 all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall 16313 the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. 16314 16315 3:22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for 16316 you. 16317 16318 3:23 And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, 3:24 O Lord GOD, 16319 thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty 16320 hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do 16321 according to thy works, and according to thy might? 3:25 I pray thee, 16322 let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that 16323 goodly mountain, and Lebanon. 16324 16325 3:26 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear 16326 me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto 16327 me of this matter. 16328 16329 3:27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes 16330 westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it 16331 with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 16332 16333 3:28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he 16334 shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit 16335 the land which thou shalt see. 16336 16337 3:29 So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor. 16338 16339 4:1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the 16340 judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go 16341 in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. 16342 16343 4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall 16344 ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the 16345 LORD your God which I command you. 16346 16347 4:3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all 16348 the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them 16349 from among you. 16350 16351 4:4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one 16352 of you this day. 16353 16354 4:5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD 16355 my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to 16356 possess it. 16357 16358 4:6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your 16359 understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these 16360 statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and 16361 understanding people. 16362 16363 4:7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, 16364 as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 4:8 16365 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so 16366 righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? 4:9 Only 16367 take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget 16368 the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy 16369 heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' 16370 sons; 4:10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy 16371 God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people 16372 together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to 16373 fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that 16374 they may teach their children. 16375 16376 4:11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain 16377 burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and 16378 thick darkness. 16379 16380 4:12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye 16381 heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a 16382 voice. 16383 16384 4:13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to 16385 perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of 16386 stone. 16387 16388 4:14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and 16389 judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to 16390 possess it. 16391 16392 4:15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner 16393 of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of 16394 the midst of the fire: 4:16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a 16395 graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or 16396 female, 4:17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the 16397 likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 4:18 The likeness 16398 of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish 16399 that is in the waters beneath the earth: 4:19 And lest thou lift up 16400 thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and 16401 the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship 16402 them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all 16403 nations under the whole heaven. 16404 16405 4:20 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the 16406 iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of 16407 inheritance, as ye are this day. 16408 16409 4:21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware 16410 that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto 16411 that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: 16412 4:22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye 16413 shall go over, and possess that good land. 16414 16415 4:23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the 16416 LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or 16417 the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. 16418 16419 4:24 For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. 16420 16421 4:25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye 16422 shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, 16423 and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do 16424 evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger: 4:26 I 16425 call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall 16426 soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to 16427 possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly 16428 be destroyed. 16429 16430 4:27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be 16431 left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. 16432 16433 4:28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and 16434 stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 16435 16436 4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt 16437 find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 16438 16439 4:30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon 16440 thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and 16441 shalt be obedient unto his voice; 4:31 (For the LORD thy God is a 16442 merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor 16443 forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. 16444 16445 4:32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, 16446 since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the 16447 one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such 16448 thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? 4:33 Did 16449 ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the 16450 fire, as thou hast heard, and live? 4:34 Or hath God assayed to go 16451 and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by 16452 temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty 16453 hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to 16454 all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 16455 4:35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he 16456 is God; there is none else beside him. 16457 16458 4:36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might 16459 instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou 16460 heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. 16461 16462 4:37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed 16463 after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power 16464 out of Egypt; 4:38 To drive out nations from before thee greater and 16465 mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for 16466 an inheritance, as it is this day. 16467 16468 4:39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the 16469 LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is 16470 none else. 16471 16472 4:40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, 16473 which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with 16474 thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon 16475 the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever. 16476 16477 4:41 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the 16478 sunrising; 4:42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill 16479 his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that 16480 fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: 4:43 Namely, Bezer in 16481 the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in 16482 Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites. 16483 16484 4:44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of 16485 Israel: 4:45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the 16486 judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they 16487 came forth out of Egypt. 16488 16489 4:46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the 16490 land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses 16491 and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of 16492 Egypt: 4:47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of 16493 Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan 16494 toward the sunrising; 4:48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the 16495 river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, 4:49 And all the 16496 plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, 16497 under the springs of Pisgah. 16498 16499 5:1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, 16500 the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that 16501 ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. 16502 16503 5:2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 16504 16505 5:3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, 16506 even us, who are all of us here alive this day. 16507 16508 5:4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the 16509 midst of the fire, 5:5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, 16510 to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the 16511 fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, 5:6 I am the LORD thy 16512 God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of 16513 bondage. 16514 16515 5:7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. 16516 16517 5:8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any 16518 thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or 16519 that is in the waters beneath the earth: 5:9 Thou shalt not bow down 16520 thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous 16521 God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the 16522 third and fourth generation of them that hate me, 5:10 And shewing 16523 mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. 16524 16525 5:11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the 16526 LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 16527 16528 5:12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath 16529 commanded thee. 16530 16531 5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: 5:14 But the 16532 seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not 16533 do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, 16534 nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy 16535 cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant 16536 and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. 16537 16538 5:15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and 16539 that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand 16540 and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee 16541 to keep the sabbath day. 16542 16543 5:16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath 16544 commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go 16545 well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 16546 16547 5:17 Thou shalt not kill. 16548 16549 5:18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 16550 16551 5:19 Neither shalt thou steal. 16552 16553 5:20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. 16554 16555 5:21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt 16556 thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his 16557 maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's. 16558 16559 5:22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount 16560 out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, 16561 with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two 16562 tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. 16563 16564 5:23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of 16565 the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near 16566 unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 5:24 And 16567 ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his 16568 greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: 16569 we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. 16570 16571 5:25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume 16572 us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall 16573 die. 16574 16575 5:26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the 16576 living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and 16577 lived? 5:27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall 16578 say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto 16579 thee; and we will hear it, and do it. 16580 16581 5:28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto 16582 me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of 16583 this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all 16584 that they have spoken. 16585 16586 5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, 16587 and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, 16588 and with their children for ever! 5:30 Go say to them, Get you into 16589 your tents again. 16590 16591 5:31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto 16592 thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which 16593 thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give 16594 them to possess it. 16595 16596 5:32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath 16597 commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the 16598 left. 16599 16600 5:33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath 16601 commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and 16602 that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. 16603 16604 6:1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, 16605 which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them 16606 in the land whither ye go to possess it: 6:2 That thou mightest fear 16607 the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which 16608 I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of 16609 thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. 16610 16611 6:3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be 16612 well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of 16613 thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and 16614 honey. 16615 16616 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 6:5 And thou shalt 16617 love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and 16618 with all thy might. 16619 16620 6:6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine 16621 heart: 6:7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and 16622 shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou 16623 walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 16624 16625 6:8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they 16626 shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 16627 16628 6:9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy 16629 gates. 16630 16631 6:10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee 16632 into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, 16633 and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou 16634 buildedst not, 6:11 And houses full of all good things, which thou 16635 filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and 16636 olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and 16637 be full; 6:12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought 16638 thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 16639 16640 6:13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear 16641 by his name. 16642 16643 6:14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which 16644 are round about you; 6:15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among 16645 you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and 16646 destroy thee from off the face of the earth. 16647 16648 6:16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in 16649 Massah. 16650 16651 6:17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, 16652 and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. 16653 16654 6:18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of 16655 the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in 16656 and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers. 16657 16658 6:19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath 16659 spoken. 16660 16661 6:20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean 16662 the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD 16663 our God hath commanded you? 6:21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We 16664 were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt 16665 with a mighty hand: 6:22 And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great 16666 and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before 16667 our eyes: 6:23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring 16668 us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. 16669 16670 6:24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the 16671 LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as 16672 it is at this day. 16673 16674 6:25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these 16675 commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us. 16676 16677 7:1 When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou 16678 goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the 16679 Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, 16680 and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations 16681 greater and mightier than thou; 7:2 And when the LORD thy God shall 16682 deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy 16683 them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: 16684 7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou 16685 shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy 16686 son. 16687 16688 7:4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may 16689 serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against 16690 you, and destroy thee suddenly. 16691 16692 7:5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, 16693 and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their 16694 graven images with fire. 16695 16696 7:6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy 16697 God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all 16698 people that are upon the face of the earth. 16699 16700 7:7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye 16701 were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all 16702 people: 7:8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep 16703 the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought 16704 you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of 16705 bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 16706 16707 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, 16708 which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his 16709 commandments to a thousand generations; 7:10 And repayeth them that 16710 hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him 16711 that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. 16712 16713 7:11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and 16714 the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. 16715 16716 7:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these 16717 judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep 16718 unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: 16719 7:13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will 16720 also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, 16721 and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks 16722 of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give 16723 thee. 16724 16725 7:14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male 16726 or female barren among you, or among your cattle. 16727 16728 7:15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put 16729 none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but 16730 will lay them upon all them that hate thee. 16731 16732 7:16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God 16733 shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither 16734 shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. 16735 16736 7:17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; 16737 how can I dispossess them? 7:18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but 16738 shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto 16739 all Egypt; 7:19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the 16740 signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out 16741 arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy 16742 God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. 16743 16744 7:20 Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until 16745 they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. 16746 16747 7:21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is 16748 among you, a mighty God and terrible. 16749 16750 7:22 And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by 16751 little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the 16752 beasts of the field increase upon thee. 16753 16754 7:23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall 16755 destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. 16756 16757 7:24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt 16758 destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to 16759 stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. 16760 16761 7:25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou 16762 shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto 16763 thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the LORD 16764 thy God. 16765 16766 7:26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest 16767 thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and 16768 thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. 16769 16770 8:1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye 16771 observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess 16772 the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers. 16773 16774 8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led 16775 thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove 16776 thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his 16777 commandments, or no. 16778 16779 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee 16780 with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that 16781 he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by 16782 every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. 16783 16784 8:4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, 16785 these forty years. 16786 16787 8:5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth 16788 his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. 16789 16790 8:6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to 16791 walk in his ways, and to fear him. 16792 16793 8:7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of 16794 brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys 16795 and hills; 8:8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, 16796 and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; 8:9 A land wherein 16797 thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing 16798 in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou 16799 mayest dig brass. 16800 16801 8:10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD 16802 thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. 16803 16804 8:11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his 16805 commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command 16806 thee this day: 8:12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast 16807 built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 8:13 And when thy herds and 16808 thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and 16809 all that thou hast is multiplied; 8:14 Then thine heart be lifted up, 16810 and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the 16811 land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; 8:15 Who led thee through 16812 that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and 16813 scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee 16814 forth water out of the rock of flint; 8:16 Who fed thee in the 16815 wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might 16816 humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy 16817 latter end; 8:17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might 16818 of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. 16819 16820 8:18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that 16821 giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant 16822 which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. 16823 16824 8:19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and 16825 walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify 16826 against you this day that ye shall surely perish. 16827 16828 8:20 As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so 16829 shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of 16830 the LORD your God. 16831 16832 9:1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to 16833 possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and 16834 fenced up to heaven, 9:2 A people great and tall, the children of the 16835 Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can 16836 stand before the children of Anak! 9:3 Understand therefore this day, 16837 that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a 16838 consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down 16839 before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them 16840 quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee. 16841 16842 9:4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath 16843 cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD 16844 hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of 16845 these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee. 16846 16847 9:5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, 16848 dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these 16849 nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and 16850 that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, 16851 Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 16852 16853 9:6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this 16854 good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a 16855 stiffnecked people. 16856 16857 9:7 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to 16858 wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of 16859 the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been 16860 rebellious against the LORD. 16861 16862 9:8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was 16863 angry with you to have destroyed you. 16864 16865 9:9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, 16866 even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I 16867 abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat 16868 bread nor drink water: 9:10 And the LORD delivered unto me two tables 16869 of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written 16870 according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount 16871 out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. 16872 16873 9:11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, 16874 that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the 16875 covenant. 16876 16877 9:12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from 16878 hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have 16879 corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way 16880 which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. 16881 16882 9:13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this 16883 people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 9:14 Let me alone, 16884 that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: 16885 and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. 16886 16887 9:15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned 16888 with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. 16889 16890 9:16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your 16891 God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out 16892 of the way which the LORD had commanded you. 16893 16894 9:17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and 16895 brake them before your eyes. 16896 16897 9:18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and 16898 forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all 16899 your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, 16900 to provoke him to anger. 16901 16902 9:19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the 16903 LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto 16904 me at that time also. 16905 16906 9:20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and 16907 I prayed for Aaron also the same time. 16908 16909 9:21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it 16910 with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was 16911 as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that 16912 descended out of the mount. 16913 16914 9:22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye 16915 provoked the LORD to wrath. 16916 16917 9:23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up 16918 and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against 16919 the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor 16920 hearkened to his voice. 16921 16922 9:24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew 16923 you. 16924 16925 9:25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as 16926 I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy 16927 you. 16928 16929 9:26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy 16930 not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through 16931 thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a 16932 mighty hand. 16933 16934 9:27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto 16935 the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their 16936 sin: 9:28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the 16937 LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, 16938 and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in 16939 the wilderness. 16940 16941 9:29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou 16942 broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm. 16943 16944 10:1 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone 16945 like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee 16946 an ark of wood. 16947 16948 10:2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first 16949 tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. 16950 16951 10:3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone 16952 like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables 16953 in mine hand. 16954 16955 10:4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the 16956 ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of 16957 the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave 16958 them unto me. 16959 16960 10:5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the 16961 tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD 16962 commanded me. 16963 16964 10:6 And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the 16965 children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was 16966 buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his 16967 stead. 16968 16969 10:7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to 16970 Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. 16971 16972 10:8 At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the 16973 ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister 16974 unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. 16975 16976 10:9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; 16977 the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised 16978 him. 16979 16980 10:10 And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty 16981 days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time 16982 also, and the LORD would not destroy thee. 16983 16984 10:11 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the 16985 people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto 16986 their fathers to give unto them. 16987 16988 10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but 16989 to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, 16990 and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy 16991 soul, 10:13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, 16992 which I command thee this day for thy good? 10:14 Behold, the heaven 16993 and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God, the earth also, with 16994 all that therein is. 16995 16996 10:15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he 16997 chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this 16998 day. 16999 17000 10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more 17001 stiffnecked. 17002 17003 10:17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great 17004 God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh 17005 reward: 10:18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and 17006 widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. 17007 17008 10:19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the 17009 land of Egypt. 17010 17011 10:20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to 17012 him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. 17013 17014 10:21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee 17015 these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. 17016 17017 10:22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten 17018 persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of 17019 heaven for multitude. 17020 17021 11:1 Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, 17022 and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. 17023 17024 11:2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which 17025 have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD 17026 your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, 17027 11:3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of 17028 Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land; 11:4 And 17029 what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their 17030 chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as 17031 they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this 17032 day; 11:5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came 17033 into this place; 11:6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons 17034 of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and 17035 swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the 17036 substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel: 17037 11:7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he 17038 did. 17039 17040 11:8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you 17041 this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, 17042 whither ye go to possess it; 11:9 And that ye may prolong your days in 17043 the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and 17044 to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey. 17045 17046 11:10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the 17047 land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, 17048 and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: 11:11 But the 17049 land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and 17050 drinketh water of the rain of heaven: 11:12 A land which the LORD thy 17051 God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from 17052 the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. 17053 17054 11:13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto 17055 my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your 17056 God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, 17057 11:14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, 17058 the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy 17059 corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 17060 17061 11:15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou 17062 mayest eat and be full. 17063 17064 11:16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye 17065 turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; 11:17 And then the 17066 LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that 17067 there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye 17068 perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you. 17069 17070 11:18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in 17071 your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be 17072 as frontlets between your eyes. 17073 17074 11:19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when 17075 thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when 17076 thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 17077 17078 11:20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, 17079 and upon thy gates: 11:21 That your days may be multiplied, and the 17080 days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your 17081 fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. 17082 17083 11:22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I 17084 command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his 17085 ways, and to cleave unto him; 11:23 Then will the LORD drive out all 17086 these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations 17087 and mightier than yourselves. 17088 17089 11:24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be 17090 yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river 17091 Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. 17092 17093 11:25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD 17094 your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the 17095 land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you. 17096 17097 11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 11:27 17098 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I 17099 command you this day: 11:28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the 17100 commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which 17101 I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not 17102 known. 17103 17104 11:29 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought 17105 thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou 17106 shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount 17107 Ebal. 17108 17109 11:30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun 17110 goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the 17111 champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? 11:31 For 17112 ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD 17113 your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. 17114 17115 11:32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which 17116 I set before you this day. 17117 17118 12:1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to 17119 do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to 17120 possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. 17121 17122 12:2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations 17123 which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and 17124 upon the hills, and under every green tree: 12:3 And ye shall 17125 overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves 17126 with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and 17127 destroy the names of them out of that place. 17128 17129 12:4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. 17130 17131 12:5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of 17132 all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall 17133 ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 12:6 And thither ye shall bring 17134 your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave 17135 offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, 17136 and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: 12:7 And there ye 17137 shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that 17138 ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy 17139 God hath blessed thee. 17140 17141 12:8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, 17142 every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. 17143 17144 12:9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, 17145 which the LORD your God giveth you. 17146 17147 12:10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD 17148 your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all 17149 your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; 12:11 Then there 17150 shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his 17151 name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; 17152 your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave 17153 offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the 17154 LORD: 12:12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and 17155 your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your 17156 maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as 17157 he hath no part nor inheritance with you. 17158 17159 12:13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in 17160 every place that thou seest: 12:14 But in the place which the LORD 17161 shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt 17162 offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. 17163 17164 12:15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, 17165 whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the 17166 LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may 17167 eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. 17168 17169 12:16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth 17170 as water. 17171 17172 12:17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or 17173 of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy 17174 flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill 17175 offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: 12:18 But thou must eat 17176 them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall 17177 choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and 17178 thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou 17179 shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine 17180 hands unto. 17181 17182 12:19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as 17183 thou livest upon the earth. 17184 17185 12:20 When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath 17186 promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul 17187 longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul 17188 lusteth after. 17189 17190 12:21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name 17191 there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of 17192 thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, 17193 and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 17194 17195 12:22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat 17196 them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. 17197 17198 12:23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the 17199 life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. 17200 17201 12:24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as 17202 water. 17203 17204 12:25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with 17205 thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the 17206 sight of the LORD. 17207 17208 12:26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt 17209 take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: 12:27 And 17210 thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon 17211 the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall 17212 be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat 17213 the flesh. 17214 17215 12:28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it 17216 may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when 17217 thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy 17218 God. 17219 17220 12:29 When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before 17221 thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, 17222 and dwellest in their land; 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be 17223 not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before 17224 thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did 17225 these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. 17226 17227 12:31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every 17228 abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their 17229 gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the 17230 fire to their gods. 17231 17232 12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt 17233 not add thereto, nor diminish from it. 17234 17235 13:1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and 17236 giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 13:2 And the sign or the wonder come 17237 to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other 17238 gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 13:3 Thou 17239 shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of 17240 dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the 17241 LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 17242 17243 13:4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his 17244 commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave 17245 unto him. 17246 17247 13:5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to 17248 death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, 17249 which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of 17250 the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy 17251 God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from 17252 the midst of thee. 17253 17254 13:6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy 17255 daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine 17256 own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other 17257 gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 13:7 Namely, 17258 of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, 17259 or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the 17260 other end of the earth; 13:8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor 17261 hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou 17262 spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: 13:9 But thou shalt surely kill 17263 him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and 17264 afterwards the hand of all the people. 17265 17266 13:10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he 17267 hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought 17268 thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 17269 17270 13:11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any 17271 such wickedness as this is among you. 17272 17273 13:12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy 17274 God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 13:13 Certain men, the 17275 children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn 17276 the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, 17277 which ye have not known; 13:14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make 17278 search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing 17279 certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; 13:15 Thou shalt 17280 surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, 17281 destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle 17282 thereof, with the edge of the sword. 17283 17284 13:16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the 17285 street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil 17286 thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for 17287 ever; it shall not be built again. 17288 17289 13:17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: 17290 that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee 17291 mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath 17292 sworn unto thy fathers; 13:18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of 17293 the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee 17294 this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God. 17295 17296 14:1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut 17297 yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. 17298 17299 14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD 17300 hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the 17301 nations that are upon the earth. 17302 17303 14:3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. 17304 17305 14:4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and 17306 the goat, 14:5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the 17307 wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. 17308 17309 14:6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft 17310 into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall 17311 eat. 17312 17313 14:7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or 17314 of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and 17315 the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore 17316 they are unclean unto you. 17317 17318 14:8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the 17319 cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor 17320 touch their dead carcase. 17321 17322 14:9 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have 17323 fins and scales shall ye eat: 14:10 And whatsoever hath not fins and 17324 scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you. 17325 17326 14:11 Of all clean birds ye shall eat. 17327 17328 14:12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the 17329 ossifrage, and the ospray, 14:13 And the glede, and the kite, and the 17330 vulture after his kind, 14:14 And every raven after his kind, 14:15 17331 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after 17332 his kind, 14:16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 14:17 17333 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, 14:18 And the 17334 stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 17335 17336 14:19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they 17337 shall not be eaten. 17338 17339 14:20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat. 17340 17341 14:21 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt 17342 give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or 17343 thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto 17344 the LORD thy God. 17345 17346 Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 17347 17348 14:22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the 17349 field bringeth forth year by year. 17350 17351 14:23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which 17352 he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy 17353 wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy 17354 flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. 17355 17356 14:24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able 17357 to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy 17358 God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath 17359 blessed thee: 14:25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up 17360 the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD 17361 thy God shall choose: 14:26 And thou shalt bestow that money for 17362 whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for 17363 wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and 17364 thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, 17365 thou, and thine household, 14:27 And the Levite that is within thy 17366 gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance 17367 with thee. 17368 17369 14:28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe 17370 of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: 17371 14:29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with 17372 thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are 17373 within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the 17374 LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou 17375 doest. 17376 17377 15:1 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. 17378 17379 15:2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that 17380 lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact 17381 it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the 17382 LORD's release. 17383 17384 15:3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is 17385 thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; 15:4 Save when there 17386 shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in 17387 the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to 17388 possess it: 15:5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the 17389 LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command 17390 thee this day. 17391 17392 15:6 For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou 17393 shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou 17394 shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee. 17395 17396 15:7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within 17397 any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou 17398 shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor 17399 brother: 15:8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt 17400 surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. 17401 17402 15:9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, 17403 The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be 17404 evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry 17405 unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. 17406 17407 15:10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved 17408 when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy 17409 God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest 17410 thine hand unto. 17411 17412 15:11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I 17413 command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy 17414 brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. 17415 17416 15:12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold 17417 unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou 17418 shalt let him go free from thee. 17419 17420 15:13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let 17421 him go away empty: 15:14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy 17422 flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that 17423 wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. 17424 17425 15:15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of 17426 Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee 17427 this thing to day. 17428 17429 15:16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from 17430 thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with 17431 thee; 15:17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear 17432 unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy 17433 maidservant thou shalt do likewise. 17434 17435 15:18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away 17436 free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, 17437 in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in 17438 all that thou doest. 17439 17440 15:19 All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock 17441 thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with 17442 the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. 17443 17444 15:20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the 17445 place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household. 17446 17447 15:21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, 17448 or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy 17449 God. 17450 17451 15:22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean 17452 person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. 17453 17454 15:23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it 17455 upon the ground as water. 17456 17457 16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD 17458 thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth 17459 out of Egypt by night. 17460 17461 16:2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy 17462 God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall 17463 choose to place his name there. 17464 17465 16:3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou 17466 eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou 17467 camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest 17468 remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all 17469 the days of thy life. 17470 17471 16:4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy 17472 coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which 17473 thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the 17474 morning. 17475 17476 16:5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, 17477 which the LORD thy God giveth thee: 16:6 But at the place which the 17478 LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt 17479 sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the 17480 season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. 17481 17482 16:7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy 17483 God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy 17484 tents. 17485 17486 16:8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day 17487 shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work 17488 therein. 17489 17490 16:9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the 17491 seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the 17492 corn. 17493 17494 16:10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God 17495 with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt 17496 give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed 17497 thee: 16:11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and 17498 thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, 17499 and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the 17500 fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the 17501 LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there. 17502 17503 16:12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and 17504 thou shalt observe and do these statutes. 17505 17506 16:13 Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after 17507 that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: 16:14 And thou shalt 17508 rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy 17509 manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the 17510 fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. 17511 17512 16:15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God 17513 in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God 17514 shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine 17515 hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. 17516 17517 16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD 17518 thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened 17519 bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and 17520 they shall not appear before the LORD empty: 16:17 Every man shall 17521 give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God 17522 which he hath given thee. 17523 17524 16:18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which 17525 the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall 17526 judge the people with just judgment. 17527 17528 16:19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, 17529 neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and 17530 pervert the words of the righteous. 17531 17532 16:20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou 17533 mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 17534 17535 16:21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the 17536 altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee. 17537 17538 16:22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God 17539 hateth. 17540 17541 17:1 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or 17542 sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an 17543 abomination unto the LORD thy God. 17544 17545 17:2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the 17546 LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness 17547 in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 17:3 17548 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the 17549 sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not 17550 commanded; 17:4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and 17551 enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, 17552 that such abomination is wrought in Israel: 17:5 Then shalt thou bring 17553 forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, 17554 unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with 17555 stones, till they die. 17556 17557 17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that 17558 is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he 17559 shall not be put to death. 17560 17561 17:7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to 17562 death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put 17563 the evil away from among you. 17564 17565 17:8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between 17566 blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, 17567 being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, 17568 and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; 17569 17:9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the 17570 judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew 17571 thee the sentence of judgment: 17:10 And thou shalt do according to 17572 the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose 17573 shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that 17574 they inform thee: 17:11 According to the sentence of the law which 17575 they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall 17576 tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence 17577 which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. 17578 17579 17:12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken 17580 unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy 17581 God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put 17582 away the evil from Israel. 17583 17584 17:13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more 17585 presumptuously. 17586 17587 17:14 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth 17588 thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I 17589 will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; 17590 17:15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy 17591 God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over 17592 thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy 17593 brother. 17594 17595 17:16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the 17596 people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: 17597 forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return 17598 no more that way. 17599 17600 17:17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn 17601 not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and 17602 gold. 17603 17604 17:18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, 17605 that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which 17606 is before the priests the Levites: 17:19 And it shall be with him, and 17607 he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to 17608 fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these 17609 statutes, to do them: 17:20 That his heart be not lifted up above his 17610 brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the 17611 right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in 17612 his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel. 17613 17614 18:1 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no 17615 part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the 17616 LORD made by fire, and his inheritance. 17617 17618 18:2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: 17619 the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. 17620 17621 18:3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them 17622 that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give 17623 unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. 17624 17625 18:4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, 17626 and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. 17627 17628 18:5 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to 17629 stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. 17630 17631 18:6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, 17632 where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the 17633 place which the LORD shall choose; 18:7 Then he shall minister in the 17634 name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which 17635 stand there before the LORD. 17636 17637 18:8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of 17638 the sale of his patrimony. 17639 17640 18:9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth 17641 thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those 17642 nations. 17643 17644 18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son 17645 or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or 17646 an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. 17647 17648 18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, 17649 or a necromancer. 17650 17651 18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: 17652 and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out 17653 from before thee. 17654 17655 18:13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. 17656 17657 18:14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto 17658 observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy 17659 God hath not suffered thee so to do. 17660 17661 18:15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the 17662 midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall 17663 hearken; 18:16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy 17664 God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again 17665 the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any 17666 more, that I die not. 17667 17668 18:17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they 17669 have spoken. 17670 17671 18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like 17672 unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto 17673 them all that I shall command him. 17674 17675 18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto 17676 my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. 17677 17678 18:20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, 17679 which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the 17680 name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. 17681 17682 18:21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which 17683 the LORD hath not spoken? 18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the name 17684 of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the 17685 thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it 17686 presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. 17687 17688 19:1 When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the 17689 LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in 17690 their cities, and in their houses; 19:2 Thou shalt separate three 17691 cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God 17692 giveth thee to possess it. 17693 17694 19:3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, 17695 which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that 17696 every slayer may flee thither. 17697 17698 19:4 And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, 17699 that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he 17700 hated not in time past; 19:5 As when a man goeth into the wood with 17701 his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe 17702 to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and 17703 lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of 17704 those cities, and live: 19:6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the 17705 slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is 17706 long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he 17707 hated him not in time past. 17708 17709 19:7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three 17710 cities for thee. 17711 17712 19:8 And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto 17713 thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto 17714 thy fathers; 19:9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do 17715 them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to 17716 walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, 17717 beside these three: 19:10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, 17718 which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be 17719 upon thee. 17720 17721 19:11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and 17722 rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth 17723 into one of these cities: 19:12 Then the elders of his city shall send 17724 and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of 17725 blood, that he may die. 17726 17727 19:13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt 17728 of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. 17729 17730 19:14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of 17731 old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in 17732 the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. 17733 17734 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or 17735 for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two 17736 witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be 17737 established. 17738 17739 19:16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against 17740 him that which is wrong; 19:17 Then both the men, between whom the 17741 controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and 17742 the judges, which shall be in those days; 19:18 And the judges shall 17743 make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false 17744 witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; 19:19 Then 17745 shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: 17746 so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. 17747 17748 19:20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall 17749 henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. 17750 17751 19:21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye 17752 for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. 17753 17754 20:1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest 17755 horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of 17756 them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of 17757 the land of Egypt. 17758 17759 20:2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the 17760 priest shall approach and speak unto the people, 20:3 And shall say 17761 unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against 17762 your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, 17763 neither be ye terrified because of them; 20:4 For the LORD your God is 17764 he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save 17765 you. 17766 17767 20:5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is 17768 there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him 17769 go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man 17770 dedicate it. 17771 17772 20:6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet 17773 eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in 17774 the battle, and another man eat of it. 17775 17776 20:7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not 17777 taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the 17778 battle, and another man take her. 17779 17780 20:8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they 17781 shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him 17782 go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well 17783 as his heart. 17784 17785 20:9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking 17786 unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead 17787 the people. 17788 17789 20:10 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then 17790 proclaim peace unto it. 17791 17792 20:11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto 17793 thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein 17794 shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. 17795 17796 20:12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war 17797 against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: 20:13 And when the LORD thy 17798 God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male 17799 thereof with the edge of the sword: 20:14 But the women, and the 17800 little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the 17801 spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the 17802 spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. 17803 17804 20:15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off 17805 from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. 17806 17807 20:16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth 17808 give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that 17809 breatheth: 20:17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the 17810 Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the 17811 Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: 17812 20:18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, 17813 which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the 17814 LORD your God. 17815 17816 20:19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war 17817 against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by 17818 forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou 17819 shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to 17820 employ them in the siege: 20:20 Only the trees which thou knowest that 17821 they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and 17822 thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, 17823 until it be subdued. 17824 17825 21:1 If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth 17826 thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath 17827 slain him: 21:2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and 17828 they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is 17829 slain: 21:3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the 17830 slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which 17831 hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; 21:4 17832 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough 17833 valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the 17834 heifer's neck there in the valley: 21:5 And the priests the sons of 17835 Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to 17836 minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their 17837 word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried: 21:6 And all 17838 the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash 17839 their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: 21:7 And 17840 they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither 17841 have our eyes seen it. 17842 17843 21:8 Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast 17844 redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's 17845 charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. 17846 17847 21:9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among 17848 you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. 17849 17850 21:10 When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD 17851 thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them 17852 captive, 21:11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and 17853 hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; 21:12 17854 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her 17855 head, and pare her nails; 21:13 And she shall put the raiment of her 17856 captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail 17857 her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go 17858 in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. 17859 17860 21:14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt 17861 let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for 17862 money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast 17863 humbled her. 17864 17865 21:15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and 17866 they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if 17867 the firstborn son be hers that was hated: 21:16 Then it shall be, when 17868 he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make 17869 the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is 17870 indeed the firstborn: 21:17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the 17871 hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he 17872 hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the 17873 firstborn is his. 17874 17875 21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey 17876 the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when 17877 they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 21:19 Then shall 17878 his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the 17879 elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 21:20 And they 17880 shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and 17881 rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a 17882 drunkard. 17883 17884 21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he 17885 die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall 17886 hear, and fear. 17887 17888 21:22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to 17889 be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: 21:23 His body shall not 17890 remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him 17891 that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be 17892 not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 17893 17894 22:1 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and 17895 hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto 17896 thy brother. 17897 17898 22:2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him 17899 not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be 17900 with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it 17901 to him again. 17902 17903 22:3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do 17904 with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he 17905 hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest 17906 not hide thyself. 17907 17908 22:4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the 17909 way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift 17910 them up again. 17911 17912 22:5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, 17913 neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are 17914 abomination unto the LORD thy God. 17915 17916 22:6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, 17917 or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam 17918 sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam 17919 with the young: 22:7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and 17920 take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou 17921 mayest prolong thy days. 17922 17923 22:8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement 17924 for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man 17925 fall from thence. 17926 17927 22:9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit 17928 of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be 17929 defiled. 17930 17931 22:10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. 17932 17933 22:11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and 17934 linen together. 17935 17936 22:12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy 17937 vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself. 17938 17939 22:13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 22:14 17940 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name 17941 upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found 17942 her not a maid: 22:15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her 17943 mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto 17944 the elders of the city in the gate: 22:16 And the damsel's father 17945 shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, 17946 and he hateth her; 22:17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech 17947 against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these 17948 are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the 17949 cloth before the elders of the city. 17950 17951 22:18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise 17952 him; 22:19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, 17953 and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought 17954 up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he 17955 may not put her away all his days. 17956 17957 22:20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not 17958 found for the damsel: 22:21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to 17959 the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone 17960 her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in 17961 Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put 17962 evil away from among you. 17963 17964 22:22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then 17965 they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and 17966 the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. 17967 17968 22:23 If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a 17969 man find her in the city, and lie with her; 22:24 Then ye shall bring 17970 them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with 17971 stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the 17972 city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so 17973 thou shalt put away evil from among you. 17974 17975 22:25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man 17976 force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall 17977 die. 17978 17979 22:26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the 17980 damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his 17981 neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: 22:27 For he found 17982 her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none 17983 to save her. 17984 17985 22:28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, 17986 and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; 22:29 Then 17987 the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty 17988 shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled 17989 her, he may not put her away all his days. 17990 17991 22:30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his 17992 father's skirt. 17993 17994 23:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut 17995 off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. 17996 17997 23:2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even 17998 to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of 17999 the LORD. 18000 18001 23:3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of 18002 the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the 18003 congregation of the LORD for ever: 23:4 Because they met you not with 18004 bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and 18005 because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of 18006 Mesopotamia, to curse thee. 18007 18008 23:5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but 18009 the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because 18010 the LORD thy God loved thee. 18011 18012 23:6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days 18013 for ever. 18014 18015 23:7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou 18016 shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land. 18017 18018 23:8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the 18019 congregation of the LORD in their third generation. 18020 18021 23:9 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee 18022 from every wicked thing. 18023 18024 23:10 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of 18025 uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of 18026 the camp, he shall not come within the camp: 23:11 But it shall be, 18027 when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the 18028 sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. 18029 18030 23:12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou 18031 shalt go forth abroad: 23:13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy 18032 weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou 18033 shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh 18034 from thee: 23:14 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy 18035 camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; 18036 therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in 18037 thee, and turn away from thee. 18038 18039 23:15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is 18040 escaped from his master unto thee: 23:16 He shall dwell with thee, 18041 even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy 18042 gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. 18043 18044 23:17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a 18045 sodomite of the sons of Israel. 18046 18047 23:18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, 18048 into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these 18049 are abomination unto the LORD thy God. 18050 18051 23:19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, 18052 usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: 23:20 18053 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou 18054 shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all 18055 that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to 18056 possess it. 18057 18058 23:21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not 18059 slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; 18060 and it would be sin in thee. 18061 18062 23:22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. 18063 18064 23:23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; 18065 even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD 18066 thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. 18067 18068 23:24 When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest 18069 eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any 18070 in thy vessel. 18071 18072 23:25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then 18073 thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a 18074 sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn. 18075 18076 24:1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to 18077 pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some 18078 uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and 18079 give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 18080 18081 24:2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be 18082 another man's wife. 18083 18084 24:3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of 18085 divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his 18086 house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; 18087 24:4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again 18088 to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination 18089 before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the 18090 LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 18091 18092 24:5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, 18093 neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at 18094 home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. 18095 18096 24:6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: 18097 for he taketh a man's life to pledge. 18098 18099 24:7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of 18100 Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief 18101 shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. 18102 18103 24:8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, 18104 and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: 18105 as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. 18106 18107 24:9 Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after 18108 that ye were come forth out of Egypt. 18109 18110 24:10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go 18111 into his house to fetch his pledge. 18112 18113 24:11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend 18114 shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. 18115 18116 24:12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: 18117 24:13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun 18118 goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and 18119 it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God. 18120 18121 24:14 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, 18122 whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy 18123 land within thy gates: 24:15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, 18124 neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his 18125 heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin 18126 unto thee. 18127 18128 24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither 18129 shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be 18130 put to death for his own sin. 18131 18132 24:17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the 18133 fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: 24:18 But thou shalt 18134 remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God 18135 redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. 18136 18137 24:19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast 18138 forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it 18139 shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that 18140 the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. 18141 18142 24:20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the 18143 boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and 18144 for the widow. 18145 18146 24:21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not 18147 glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, 18148 and for the widow. 18149 18150 24:22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of 18151 Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. 18152 18153 25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto 18154 judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the 18155 righteous, and condemn the wicked. 18156 18157 25:2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that 18158 the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his 18159 face, according to his fault, by a certain number. 18160 18161 25:3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should 18162 exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother 18163 should seem vile unto thee. 18164 18165 25:4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. 18166 18167 25:5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no 18168 child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: 18169 her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to 18170 wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. 18171 18172 25:6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall 18173 succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not 18174 put out of Israel. 18175 18176 25:7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his 18177 brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My 18178 husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in 18179 Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother. 18180 18181 25:8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: 18182 and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her; 25:9 Then 18183 shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, 18184 and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall 18185 answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build 18186 up his brother's house. 18187 18188 25:10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that 18189 hath his shoe loosed. 18190 18191 25:11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the 18192 one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him 18193 that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the 18194 secrets: 25:12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not 18195 pity her. 18196 18197 25:13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a 18198 small. 18199 18200 25:14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and 18201 a small. 18202 18203 25:15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and 18204 just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the 18205 land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 18206 18207 25:16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are 18208 an abomination unto the LORD thy God. 18209 18210 25:17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come 18211 forth out of Egypt; 25:18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the 18212 hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou 18213 wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. 18214 18215 25:19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee 18216 rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD 18217 thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt 18218 blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not 18219 forget it. 18220 18221 26:1 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the 18222 LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and 18223 dwellest therein; 26:2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the 18224 fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD 18225 thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto 18226 the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there. 18227 18228 26:3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, 18229 and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am 18230 come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to 18231 give us. 18232 18233 26:4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set 18234 it down before the altar of the LORD thy God. 18235 18236 26:5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian 18237 ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and 18238 sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, 18239 and populous: 26:6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted 18240 us, and laid upon us hard bondage: 26:7 And when we cried unto the 18241 LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our 18242 affliction, and our labour, and our oppression: 26:8 And the LORD 18243 brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an 18244 outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and 18245 with wonders: 26:9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath 18246 given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey. 18247 18248 26:10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, 18249 which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the 18250 LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God: 26:11 And thou 18251 shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given 18252 unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the 18253 stranger that is among you. 18254 18255 26:12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine 18256 increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given 18257 it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that 18258 they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; 26:13 Then thou shalt 18259 say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things 18260 out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto 18261 the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all 18262 thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed 18263 thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them. 18264 18265 26:14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken 18266 away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for 18267 the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and 18268 have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. 18269 18270 26:15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy 18271 people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest 18272 unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. 18273 18274 26:16 This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these 18275 statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all 18276 thine heart, and with all thy soul. 18277 18278 26:17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk 18279 in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his 18280 judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: 26:18 And the LORD hath 18281 avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised 18282 thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; 26:19 And to 18283 make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in 18284 name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the 18285 LORD thy God, as he hath spoken. 18286 18287 27:1 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, 18288 Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. 18289 18290 27:2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto 18291 the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee 18292 up great stones, and plaister them with plaister: 27:3 And thou shalt 18293 write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, 18294 that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth 18295 thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy 18296 fathers hath promised thee. 18297 18298 27:4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall 18299 set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and 18300 thou shalt plaister them with plaister. 18301 18302 27:5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an 18303 altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. 18304 18305 27:6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: 18306 and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God: 18307 27:7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and 18308 rejoice before the LORD thy God. 18309 18310 27:8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law 18311 very plainly. 18312 18313 27:9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, 18314 saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the 18315 people of the LORD thy God. 18316 18317 27:10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do 18318 his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. 18319 18320 27:11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 27:12 These 18321 shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come 18322 over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, 18323 and Benjamin: 27:13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; 18324 Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 18325 18326 27:14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel 18327 with a loud voice, 27:15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or 18328 molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of 18329 the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people 18330 shall answer and say, Amen. 18331 18332 27:16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And 18333 all the people shall say, Amen. 18334 18335 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the 18336 people shall say, Amen. 18337 18338 27:18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And 18339 all the people shall say, Amen. 18340 18341 27:19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, 18342 fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. 18343 18344 27:20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he 18345 uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. 18346 18347 27:21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the 18348 people shall say, Amen. 18349 18350 27:22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his 18351 father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, 18352 Amen. 18353 18354 27:23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the 18355 people shall say, Amen. 18356 18357 27:24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the 18358 people shall say, Amen. 18359 18360 27:25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And 18361 all the people shall say, Amen. 18362 18363 27:26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do 18364 them. And all the people shall say, Amen. 18365 18366 28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto 18367 the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his 18368 commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will 18369 set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 28:2 And all these 18370 blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken 18371 unto the voice of the LORD thy God. 18372 18373 28:3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in 18374 the field. 18375 18376 28:4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy 18377 ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the 18378 flocks of thy sheep. 18379 18380 28:5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18381 18382 28:6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou 18383 be when thou goest out. 18384 18385 28:7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to 18386 be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, 18387 and flee before thee seven ways. 18388 18389 28:8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, 18390 and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee 18391 in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 18392 18393 28:9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he 18394 hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD 18395 thy God, and walk in his ways. 18396 18397 28:10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by 18398 the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. 18399 18400 28:11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of 18401 thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy 18402 ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give 18403 thee. 18404 18405 28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to 18406 give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work 18407 of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt 18408 not borrow. 18409 18410 28:13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and 18411 thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou 18412 hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command 18413 thee this day, to observe and to do them: 28:14 And thou shalt not go 18414 aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the 18415 right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. 18416 18417 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the 18418 voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and 18419 his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses 18420 shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 28:16 Cursed shalt thou be in 18421 the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 18422 18423 28:17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18424 18425 28:18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy 18426 land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 18427 18428 28:19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou 18429 be when thou goest out. 18430 18431 28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in 18432 all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be 18433 destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of 18434 thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 18435 18436 28:21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he 18437 have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess 18438 it. 18439 18440 28:22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, 18441 and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the 18442 sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee 18443 until thou perish. 18444 18445 28:23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the 18446 earth that is under thee shall be iron. 18447 18448 28:24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from 18449 heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 18450 18451 28:25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: 18452 thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before 18453 them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 18454 18455 28:26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and 18456 unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. 18457 18458 28:27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the 18459 emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not 18460 be healed. 18461 18462 28:28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and 18463 astonishment of heart: 28:29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the 18464 blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and 18465 thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall 18466 save thee. 18467 18468 28:30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: 18469 thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou 18470 shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. 18471 18472 28:31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not 18473 eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy 18474 face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto 18475 thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. 18476 18477 28:32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, 18478 and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day 18479 long; and there shall be no might in thine hand. 18480 18481 28:33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which 18482 thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed 18483 alway: 28:34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes 18484 which thou shalt see. 18485 18486 28:35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a 18487 sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the 18488 top of thy head. 18489 18490 28:36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set 18491 over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have 18492 known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. 18493 18494 28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, 18495 among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. 18496 18497 28:38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather 18498 but little in; for the locust shall consume it. 18499 18500 28:39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither 18501 drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat 18502 them. 18503 18504 28:40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou 18505 shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his 18506 fruit. 18507 18508 28:41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy 18509 them; for they shall go into captivity. 18510 18511 28:42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. 18512 18513 28:43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very 18514 high; and thou shalt come down very low. 18515 18516 28:44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall 18517 be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. 18518 18519 28:45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue 18520 thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou 18521 hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his 18522 commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: 28:46 And they 18523 shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for 18524 ever. 18525 18526 28:47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and 18527 with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 28:48 18528 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send 18529 against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want 18530 of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he 18531 have destroyed thee. 18532 18533 28:49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the 18534 end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue 18535 thou shalt not understand; 28:50 A nation of fierce countenance, which 18536 shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: 18537 28:51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy 18538 land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either 18539 corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy 18540 sheep, until he have destroyed thee. 18541 18542 28:52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and 18543 fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy 18544 land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy 18545 land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. 18546 18547 28:53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy 18548 sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in 18549 the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall 18550 distress thee: 28:54 So that the man that is tender among you, and 18551 very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward 18552 the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he 18553 shall leave: 28:55 So that he will not give to any of them of the 18554 flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left 18555 him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall 18556 distress thee in all thy gates. 18557 18558 28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not 18559 adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness 18560 and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, 18561 and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 28:57 And toward her 18562 young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her 18563 children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all 18564 things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy 18565 shall distress thee in thy gates. 18566 18567 28:58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that 18568 are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and 18569 fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; 28:59 Then the LORD will make thy 18570 plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, 18571 and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. 18572 18573 28:60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, 18574 which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. 18575 18576 28:61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in 18577 the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou 18578 be destroyed. 18579 18580 28:62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars 18581 of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of 18582 the LORD thy God. 18583 18584 28:63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to 18585 do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to 18586 destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from 18587 off the land whither thou goest to possess it. 18588 18589 28:64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one 18590 end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other 18591 gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and 18592 stone. 18593 18594 28:65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall 18595 the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a 18596 trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: 28:66 And 18597 thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and 18598 night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: 28:67 In the morning 18599 thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, 18600 Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou 18601 shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 18602 18603 28:68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by 18604 the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: 18605 and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and 18606 bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. 18607 18608 29:1 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded 18609 Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside 18610 the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. 18611 18612 29:2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have 18613 seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto 18614 Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; 29:3 The 18615 great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those 18616 great miracles: 29:4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to 18617 perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. 18618 18619 29:5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes 18620 are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy 18621 foot. 18622 18623 29:6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong 18624 drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God. 18625 18626 29:7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and 18627 Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote 18628 them: 29:8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto 18629 the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh. 18630 18631 29:9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye 18632 may prosper in all that ye do. 18633 18634 29:10 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your 18635 captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the 18636 men of Israel, 29:11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger 18637 that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy 18638 water: 29:12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy 18639 God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this 18640 day: 29:13 That he may establish thee to day for a people unto 18641 himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto 18642 thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and 18643 to Jacob. 18644 18645 29:14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; 18646 29:15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD 18647 our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: 29:16 18648 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came 18649 through the nations which ye passed by; 29:17 And ye have seen their 18650 abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which 18651 were among them:) 29:18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, 18652 or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD 18653 our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should 18654 be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; 29:19 And it come 18655 to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless 18656 himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the 18657 imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: 29:20 The 18658 LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his 18659 jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are 18660 written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out 18661 his name from under heaven. 18662 18663 29:21 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes 18664 of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are 18665 written in this book of the law: 29:22 So that the generation to come 18666 of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that 18667 shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of 18668 that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it; 29:23 18669 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, 18670 that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like 18671 the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the 18672 LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 29:24 Even all nations 18673 shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what 18674 meaneth the heat of this great anger? 29:25 Then men shall say, 18675 Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their 18676 fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the 18677 land of Egypt: 29:26 For they went and served other gods, and 18678 worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given 18679 unto them: 29:27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this 18680 land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: 18681 29:28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in 18682 wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as 18683 it is this day. 18684 18685 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things 18686 which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that 18687 we may do all the words of this law. 18688 18689 30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon 18690 thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and 18691 thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD 18692 thy God hath driven thee, 30:2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, 18693 and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this 18694 day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy 18695 soul; 30:3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and 18696 have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all 18697 the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. 18698 18699 30:4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, 18700 from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he 18701 fetch thee: 30:5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land 18702 which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do 18703 thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. 18704 18705 30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart 18706 of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with 18707 all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 18708 18709 30:7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine 18710 enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. 18711 18712 30:8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all 18713 his commandments which I command thee this day. 18714 18715 30:9 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of 18716 thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, 18717 and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again 18718 rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: 30:10 If 18719 thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his 18720 commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the 18721 law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and 18722 with all thy soul. 18723 18724 30:11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not 18725 hidden from thee, neither is it far off. 18726 18727 30:12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up 18728 for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do 18729 it? 30:13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who 18730 shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear 18731 it, and do it? 30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy 18732 mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. 18733 18734 30:15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death 18735 and evil; 30:16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy 18736 God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his 18737 statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and 18738 the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to 18739 possess it. 18740 18741 30:17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but 18742 shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; 30:18 I 18743 denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye 18744 shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over 18745 Jordan to go to possess it. 18746 18747 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I 18748 have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore 18749 choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 30:20 That thou 18750 mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and 18751 that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length 18752 of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware 18753 unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. 18754 18755 31:1 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. 18756 18757 31:2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this 18758 day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto 18759 me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 18760 18761 31:3 The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will 18762 destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: 18763 and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said. 18764 18765 31:4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, 18766 kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. 18767 18768 31:5 And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do 18769 unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded 18770 you. 18771 18772 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: 18773 for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not 18774 fail thee, nor forsake thee. 18775 18776 31:7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of 18777 all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with 18778 this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers 18779 to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. 18780 18781 31:8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with 18782 thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither 18783 be dismayed. 18784 18785 31:9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the 18786 sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto 18787 all the elders of Israel. 18788 18789 31:10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven 18790 years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of 18791 tabernacles, 31:11 When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD 18792 thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law 18793 before all Israel in their hearing. 18794 18795 31:12 Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and thy 18796 stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they 18797 may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words 18798 of this law: 31:13 And that their children, which have not known any 18799 thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye 18800 live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. 18801 18802 31:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that 18803 thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle 18804 of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and 18805 Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the 18806 congregation. 18807 18808 31:15 And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: 18809 and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. 18810 18811 31:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy 18812 fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods 18813 of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and 18814 will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. 18815 18816 31:17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I 18817 will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall 18818 be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that 18819 they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because 18820 our God is not among us? 31:18 And I will surely hide my face in that 18821 day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are 18822 turned unto other gods. 18823 18824 31:19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the 18825 children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a 18826 witness for me against the children of Israel. 18827 18828 31:20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware 18829 unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall 18830 have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn 18831 unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my 18832 covenant. 18833 18834 31:21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are 18835 befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; 18836 for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I 18837 know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have 18838 brought them into the land which I sware. 18839 18840 31:22 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the 18841 children of Israel. 18842 18843 31:23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong 18844 and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel 18845 into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee. 18846 18847 31:24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the 18848 words of this law in a book, until they were finished, 31:25 That 18849 Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the 18850 LORD, saying, 31:26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side 18851 of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there 18852 for a witness against thee. 18853 18854 31:27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am 18855 yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; 18856 and how much more after my death? 31:28 Gather unto me all the elders 18857 of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in 18858 their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. 18859 18860 31:29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt 18861 yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; 18862 and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil 18863 in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of 18864 your hands. 18865 18866 31:30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel 18867 the words of this song, until they were ended. 18868 18869 32:1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the 18870 words of my mouth. 18871 18872 32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the 18873 dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon 18874 the grass: 32:3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe 18875 ye greatness unto our God. 18876 18877 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are 18878 judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. 18879 18880 32:5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his 18881 children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. 18882 18883 32:6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not 18884 he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and 18885 established thee? 32:7 Remember the days of old, consider the years 18886 of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy 18887 elders, and they will tell thee. 18888 18889 32:8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when 18890 he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people 18891 according to the number of the children of Israel. 18892 18893 32:9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his 18894 inheritance. 18895 18896 32:10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling 18897 wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the 18898 apple of his eye. 18899 18900 32:11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, 18901 spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: 18902 32:12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god 18903 with him. 18904 18905 32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might 18906 eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of 18907 the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; 32:14 Butter of kine, and 18908 milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and 18909 goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure 18910 blood of the grape. 18911 18912 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art 18913 grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which 18914 made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 18915 18916 32:16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with 18917 abominations provoked they him to anger. 18918 18919 32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew 18920 not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. 18921 18922 32:18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast 18923 forgotten God that formed thee. 18924 18925 32:19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the 18926 provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. 18927 18928 32:20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what 18929 their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children 18930 in whom is no faith. 18931 18932 32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they 18933 have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to 18934 jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to 18935 anger with a foolish nation. 18936 18937 32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the 18938 lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on 18939 fire the foundations of the mountains. 18940 18941 32:23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon 18942 them. 18943 18944 32:24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, 18945 and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon 18946 them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. 18947 18948 32:25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the 18949 young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray 18950 hairs. 18951 18952 32:26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the 18953 remembrance of them to cease from among men: 32:27 Were it not that I 18954 feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave 18955 themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and 18956 the LORD hath not done all this. 18957 18958 32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any 18959 understanding in them. 18960 18961 32:29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they 18962 would consider their latter end! 32:30 How should one chase a 18963 thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had 18964 sold them, and the LORD had shut them up? 32:31 For their rock is not 18965 as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. 18966 18967 32:32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of 18968 Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: 18969 32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of 18970 asps. 18971 18972 32:34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my 18973 treasures? 32:35 To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot 18974 shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and 18975 the things that shall come upon them make haste. 18976 18977 32:36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his 18978 servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none 18979 shut up, or left. 18980 18981 32:37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they 18982 trusted, 32:38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank 18983 the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and 18984 be your protection. 18985 18986 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I 18987 kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that 18988 can deliver out of my hand. 18989 18990 32:40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 18991 18992 32:41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on 18993 judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward 18994 them that hate me. 18995 18996 32:42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall 18997 devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the 18998 captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. 18999 19000 32:43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the 19001 blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, 19002 and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. 19003 19004 32:44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears 19005 of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. 19006 19007 32:45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: 19008 32:46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which 19009 I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to 19010 observe to do, all the words of this law. 19011 19012 32:47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and 19013 through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye 19014 go over Jordan to possess it. 19015 19016 32:48 And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, 32:49 19017 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in 19018 the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of 19019 Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession: 19020 32:50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto 19021 thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered 19022 unto his people: 32:51 Because ye trespassed against me among the 19023 children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness 19024 of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of 19025 Israel. 19026 19027 32:52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go 19028 thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel. 19029 19030 33:1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed 19031 the children of Israel before his death. 19032 19033 33:2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto 19034 them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands 19035 of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. 19036 19037 33:3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and 19038 they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. 19039 19040 33:4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the 19041 congregation of Jacob. 19042 19043 33:5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the 19044 tribes of Israel were gathered together. 19045 19046 33:6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. 19047 19048 33:7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the 19049 voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be 19050 sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies. 19051 19052 33:8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy 19053 holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst 19054 strive at the waters of Meribah; 33:9 Who said unto his father and to 19055 his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his 19056 brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, 19057 and kept thy covenant. 19058 19059 33:10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they 19060 shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine 19061 altar. 19062 19063 33:11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; 19064 smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them 19065 that hate him, that they rise not again. 19066 19067 33:12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in 19068 safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he 19069 shall dwell between his shoulders. 19070 19071 33:13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the 19072 precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth 19073 beneath, 33:14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, 19074 and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 33:15 And for the 19075 chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of 19076 the lasting hills, 33:16 And for the precious things of the earth and 19077 fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: 19078 let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the 19079 head of him that was separated from his brethren. 19080 19081 33:17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns 19082 are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people 19083 together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of 19084 Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. 19085 19086 33:18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, 19087 Issachar, in thy tents. 19088 19089 33:19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall 19090 offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the 19091 abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. 19092 19093 33:20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he 19094 dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. 19095 19096 33:21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a 19097 portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of 19098 the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments 19099 with Israel. 19100 19101 33:22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from 19102 Bashan. 19103 19104 33:23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and 19105 full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the 19106 south. 19107 19108 33:24 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let 19109 him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. 19110 19111 33:25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy 19112 strength be. 19113 19114 33:26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the 19115 heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. 19116 19117 33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the 19118 everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; 19119 and shall say, Destroy them. 19120 19121 33:28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob 19122 shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop 19123 down dew. 19124 19125 33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved 19126 by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy 19127 excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou 19128 shalt tread upon their high places. 19129 19130 34:1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of 19131 Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD 19132 shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, 34:2 And all Naphtali, 19133 and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto 19134 the utmost sea, 34:3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of 19135 Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. 19136 19137 34:4 And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto 19138 Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy 19139 seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not 19140 go over thither. 19141 19142 34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, 19143 according to the word of the LORD. 19144 19145 34:6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against 19146 Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. 19147 19148 34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his 19149 eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. 19150 19151 34:8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab 19152 thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. 19153 19154 34:9 And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for 19155 Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel 19156 hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. 19157 19158 34:10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, 19159 whom the LORD knew face to face, 34:11 In all the signs and the 19160 wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to 19161 Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, 34:12 And in 19162 all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed 19163 in the sight of all Israel. 19164 19165 19166 19167 19168 The Book of Joshua 19169 19170 19171 1:1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to 19172 pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, 19173 saying, 1:2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over 19174 this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give 19175 to them, even to the children of Israel. 19176 19177 1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have 19178 I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. 19179 19180 1:4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, 19181 the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great 19182 sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. 19183 19184 1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days 19185 of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not 19186 fail thee, nor forsake thee. 19187 19188 1:6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou 19189 divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers 19190 to give them. 19191 19192 1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe 19193 to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: 19194 turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest 19195 prosper withersoever thou goest. 19196 19197 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou 19198 shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do 19199 according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy 19200 way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. 19201 19202 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not 19203 afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee 19204 whithersoever thou goest. 19205 19206 1:10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 1:11 19207 Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you 19208 victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go 19209 in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess 19210 it. 19211 19212 1:12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe 19213 of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 1:13 Remember the word which Moses 19214 the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath 19215 given you rest, and hath given you this land. 19216 19217 1:14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in 19218 the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass 19219 before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help 19220 them; 1:15 Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath 19221 given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your 19222 God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your 19223 possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on 19224 this side Jordan toward the sunrising. 19225 19226 1:16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we 19227 will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. 19228 19229 1:17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we 19230 hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with 19231 Moses. 19232 19233 1:18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will 19234 not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall 19235 be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage. 19236 19237 2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy 19238 secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and 19239 came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. 19240 19241 2:2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came 19242 men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the 19243 country. 19244 19245 2:3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the 19246 men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for 19247 they be come to search out all the country. 19248 19249 2:4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There 19250 came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: 2:5 And it came to 19251 pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that 19252 the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them 19253 quickly; for ye shall overtake them. 19254 19255 2:6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them 19256 with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. 19257 19258 2:7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: 19259 and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut 19260 the gate. 19261 19262 2:8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the 19263 roof; 2:9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given 19264 you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the 19265 inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 19266 19267 2:10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea 19268 for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings 19269 of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, 19270 whom ye utterly destroyed. 19271 19272 2:11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, 19273 neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: 19274 for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth 19275 beneath. 19276 19277 2:12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I 19278 have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my 19279 father's house, and give me a true token: 2:13 And that ye will save 19280 alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and 19281 all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. 19282 19283 2:14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not 19284 this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the 19285 land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. 19286 19287 2:15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her 19288 house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. 19289 19290 2:16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the 19291 pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the 19292 pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. 19293 19294 2:17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine 19295 oath which thou hast made us swear. 19296 19297 2:18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of 19298 scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou 19299 shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy 19300 father's household, home unto thee. 19301 19302 2:19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy 19303 house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will 19304 be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood 19305 shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. 19306 19307 2:20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of 19308 thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. 19309 19310 2:21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent 19311 them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the 19312 window. 19313 19314 2:22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three 19315 days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them 19316 throughout all the way, but found them not. 19317 19318 2:23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and 19319 passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all 19320 things that befell them: 2:24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the 19321 LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the 19322 inhabitants of the country do faint because of us. 19323 19324 3:1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from 19325 Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and 19326 lodged there before they passed over. 19327 19328 3:2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went 19329 through the host; 3:3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye 19330 see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the 19331 Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after 19332 it. 19333 19334 3:4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand 19335 cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by 19336 which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore. 19337 19338 3:5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to 19339 morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. 19340 19341 3:6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the 19342 covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of 19343 the covenant, and went before the people. 19344 19345 3:7 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify 19346 thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was 19347 with Moses, so I will be with thee. 19348 19349 3:8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the 19350 covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of 19351 Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. 19352 19353 3:9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear 19354 the words of the LORD your God. 19355 19356 3:10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is 19357 among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the 19358 Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and 19359 the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. 19360 19361 3:11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth 19362 passeth over before you into Jordan. 19363 19364 3:12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, 19365 out of every tribe a man. 19366 19367 3:13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of 19368 the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, 19369 shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be 19370 cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall 19371 stand upon an heap. 19372 19373 3:14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to 19374 pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant 19375 before the people; 3:15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto 19376 Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in 19377 the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the 19378 time of harvest,) 3:16 That the waters which came down from above 19379 stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is 19380 beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, 19381 even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed 19382 over right against Jericho. 19383 19384 3:17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD 19385 stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the 19386 Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed 19387 clean over Jordan. 19388 19389 4:1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over 19390 Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 4:2 Take you twelve 19391 men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 4:3 And command ye 19392 them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the 19393 place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall 19394 carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where 19395 ye shall lodge this night. 19396 19397 4:4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the 19398 children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: 4:5 And Joshua said unto 19399 them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of 19400 Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, 19401 according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: 4:6 19402 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their 19403 fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? 4:7 19404 Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off 19405 before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over 19406 Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be 19407 for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. 19408 19409 4:8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up 19410 twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto 19411 Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of 19412 Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they 19413 lodged, and laid them down there. 19414 19415 4:9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the 19416 place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant 19417 stood: and they are there unto this day. 19418 19419 4:10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, 19420 until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak 19421 unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the 19422 people hasted and passed over. 19423 19424 4:11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, 19425 that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence 19426 of the people. 19427 19428 4:12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the 19429 tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as 19430 Moses spake unto them: 4:13 About forty thousand prepared for war 19431 passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. 19432 19433 4:14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; 19434 and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. 19435 19436 4:15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 4:16 Command the priests 19437 that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. 19438 19439 4:17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of 19440 Jordan. 19441 19442 4:18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the 19443 covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the 19444 soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the 19445 waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his 19446 banks, as they did before. 19447 19448 4:19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the 19449 first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. 19450 19451 4:20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did 19452 Joshua pitch in Gilgal. 19453 19454 4:21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your 19455 children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean 19456 these stones? 4:22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, 19457 Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 19458 19459 4:23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before 19460 you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red 19461 sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: 4:24 19462 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that 19463 it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever. 19464 19465 5:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which 19466 were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the 19467 Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up 19468 the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were 19469 passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them 19470 any more, because of the children of Israel. 19471 19472 5:2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, 19473 and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. 19474 19475 5:3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of 19476 Israel at the hill of the foreskins. 19477 19478 5:4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people 19479 that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died 19480 in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. 19481 19482 5:5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the 19483 people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth 19484 out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. 19485 19486 5:6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, 19487 till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, 19488 were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto 19489 whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the 19490 LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that 19491 floweth with milk and honey. 19492 19493 5:7 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua 19494 circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not 19495 circumcised them by the way. 19496 19497 5:8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the 19498 people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were 19499 whole. 19500 19501 5:9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the 19502 reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is 19503 called Gilgal unto this day. 19504 19505 5:10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the 19506 passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of 19507 Jericho. 19508 19509 5:11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after 19510 the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. 19511 19512 5:12 And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the 19513 old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any 19514 more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. 19515 19516 5:13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted 19517 up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against 19518 him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and 19519 said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? 5:14 And he 19520 said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And 19521 Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto 19522 him, What saith my Lord unto his servant? 5:15 And the captain of the 19523 LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for 19524 the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. 19525 19526 6:1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of 19527 Israel: none went out, and none came in. 19528 19529 6:2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand 19530 Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. 19531 19532 6:3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round 19533 about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. 19534 19535 6:4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of 19536 rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven 19537 times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. 19538 19539 6:5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with 19540 the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the 19541 people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall 19542 fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight 19543 before him. 19544 19545 6:6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, 19546 Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven 19547 trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD. 19548 19549 6:7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and 19550 let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. 19551 19552 6:8 And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that 19553 the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on 19554 before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the 19555 covenant of the LORD followed them. 19556 19557 6:9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the 19558 trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, 19559 and blowing with the trumpets. 19560 19561 6:10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, 19562 nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out 19563 of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. 19564 19565 6:11 So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: 19566 and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. 19567 19568 6:12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the 19569 ark of the LORD. 19570 19571 6:13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before 19572 the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: 19573 and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the 19574 ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. 19575 19576 6:14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned 19577 into the camp: so they did six days. 19578 19579 6:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early 19580 about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same 19581 manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven 19582 times. 19583 19584 6:16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew 19585 with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD 19586 hath given you the city. 19587 19588 6:17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are 19589 therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all 19590 that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we 19591 sent. 19592 19593 6:18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest 19594 ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and 19595 make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. 19596 19597 6:19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are 19598 consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the 19599 LORD. 19600 19601 6:20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: 19602 and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, 19603 and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down 19604 flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight 19605 before him, and they took the city. 19606 19607 6:21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and 19608 woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the 19609 sword. 19610 19611 6:22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the 19612 country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, 19613 and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. 19614 19615 6:23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, 19616 and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she 19617 had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the 19618 camp of Israel. 19619 19620 6:24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only 19621 the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they 19622 put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. 19623 19624 6:25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's 19625 household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto 19626 this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out 19627 Jericho. 19628 19629 6:26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man 19630 before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he 19631 shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest 19632 son shall he set up the gates of it. 19633 19634 6:27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout 19635 all the country. 19636 19637 7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed 19638 thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of 19639 Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the 19640 anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. 19641 19642 7:2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, 19643 on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the 19644 country. 19645 19646 And the men went up and viewed Ai. 19647 19648 7:3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the 19649 people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite 19650 Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but 19651 few. 19652 19653 7:4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: 19654 and they fled before the men of Ai. 19655 19656 7:5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they 19657 chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in 19658 the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became 19659 as water. 19660 19661 7:6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face 19662 before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of 19663 Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 19664 19665 7:7 And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all 19666 brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the 19667 Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt 19668 on the other side Jordan! 7:8 O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel 19669 turneth their backs before their enemies! 7:9 For the Canaanites and 19670 all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us 19671 round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto 19672 thy great name? 7:10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; 19673 wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? 7:11 Israel hath sinned, and 19674 they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for 19675 they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and 19676 dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 19677 19678 7:12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their 19679 enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they 19680 were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy 19681 the accursed from among you. 19682 19683 7:13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to 19684 morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed 19685 thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before 19686 thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. 19687 19688 7:14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your 19689 tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall 19690 come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD 19691 shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD 19692 shall take shall come man by man. 19693 19694 7:15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing 19695 shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath 19696 transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought 19697 folly in Israel. 19698 19699 7:16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by 19700 their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 7:17 And he brought 19701 the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he 19702 brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: 19703 7:18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of 19704 Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was 19705 taken. 19706 19707 7:19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to 19708 the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now 19709 what thou hast done; hide it not from me. 19710 19711 7:20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against 19712 the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: 7:21 When I saw 19713 among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels 19714 of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted 19715 them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the 19716 midst of my tent, and the silver under it. 19717 19718 7:22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, 19719 behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. 19720 19721 7:23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them 19722 unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out 19723 before the LORD. 19724 19725 7:24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, 19726 and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, 19727 and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his 19728 tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of 19729 Achor. 19730 19731 7:25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall 19732 trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and 19733 burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. 19734 19735 7:26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So 19736 the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name 19737 of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. 19738 19739 8:1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: 19740 take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I 19741 have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, 19742 and his land: 8:2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst 19743 unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle 19744 thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush 19745 for the city behind it. 19746 19747 8:3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: 19748 and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent 19749 them away by night. 19750 19751 8:4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait 19752 against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, 19753 but be ye all ready: 8:5 And I, and all the people that are with me, 19754 will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come 19755 out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, 8:6 19756 (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the 19757 city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: 19758 therefore we will flee before them. 19759 19760 8:7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: 19761 for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. 19762 19763 8:8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set 19764 the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye 19765 do. See, I have commanded you. 19766 19767 8:9 Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, 19768 and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua 19769 lodged that night among the people. 19770 19771 8:10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, 19772 and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. 19773 19774 8:11 And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, 19775 went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the 19776 north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai. 19777 19778 8:12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in 19779 ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. 19780 19781 8:13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on 19782 the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the 19783 city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. 19784 19785 8:14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted 19786 and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to 19787 battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; 19788 but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the 19789 city. 19790 19791 8:15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before 19792 them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. 19793 19794 8:16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue 19795 after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from 19796 the city. 19797 19798 8:17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out 19799 after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. 19800 19801 8:18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in 19802 thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua 19803 stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city. 19804 19805 8:19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as 19806 soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, 19807 and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire. 19808 19809 8:20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, 19810 the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to 19811 flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness 19812 turned back upon the pursuers. 19813 19814 8:21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the 19815 city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, 19816 and slew the men of Ai. 19817 19818 8:22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were 19819 in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and 19820 they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. 19821 19822 8:23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. 19823 19824 8:24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all 19825 the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they 19826 chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, 19827 until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, 19828 and smote it with the edge of the sword. 19829 19830 8:25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and 19831 women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. 19832 19833 8:26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the 19834 spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. 19835 19836 8:27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey 19837 unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he 19838 commanded Joshua. 19839 19840 8:28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a 19841 desolation unto this day. 19842 19843 8:29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as 19844 soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his 19845 carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of 19846 the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth 19847 unto this day. 19848 19849 8:30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount 19850 Ebal, 8:31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of 19851 Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of 19852 whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they 19853 offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace 19854 offerings. 19855 19856 8:32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, 19857 which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. 19858 19859 8:33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, 19860 stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the 19861 Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the 19862 stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against 19863 mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the 19864 servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the 19865 people of Israel. 19866 19867 8:34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and 19868 cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law. 19869 19870 8:35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua 19871 read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and 19872 the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them. 19873 19874 9:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side 19875 Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the 19876 great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the 19877 Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; 19878 9:2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and 19879 with Israel, with one accord. 19880 19881 9:3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto 19882 Jericho and to Ai, 9:4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if 19883 they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and 19884 wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; 9:5 And old shoes and 19885 clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread 19886 of their provision was dry and mouldy. 19887 19888 9:6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto 19889 him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now 19890 therefore make ye a league with us. 19891 19892 9:7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell 19893 among us; and how shall we make a league with you? 9:8 And they said 19894 unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are 19895 ye? and from whence come ye? 9:9 And they said unto him, From a very 19896 far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy 19897 God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, 19898 9:10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were 19899 beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, 19900 which was at Ashtaroth. 19901 19902 9:11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake 19903 to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet 19904 them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a 19905 league with us. 19906 19907 9:12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on 19908 the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and 19909 it is mouldy: 9:13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were 19910 new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes 19911 are become old by reason of the very long journey. 19912 19913 9:14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the 19914 mouth of the LORD. 19915 19916 9:15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to 19917 let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. 19918 19919 9:16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made 19920 a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, 19921 and that they dwelt among them. 19922 19923 9:17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities 19924 on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and 19925 Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim. 19926 19927 9:18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of 19928 the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And 19929 all the congregation murmured against the princes. 19930 19931 9:19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn 19932 unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch 19933 them. 19934 19935 9:20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath 19936 be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. 19937 19938 9:21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be 19939 hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the 19940 princes had promised them. 19941 19942 9:22 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, 19943 Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when 19944 ye dwell among us? 9:23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall 19945 none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and 19946 drawers of water for the house of my God. 19947 19948 9:24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told 19949 thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to 19950 give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land 19951 from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of 19952 you, and have done this thing. 19953 19954 9:25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and 19955 right unto thee to do unto us, do. 19956 19957 9:26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of 19958 the children of Israel, that they slew them not. 19959 19960 9:27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water 19961 for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this 19962 day, in the place which he should choose. 19963 19964 10:1 Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard 19965 how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done 19966 to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how 19967 the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among 19968 them; 10:2 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, 19969 as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and 19970 all the men thereof were mighty. 19971 19972 10:3 Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem, sent unto Hoham king of 19973 Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of 19974 Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, 10:4 Come up unto me, 19975 and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with 19976 Joshua and with the children of Israel. 19977 19978 10:5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, 19979 the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king 19980 of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all 19981 their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it. 19982 19983 10:6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, 19984 saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, 19985 and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell 19986 in the mountains are gathered together against us. 19987 19988 10:7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war 19989 with him, and all the mighty men of valour. 19990 19991 10:8 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have 19992 delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand 19993 before thee. 19994 19995 10:9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal 19996 all night. 19997 19998 10:10 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with 19999 a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth 20000 up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. 20001 20002 10:11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were 20003 in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones 20004 from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which 20005 died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with 20006 the sword. 20007 20008 10:12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered 20009 up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the 20010 sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in 20011 the valley of Ajalon. 20012 20013 10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people 20014 had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the 20015 book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and 20016 hasted not to go down about a whole day. 20017 20018 10:14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the 20019 LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for 20020 Israel. 20021 20022 10:15 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to 20023 Gilgal. 20024 20025 10:16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at 20026 Makkedah. 20027 20028 10:17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in 20029 a cave at Makkedah. 20030 20031 10:18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, 20032 and set men by it for to keep them: 10:19 And stay ye not, but pursue 20033 after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to 20034 enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them 20035 into your hand. 20036 20037 10:20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had 20038 made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they 20039 were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into 20040 fenced cities. 20041 20042 10:21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in 20043 peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. 20044 20045 10:22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out 20046 those five kings unto me out of the cave. 20047 20048 10:23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out 20049 of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of 20050 Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. 20051 20052 10:24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto 20053 Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto 20054 the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put 20055 your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put 20056 their feet upon the necks of them. 20057 20058 10:25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong 20059 and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies 20060 against whom ye fight. 20061 20062 10:26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them 20063 on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. 20064 20065 10:27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, 20066 that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast 20067 them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in 20068 the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day. 20069 20070 10:28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of 20071 the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all 20072 the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the 20073 king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho. 20074 20075 10:29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto 20076 Libnah, and fought against Libnah: 10:30 And the LORD delivered it 20077 also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it 20078 with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he 20079 let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto 20080 the king of Jericho. 20081 20082 10:31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto 20083 Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: 10:32 And the 20084 LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the 20085 second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls 20086 that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. 20087 20088 10:33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua 20089 smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. 20090 20091 10:34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with 20092 him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it: 10:35 And 20093 they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and 20094 all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, 20095 according to all that he had done to Lachish. 20096 20097 10:36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto 20098 Hebron; and they fought against it: 10:37 And they took it, and smote 20099 it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the 20100 cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none 20101 remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed 20102 it utterly, and all the souls that were therein. 20103 20104 10:38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and 20105 fought against it: 10:39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all 20106 the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, 20107 and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none 20108 remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the 20109 king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. 20110 20111 10:40 So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, 20112 and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none 20113 remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of 20114 Israel commanded. 20115 20116 10:41 And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all 20117 the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. 20118 20119 10:42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, 20120 because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel. 20121 20122 10:43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to 20123 Gilgal. 20124 20125 11:1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those 20126 things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of 20127 Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 11:2 And to the kings that were 20128 on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, 20129 and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, 11:3 And to 20130 the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the 20131 Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to 20132 the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. 20133 20134 11:4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much 20135 people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with 20136 horses and chariots very many. 20137 20138 11:5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched 20139 together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. 20140 20141 11:6 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for 20142 to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before 20143 Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with 20144 fire. 20145 20146 11:7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them 20147 by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them. 20148 20149 11:8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote 20150 them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and 20151 unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they 20152 left them none remaining. 20153 20154 11:9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their 20155 horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. 20156 20157 11:10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote 20158 the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of 20159 all those kingdoms. 20160 20161 11:11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of 20162 the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: 20163 and he burnt Hazor with fire. 20164 20165 11:12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, 20166 did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he 20167 utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded. 20168 20169 11:13 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel 20170 burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. 20171 20172 11:14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children 20173 of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote 20174 with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither 20175 left they any to breathe. 20176 20177 11:15 As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command 20178 Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD 20179 commanded Moses. 20180 20181 11:16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south 20182 country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, 20183 and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; 11:17 Even 20184 from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the 20185 valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and 20186 smote them, and slew them. 20187 20188 11:18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. 20189 20190 11:19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of 20191 Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they 20192 took in battle. 20193 20194 11:20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should 20195 come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and 20196 that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the 20197 LORD commanded Moses. 20198 20199 11:21 And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the 20200 mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the 20201 mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua 20202 destroyed them utterly with their cities. 20203 20204 11:22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children 20205 of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. 20206 20207 11:23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD 20208 said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel 20209 according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from 20210 war. 20211 20212 12:1 Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel 20213 smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the 20214 rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the 20215 plain on the east: 12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in 20216 Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river 20217 Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even 20218 unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; 20219 12:3 And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto 20220 the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to 20221 Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah: 12:4 And the 20222 coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, 20223 that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, 12:5 And reigned in mount 20224 Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the 20225 Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon 20226 king of Heshbon. 20227 20228 12:6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel 20229 smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto 20230 the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. 20231 20232 12:7 And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the 20233 children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad 20234 in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to 20235 Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession 20236 according to their divisions; 12:8 In the mountains, and in the 20237 valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, 20238 and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the 20239 Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: 12:9 The 20240 king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; 20241 12:10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 12:11 The 20242 king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12:12 The king of 20243 Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; 12:13 The king of Debir, one; the 20244 king of Geder, one; 12:14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, 20245 one; 12:15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; 12:16 20246 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; 12:17 The king of 20247 Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; 12:18 The king of Aphek, one; 20248 the king of Lasharon, one; 12:19 The king of Madon, one; the king of 20249 Hazor, one; 12:20 The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, 20250 one; 12:21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; 12:22 20251 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; 12:23 The 20252 king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of 20253 Gilgal, one; 12:24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and 20254 one. 20255 20256 13:1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto 20257 him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very 20258 much land to be possessed. 20259 20260 13:2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the 20261 Philistines, and all Geshuri, 13:3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, 20262 even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the 20263 Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the 20264 Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also 20265 the Avites: 13:4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and 20266 Mearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the 20267 Amorites: 13:5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward 20268 the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into 20269 Hamath. 20270 20271 13:6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto 20272 Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from 20273 before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the 20274 Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. 20275 20276 13:7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine 20277 tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 13:8 With whom the Reubenites 20278 and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave 20279 them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD 20280 gave them; 13:9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, 20281 and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of 20282 Medeba unto Dibon; 13:10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the 20283 Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of 20284 Ammon; 13:11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and 20285 Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; 13:12 20286 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in 20287 Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses 20288 smite, and cast them out. 20289 20290 13:13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, 20291 nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell 20292 among the Israelites until this day. 20293 20294 13:14 Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the 20295 sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their 20296 inheritance, as he said unto them. 20297 20298 13:15 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben 20299 inheritance according to their families. 20300 20301 13:16 And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river 20302 Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the 20303 plain by Medeba; 13:17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the 20304 plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, 13:18 And Jahaza, and 20305 Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 13:19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and 20306 Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley, 13:20 And Bethpeor, and 20307 Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth, 13:21 And all the cities of the 20308 plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which 20309 reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, 20310 and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, 20311 dwelling in the country. 20312 20313 13:22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of 20314 Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. 20315 20316 13:23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the 20317 border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben 20318 after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. 20319 20320 13:24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the 20321 children of Gad according to their families. 20322 20323 13:25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and 20324 half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before 20325 Rabbah; 13:26 And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and 20326 from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; 13:27 And in the valley, 20327 Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the 20328 kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the 20329 edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward. 20330 20331 13:28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their 20332 families, the cities, and their villages. 20333 20334 13:29 And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and 20335 this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh 20336 by their families. 20337 20338 13:30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom 20339 of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, 20340 threescore cities: 13:31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, 20341 cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the 20342 children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the 20343 children of Machir by their families. 20344 20345 13:32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for 20346 inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by 20347 Jericho, eastward. 20348 20349 13:33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the 20350 LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them. 20351 20352 14:1 And these are the countries which the children of Israel 20353 inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua 20354 the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the 20355 children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. 20356 20357 14:2 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand 20358 of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. 20359 20360 14:3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half 20361 tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none 20362 inheritance among them. 20363 20364 14:4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: 20365 therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities 20366 to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their 20367 substance. 20368 20369 14:5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and 20370 they divided the land. 20371 20372 14:6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb 20373 the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the 20374 thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and 20375 thee in Kadeshbarnea. 20376 20377 14:7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me 20378 from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again 20379 as it was in mine heart. 20380 20381 14:8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of 20382 the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. 20383 20384 14:9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy 20385 feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for 20386 ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God. 20387 20388 14:10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these 20389 forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, 20390 while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, 20391 I am this day fourscore and five years old. 20392 20393 14:11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses 20394 sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, 20395 both to go out, and to come in. 20396 20397 14:12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in 20398 that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, 20399 and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be 20400 with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. 20401 20402 14:13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh 20403 Hebron for an inheritance. 20404 20405 14:14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of 20406 Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed 20407 the LORD God of Israel. 20408 20409 14:15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a 20410 great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war. 20411 20412 15:1 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by 20413 their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin 20414 southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. 20415 20416 15:2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from 20417 the bay that looketh southward: 15:3 And it went out to the south side 20418 to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the 20419 south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up 20420 to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: 15:4 From thence it passed 20421 toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out 20422 of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. 20423 20424 15:5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of 20425 Jordan. 20426 20427 And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at 20428 the uttermost part of Jordan: 15:6 And the border went up to 20429 Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border 20430 went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: 15:7 And the border 20431 went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, 20432 looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which 20433 is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the 20434 waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel: 15:8 20435 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the 20436 south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went 20437 up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom 20438 westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward: 20439 15:9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the 20440 fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount 20441 Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim: 20442 15:10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, 20443 and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on 20444 the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah: 20445 15:11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and 20446 the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and 20447 went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the 20448 sea. 20449 20450 15:12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. 20451 20452 This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to 20453 their families. 20454 20455 15:13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the 20456 children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, 20457 even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. 20458 20459 15:14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and 20460 Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 20461 20462 15:15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name 20463 of Debir before was Kirjathsepher. 20464 20465 15:16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to 20466 him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 20467 20468 15:17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and 20469 he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 20470 20471 15:18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to 20472 ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said 20473 unto her, What wouldest thou? 15:19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; 20474 for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. 20475 And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. 20476 20477 15:20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah 20478 according to their families. 20479 20480 15:21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah 20481 toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 20482 15:22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 15:23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, 20483 and Ithnan, 15:24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 15:25 And Hazor, 20484 Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, 15:26 Amam, and 20485 Shema, and Moladah, 15:27 And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet, 20486 15:28 And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah, 15:29 Baalah, and 20487 Iim, and Azem, 15:30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, 15:31 And 20488 Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, 15:32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, 20489 and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their 20490 villages: 15:33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, 20491 15:34 And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam, 15:35 Jarmuth, and 20492 Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, 15:36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and 20493 Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: 15:37 20494 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad, 15:38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and 20495 Joktheel, 15:39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 15:40 And Cabbon, and 20496 Lahmam, and Kithlish, 15:41 And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and 20497 Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: 15:42 Libnah, and Ether, 20498 and Ashan, 15:43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 15:44 And Keilah, 20499 and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: 15:45 20500 Ekron, with her towns and her villages: 15:46 From Ekron even unto the 20501 sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: 15:47 Ashdod with 20502 her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto 20503 the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: 15:48 20504 And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 15:49 And Dannah, 20505 and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir, 15:50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and 20506 Anim, 15:51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their 20507 villages: 15:52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 15:53 And Janum, and 20508 Bethtappuah, and Aphekah, 15:54 And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is 20509 Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: 15:55 Maon, Carmel, 20510 and Ziph, and Juttah, 15:56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, 20511 15:57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: 15:58 20512 Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor, 15:59 And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and 20513 Eltekon; six cities with their villages: 15:60 Kirjathbaal, which is 20514 Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: 15:61 In 20515 the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah, 15:62 And Nibshan, 20516 and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages. 20517 20518 15:63 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children 20519 of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the 20520 children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. 20521 20522 16:1 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by 20523 Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that 20524 goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel, 16:2 And goeth out from 20525 Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, 20526 16:3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast 20527 of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are 20528 at the sea. 20529 20530 16:4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their 20531 inheritance. 20532 20533 16:5 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their 20534 families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east 20535 side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper; 16:6 And the border 20536 went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the 20537 border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the 20538 east to Janohah; 16:7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to 20539 Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. 20540 20541 16:8 The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; 20542 and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of 20543 the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families. 20544 20545 16:9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among 20546 the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their 20547 villages. 20548 20549 16:10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but 20550 the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve 20551 under tribute. 20552 20553 17:1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the 20554 firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the 20555 father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead 20556 and Bashan. 20557 20558 17:2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by 20559 their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of 20560 Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of 20561 Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of 20562 Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by 20563 their families. 20564 20565 17:3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of 20566 Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are 20567 the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and 20568 Tirzah. 20569 20570 17:4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua 20571 the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded 20572 Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore 20573 according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance 20574 among the brethren of their father. 20575 20576 17:5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of 20577 Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; 17:6 Because 20578 the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the 20579 rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead. 20580 20581 17:7 And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that 20582 lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto 20583 the inhabitants of Entappuah. 20584 20585 17:8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border 20586 of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; 17:9 And the coast 20587 descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities 20588 of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh 20589 also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were 20590 at the sea: 17:10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was 20591 Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher 20592 on the north, and in Issachar on the east. 20593 20594 17:11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her 20595 towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her 20596 towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants 20597 of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her 20598 towns, even three countries. 20599 20600 17:12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants 20601 of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 20602 20603 17:13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen 20604 strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly 20605 drive them out. 20606 20607 17:14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast 20608 thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a 20609 great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? 17:15 20610 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up 20611 to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the 20612 Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. 20613 20614 17:16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: 20615 and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have 20616 chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and 20617 they who are of the valley of Jezreel. 20618 20619 17:17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and 20620 to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: 20621 thou shalt not have one lot only: 17:18 But the mountain shall be 20622 thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings 20623 of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though 20624 they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. 20625 20626 18:1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled 20627 together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation 20628 there. And the land was subdued before them. 20629 20630 18:2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, 20631 which had not yet received their inheritance. 20632 20633 18:3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye 20634 slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers 20635 hath given you? 18:4 Give out from among you three men for each 20636 tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the 20637 land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they 20638 shall come again to me. 20639 20640 18:5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in 20641 their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their 20642 coasts on the north. 20643 20644 18:6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring 20645 the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before 20646 the LORD our God. 20647 20648 18:7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the 20649 LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of 20650 Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, 20651 which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. 20652 20653 18:8 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that 20654 went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and 20655 describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you 20656 before the LORD in Shiloh. 20657 20658 18:9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by 20659 cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the 20660 host at Shiloh. 20661 20662 18:10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and 20663 there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to 20664 their divisions. 20665 20666 18:11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up 20667 according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth 20668 between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. 20669 20670 18:12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the 20671 border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up 20672 through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the 20673 wilderness of Bethaven. 20674 20675 18:13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of 20676 Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to 20677 Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether 20678 Bethhoron. 20679 20680 18:14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the 20681 sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; 20682 and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is 20683 Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west 20684 quarter. 20685 20686 18:15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the 20687 border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of 20688 Nephtoah: 18:16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain 20689 that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the 20690 valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of 20691 Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel, 20692 18:17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and 20693 went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of 20694 Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 18:18 20695 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and 20696 went down unto Arabah: 18:19 And the border passed along to the side 20697 of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the 20698 north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the 20699 south coast. 20700 20701 18:20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the 20702 inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round 20703 about, according to their families. 20704 20705 18:21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin 20706 according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the 20707 valley of Keziz, 18:22 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, 18:23 20708 And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah, 18:24 And Chepharhaammonai, and 20709 Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: 18:25 Gibeon, and 20710 Ramah, and Beeroth, 18:26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 18:27 20711 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 18:28 And Zelah, Eleph, and 20712 Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with 20713 their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin 20714 according to their families. 20715 20716 19:1 And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of 20717 the children of Simeon according to their families: and their 20718 inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. 20719 20720 19:2 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and 20721 Moladah, 19:3 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem, 19:4 And Eltolad, 20722 and Bethul, and Hormah, 19:5 And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and 20723 Hazarsusah, 19:6 And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and 20724 their villages: 19:7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities 20725 and their villages: 19:8 And all the villages that were round about 20726 these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the 20727 inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their 20728 families. 20729 20730 19:9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance 20731 of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was 20732 too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their 20733 inheritance within the inheritance of them. 20734 20735 19:10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according 20736 to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid: 20737 19:11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and 20738 reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before 20739 Jokneam; 19:12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising 20740 unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and 20741 goeth up to Japhia, 19:13 And from thence passeth on along on the east 20742 to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to 20743 Neah; 19:14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to 20744 Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel: 20745 19:15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and 20746 Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. 20747 20748 19:16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to 20749 their families, these cities with their villages. 20750 20751 19:17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of 20752 Issachar according to their families. 20753 20754 19:18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, 20755 19:19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, 19:20 And Rabbith, and 20756 Kishion, and Abez, 19:21 And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and 20757 Bethpazzez; 19:22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and 20758 Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen 20759 cities with their villages. 20760 20761 19:23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar 20762 according to their families, the cities and their villages. 20763 20764 19:24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of 20765 Asher according to their families. 20766 20767 19:25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, 20768 19:26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel 20769 westward, and to Shihorlibnath; 19:27 And turneth toward the sunrising 20770 to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel 20771 toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul 20772 on the left hand, 19:28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, 20773 even unto great Zidon; 19:29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and 20774 to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the 20775 outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: 19:30 Ummah 20776 also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. 20777 20778 19:31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher 20779 according to their families, these cities with their villages. 20780 20781 19:32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the 20782 children of Naphtali according to their families. 20783 20784 19:33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and 20785 Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were 20786 at Jordan: 19:34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, 20787 and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the 20788 south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon 20789 Jordan toward the sunrising. 20790 20791 19:35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and 20792 Chinnereth, 19:36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 19:37 And Kedesh, 20793 and Edrei, and Enhazor, 19:38 And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and 20794 Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. 20795 20796 19:39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali 20797 according to their families, the cities and their villages. 20798 20799 19:40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of 20800 Dan according to their families. 20801 20802 19:41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and 20803 Irshemesh, 19:42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, 19:43 And 20804 Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, 19:44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and 20805 Baalath, 19:45 And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, 19:46 And 20806 Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho. 20807 20808 19:47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for 20809 them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, 20810 and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed 20811 it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan 20812 their father. 20813 20814 19:48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan 20815 according to their families, these cities with their villages. 20816 20817 19:49 When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance 20818 by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua 20819 the son of Nun among them: 19:50 According to the word of the LORD 20820 they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount 20821 Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein. 20822 20823 19:51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua 20824 the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the 20825 children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before 20826 the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they 20827 made an end of dividing the country. 20828 20829 20:1 The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, 20:2 Speak to the 20830 children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, 20831 whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: 20:3 That the slayer 20832 that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and 20833 they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 20834 20835 20:4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand 20836 at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause 20837 in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the 20838 city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 20839 20840 20:5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not 20841 deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour 20842 unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. 20843 20844 20:6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the 20845 congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that 20846 shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto 20847 his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he 20848 fled. 20849 20850 20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and 20851 Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the 20852 mountain of Judah. 20853 20854 20:8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned 20855 Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and 20856 Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of 20857 the tribe of Manasseh. 20858 20859 20:9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, 20860 and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever 20861 killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the 20862 hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. 20863 20864 21:1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto 20865 Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads 20866 of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; 21:2 And they 20867 spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD 20868 commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the 20869 suburbs thereof for our cattle. 20870 20871 21:3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their 20872 inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their 20873 suburbs. 20874 20875 21:4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the 20876 children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot 20877 out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of 20878 the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. 20879 20880 21:5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the 20881 families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out 20882 of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. 20883 20884 21:6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the 20885 tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe 20886 of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen 20887 cities. 20888 20889 21:7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of 20890 Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, 20891 twelve cities. 20892 20893 21:8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these 20894 cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. 20895 20896 21:9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out 20897 of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here 20898 mentioned by name. 20899 20900 21:10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the 20901 Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the 20902 first lot. 20903 20904 21:11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which 20905 city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof 20906 round about it. 20907 20908 21:12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they 20909 to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. 20910 20911 21:13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with 20912 her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with 20913 her suburbs, 21:14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her 20914 suburbs, 21:15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, 20915 21:16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and 20916 Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. 20917 20918 21:17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba 20919 with her suburbs, 21:18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her 20920 suburbs; four cities. 20921 20922 21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were 20923 thirteen cities with their suburbs. 20924 20925 21:20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which 20926 remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their 20927 lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 20928 20929 21:21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to 20930 be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, 21:22 20931 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four 20932 cities. 20933 20934 21:23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon 20935 with her suburbs, 21:24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her 20936 suburbs; four cities. 20937 20938 21:25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, 20939 and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities. 20940 20941 21:26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of 20942 the children of Kohath that remained. 20943 20944 21:27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the 20945 Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in 20946 Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and 20947 Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities. 20948 20949 21:28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, 20950 Dabareh with her suburbs, 21:29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim 20951 with her suburbs; four cities. 20952 20953 21:30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon 20954 with her suburbs, 21:31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her 20955 suburbs; four cities. 20956 20957 21:32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her 20958 suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with 20959 her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. 20960 20961 21:33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families 20962 were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 20963 20964 21:34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the 20965 Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and 20966 Kartah with her suburbs, 21:35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with 20967 her suburbs; four cities. 20968 20969 21:36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and 20970 Jahazah with her suburbs, 21:37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and 20971 Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities. 20972 20973 21:38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, 20974 to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs, 20975 21:39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in 20976 all. 20977 20978 21:40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, 20979 which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot 20980 twelve cities. 20981 20982 21:41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the 20983 children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. 20984 20985 21:42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: 20986 thus were all these cities. 20987 20988 21:43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to 20989 give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. 20990 20991 21:44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that 20992 he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their 20993 enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their 20994 hand. 20995 20996 21:45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had 20997 spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. 20998 20999 22:1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half 21000 tribe of Manasseh, 22:2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that 21001 Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice 21002 in all that I commanded you: 22:3 Ye have not left your brethren these 21003 many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment 21004 of the LORD your God. 21005 21006 22:4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as 21007 he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your 21008 tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant 21009 of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan. 21010 21011 22:5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which 21012 Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, 21013 and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to 21014 cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all 21015 your soul. 21016 21017 22:6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto 21018 their tents. 21019 21020 22:7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given 21021 possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua 21022 among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua 21023 sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, 22:8 And 21024 he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, 21025 and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, 21026 and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your 21027 enemies with your brethren. 21028 21029 22:9 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half 21030 tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel 21031 out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country 21032 of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were 21033 possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 21034 21035 22:10 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the 21036 land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the 21037 half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar 21038 to see to. 21039 21040 22:11 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of 21041 Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have 21042 built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of 21043 Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel. 21044 21045 22:12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole 21046 congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at 21047 Shiloh, to go up to war against them. 21048 21049 22:13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and 21050 to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the 21051 land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 22:14 And with 21052 him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the 21053 tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their 21054 fathers among the thousands of Israel. 21055 21056 22:15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children 21057 of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, 21058 and they spake with them, saying, 22:16 Thus saith the whole 21059 congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed 21060 against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the 21061 LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this 21062 day against the LORD? 22:17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for 21063 us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was 21064 a plague in the congregation of the LORD, 22:18 But that ye must turn 21065 away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel 21066 to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the 21067 whole congregation of Israel. 21068 21069 22:19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then 21070 pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the 21071 LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel 21072 not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar 21073 beside the altar of the LORD our God. 21074 21075 22:20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed 21076 thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man 21077 perished not alone in his iniquity. 21078 21079 22:21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half 21080 tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands 21081 of Israel, 22:22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he 21082 knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in 21083 transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) 22:23 That we 21084 have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer 21085 thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace 21086 offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it; 22:24 And if we 21087 have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to 21088 come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye 21089 to do with the LORD God of Israel? 22:25 For the LORD hath made 21090 Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children 21091 of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our 21092 children cease from fearing the LORD. 21093 21094 22:26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not 21095 for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: 22:27 But that it may be a 21096 witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we 21097 might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, 21098 and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your 21099 children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part 21100 in the LORD. 21101 21102 22:28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to 21103 us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, 21104 Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, 21105 not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness 21106 between us and you. 21107 21108 22:29 God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this 21109 day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, 21110 for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD 21111 our God that is before his tabernacle. 21112 21113 22:30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the 21114 congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, 21115 heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad 21116 and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them. 21117 21118 22:31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the 21119 children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of 21120 Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye 21121 have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have 21122 delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD. 21123 21124 22:32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, 21125 returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, 21126 out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of 21127 Israel, and brought them word again. 21128 21129 22:33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children 21130 of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in 21131 battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad 21132 dwelt. 21133 21134 22:34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the 21135 altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God. 21136 21137 23:1 And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given 21138 rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed 21139 old and stricken in age. 21140 21141 23:2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for 21142 their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said 21143 unto them, I am old and stricken in age: 23:3 And ye have seen all 21144 that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of 21145 you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you. 21146 21147 23:4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, 21148 to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the 21149 nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward. 21150 21151 23:5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and 21152 drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as 21153 the LORD your God hath promised unto you. 21154 21155 23:6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is 21156 written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside 21157 therefrom to the right hand or to the left; 23:7 That ye come not 21158 among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention 21159 of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve 21160 them, nor bow yourselves unto them: 23:8 But cleave unto the LORD your 21161 God, as ye have done unto this day. 21162 21163 23:9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and 21164 strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto 21165 this day. 21166 21167 23:10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he 21168 it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. 21169 21170 23:11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD 21171 your God. 21172 21173 23:12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant 21174 of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make 21175 marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: 23:13 Know 21176 for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of 21177 these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto 21178 you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye 21179 perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 21180 21181 23:14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and 21182 ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing 21183 hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake 21184 concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath 21185 failed thereof. 21186 21187 23:15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are 21188 come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD 21189 bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off 21190 this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 21191 21192 23:16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, 21193 which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed 21194 yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled 21195 against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which 21196 he hath given unto you. 21197 21198 24:1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and 21199 called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their 21200 judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before 21201 God. 21202 21203 24:2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of 21204 Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, 21205 even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they 21206 served other gods. 21207 21208 24:3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, 21209 and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his 21210 seed, and gave him Isaac. 21211 21212 24:4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount 21213 Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. 21214 21215 24:5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to 21216 that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. 21217 21218 24:6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the 21219 sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and 21220 horsemen unto the Red sea. 21221 21222 24:7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you 21223 and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; 21224 and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the 21225 wilderness a long season. 21226 21227 24:8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on 21228 the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into 21229 your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from 21230 before you. 21231 21232 24:9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred 21233 against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse 21234 you: 24:10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed 21235 you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. 21236 21237 24:11 And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of 21238 Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the 21239 Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and 21240 the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. 21241 21242 24:12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from 21243 before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy 21244 sword, nor with thy bow. 21245 21246 24:13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and 21247 cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and 21248 oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. 21249 21250 24:14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in 21251 truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other 21252 side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. 21253 21254 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this 21255 day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served 21256 that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, 21257 in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the 21258 LORD. 21259 21260 24:16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should 21261 forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; 24:17 For the LORD our God, he 21262 it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, 21263 from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our 21264 sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all 21265 the people through whom we passed: 24:18 And the LORD drave out from 21266 before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: 21267 therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God. 21268 21269 24:19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for 21270 he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your 21271 transgressions nor your sins. 21272 21273 24:20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will 21274 turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you 21275 good. 21276 21277 24:21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the 21278 LORD. 21279 21280 24:22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against 21281 yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they 21282 said, We are witnesses. 21283 21284 24:23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are 21285 among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel. 21286 21287 24:24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, 21288 and his voice will we obey. 21289 21290 24:25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them 21291 a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 21292 21293 24:26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and 21294 took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the 21295 sanctuary of the LORD. 21296 21297 24:27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be 21298 a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which 21299 he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye 21300 deny your God. 21301 21302 24:28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. 21303 21304 24:29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of 21305 Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years 21306 old. 21307 21308 24:30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in 21309 Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill 21310 of Gaash. 21311 21312 24:31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the 21313 days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the 21314 works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel. 21315 21316 24:32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up 21317 out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which 21318 Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred 21319 pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of 21320 Joseph. 21321 21322 24:33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill 21323 that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount 21324 Ephraim. 21325 21326 21327 21328 21329 The Book of Judges 21330 21331 21332 1:1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children 21333 of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the 21334 Canaanites first, to fight against them? 1:2 And the LORD said, Judah 21335 shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. 21336 21337 1:3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my 21338 lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go 21339 with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. 21340 21341 1:4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the 21342 Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten 21343 thousand men. 21344 21345 1:5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, 21346 and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 21347 21348 1:6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, 21349 and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. 21350 21351 1:7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs 21352 and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I 21353 have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, 21354 and there he died. 21355 21356 1:8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had 21357 taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city 21358 on fire. 21359 21360 1:9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the 21361 Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the 21362 valley. 21363 21364 1:10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now 21365 the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and 21366 Ahiman, and Talmai. 21367 21368 1:11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the 21369 name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher: 1:12 And Caleb said, He that 21370 smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my 21371 daughter to wife. 21372 21373 1:13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: 21374 and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 21375 21376 1:14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to 21377 ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb 21378 said unto her, What wilt thou? 1:15 And she said unto him, Give me a 21379 blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of 21380 water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. 21381 21382 1:16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out 21383 of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the 21384 wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went 21385 and dwelt among the people. 21386 21387 1:17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the 21388 Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the 21389 name of the city was called Hormah. 21390 21391 1:18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the 21392 coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. 21393 21394 1:19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of 21395 the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, 21396 because they had chariots of iron. 21397 21398 1:20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled 21399 thence the three sons of Anak. 21400 21401 1:21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that 21402 inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of 21403 Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. 21404 21405 1:22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and 21406 the LORD was with them. 21407 21408 1:23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of 21409 the city before was Luz.) 1:24 And the spies saw a man come forth out 21410 of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the 21411 entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy. 21412 21413 1:25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote 21414 the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all 21415 his family. 21416 21417 1:26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, 21418 and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this 21419 day. 21420 21421 1:27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and 21422 her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and 21423 her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the 21424 inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell 21425 in that land. 21426 21427 1:28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the 21428 Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. 21429 21430 1:29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; 21431 but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. 21432 21433 1:30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the 21434 inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and 21435 became tributaries. 21436 21437 1:31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the 21438 inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor 21439 of Aphik, nor of Rehob: 1:32 But the Asherites dwelt among the 21440 Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them 21441 out. 21442 21443 1:33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, 21444 nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, 21445 the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of 21446 Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them. 21447 21448 1:34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: 21449 for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: 1:35 But 21450 the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: 21451 yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became 21452 tributaries. 21453 21454 1:36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, 21455 from the rock, and upward. 21456 21457 2:1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, 21458 I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land 21459 which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my 21460 covenant with you. 21461 21462 2:2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye 21463 shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why 21464 have ye done this? 2:3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them 21465 out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and 21466 their gods shall be a snare unto you. 21467 21468 2:4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words 21469 unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their 21470 voice, and wept. 21471 21472 2:5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed 21473 there unto the LORD. 21474 21475 2:6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went 21476 every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. 21477 21478 2:7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the 21479 days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great 21480 works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. 21481 21482 2:8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an 21483 hundred and ten years old. 21484 21485 2:9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in 21486 Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill 21487 Gaash. 21488 21489 2:10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: 21490 and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the 21491 LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. 21492 21493 2:11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and 21494 served Baalim: 2:12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, 21495 which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, 21496 of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed 21497 themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. 21498 21499 2:13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. 21500 21501 2:14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he 21502 delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he 21503 sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they 21504 could not any longer stand before their enemies. 21505 21506 2:15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against 21507 them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto 21508 them: and they were greatly distressed. 21509 21510 2:16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out 21511 of the hand of those that spoiled them. 21512 21513 2:17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a 21514 whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned 21515 quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the 21516 commandments of the LORD; but they did not so. 21517 21518 2:18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with 21519 the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the 21520 days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings 21521 by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. 21522 21523 2:19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, 21524 and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other 21525 gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from 21526 their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. 21527 21528 2:20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, 21529 Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I 21530 commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 2:21 I 21531 also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations 21532 which Joshua left when he died: 2:22 That through them I may prove 21533 Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as 21534 their fathers did keep it, or not. 21535 21536 2:23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out 21537 hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. 21538 21539 3:1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by 21540 them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; 21541 3:2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to 21542 teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; 3:3 21543 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the 21544 Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount 21545 Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath. 21546 21547 3:4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would 21548 hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their 21549 fathers by the hand of Moses. 21550 21551 3:5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, 21552 and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: 3:6 And they 21553 took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to 21554 their sons, and served their gods. 21555 21556 3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and 21557 forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves. 21558 21559 3:8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he 21560 sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and 21561 the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years. 21562 21563 3:9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD 21564 raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, 21565 even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. 21566 21567 3:10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, 21568 and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of 21569 Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against 21570 Chushanrishathaim. 21571 21572 3:11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz 21573 died. 21574 21575 3:12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the 21576 LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, 21577 because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. 21578 21579 3:13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and 21580 went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. 21581 21582 3:14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen 21583 years. 21584 21585 3:15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD 21586 raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man 21587 lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto 21588 Eglon the king of Moab. 21589 21590 3:16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit 21591 length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. 21592 21593 3:17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was 21594 a very fat man. 21595 21596 3:18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away 21597 the people that bare the present. 21598 21599 3:19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by 21600 Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, 21601 Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. 21602 21603 3:20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, 21604 which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from 21605 God unto thee. 21606 21607 And he arose out of his seat. 21608 21609 3:21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his 21610 right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: 3:22 And the haft also went 21611 in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he 21612 could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out. 21613 21614 3:23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the 21615 parlour upon him, and locked them. 21616 21617 3:24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, 21618 behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he 21619 covereth his feet in his summer chamber. 21620 21621 3:25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened 21622 not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened 21623 them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. 21624 21625 3:26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the 21626 quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. 21627 21628 3:27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in 21629 the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him 21630 from the mount, and he before them. 21631 21632 3:28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath 21633 delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down 21634 after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not 21635 a man to pass over. 21636 21637 3:29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all 21638 lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. 21639 21640 3:30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the 21641 land had rest fourscore years. 21642 21643 3:31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the 21644 Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered 21645 Israel. 21646 21647 4:1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the 21648 LORD, when Ehud was dead. 21649 21650 4:2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that 21651 reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in 21652 Harosheth of the Gentiles. 21653 21654 4:3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine 21655 hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the 21656 children of Israel. 21657 21658 4:4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel 21659 at that time. 21660 21661 4:5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and 21662 Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for 21663 judgment. 21664 21665 4:6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of 21666 Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel 21667 commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee 21668 ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of 21669 Zebulun? 4:7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, 21670 the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and 21671 I will deliver him into thine hand. 21672 21673 4:8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: 21674 but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. 21675 21676 4:9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the 21677 journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD 21678 shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and 21679 went with Barak to Kedesh. 21680 21681 4:10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up 21682 with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. 21683 21684 4:11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the 21685 father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and 21686 pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. 21687 21688 4:12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up 21689 to mount Tabor. 21690 21691 4:13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred 21692 chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from 21693 Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon. 21694 21695 4:14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the 21696 LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out 21697 before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men 21698 after him. 21699 21700 4:15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all 21701 his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera 21702 lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. 21703 21704 4:16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto 21705 Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the 21706 edge of the sword; and there was not a man left. 21707 21708 4:17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife 21709 of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of 21710 Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 21711 21712 4:18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my 21713 lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into 21714 the tent, she covered him with a mantle. 21715 21716 4:19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to 21717 drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him 21718 drink, and covered him. 21719 21720 4:20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it 21721 shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is 21722 there any man here? that thou shalt say, No. 21723 21724 4:21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an 21725 hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into 21726 his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep 21727 and weary. So he died. 21728 21729 4:22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, 21730 and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou 21731 seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and 21732 the nail was in his temples. 21733 21734 4:23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the 21735 children of Israel. 21736 21737 4:24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed 21738 against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king 21739 of Canaan. 21740 21741 5:1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, 21742 saying, 5:2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the 21743 people willingly offered themselves. 21744 21745 5:3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing 21746 unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. 21747 21748 5:4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of 21749 the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the 21750 clouds also dropped water. 21751 21752 5:5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from 21753 before the LORD God of Israel. 21754 21755 5:6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the 21756 highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. 21757 21758 5:7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, 21759 until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. 21760 21761 5:8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield 21762 or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? 5:9 My heart is toward 21763 the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the 21764 people. Bless ye the LORD. 21765 21766 5:10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and 21767 walk by the way. 21768 21769 5:11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places 21770 of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the 21771 LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages 21772 in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates. 21773 21774 5:12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, 21775 and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. 21776 21777 5:13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles 21778 among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty. 21779 21780 5:14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after 21781 thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, 21782 and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. 21783 21784 5:15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and 21785 also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of 21786 Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. 21787 21788 5:16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of 21789 the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of 21790 heart. 21791 21792 5:17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? 21793 Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. 21794 21795 5:18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives 21796 unto the death in the high places of the field. 21797 21798 5:19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in 21799 Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. 21800 21801 5:20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought 21802 against Sisera. 21803 21804 5:21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the 21805 river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. 21806 21807 5:22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, 21808 the pransings of their mighty ones. 21809 21810 5:23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the 21811 inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to 21812 the help of the LORD against the mighty. 21813 21814 5:24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, 21815 blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 21816 21817 5:25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter 21818 in a lordly dish. 21819 21820 5:26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's 21821 hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, 21822 when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. 21823 21824 5:27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, 21825 he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. 21826 21827 5:28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through 21828 the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the 21829 wheels of his chariots? 5:29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she 21830 returned answer to herself, 5:30 Have they not sped? have they not 21831 divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of 21832 divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers 21833 colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that 21834 take the spoil? 5:31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let 21835 them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And 21836 the land had rest forty years. 21837 21838 6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and 21839 the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. 21840 21841 6:2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of 21842 the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in 21843 the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. 21844 21845 6:3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, 21846 and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up 21847 against them; 6:4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the 21848 increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no 21849 sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 21850 21851 6:5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came 21852 as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were 21853 without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. 21854 21855 6:6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and 21856 the children of Israel cried unto the LORD. 21857 21858 6:7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the 21859 LORD because of the Midianites, 6:8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto 21860 the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God 21861 of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of 21862 the house of bondage; 6:9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the 21863 Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave 21864 them out from before you, and gave you their land; 6:10 And I said 21865 unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, 21866 in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice. 21867 21868 6:11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which 21869 was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son 21870 Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the 21871 Midianites. 21872 21873 6:12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, 21874 The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 21875 21876 6:13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why 21877 then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our 21878 fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? 21879 but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of 21880 the Midianites. 21881 21882 6:14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and 21883 thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I 21884 sent thee? 6:15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I 21885 save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the 21886 least in my father's house. 21887 21888 6:16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou 21889 shalt smite the Midianites as one man. 21890 21891 6:17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, 21892 then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. 21893 21894 6:18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring 21895 forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry 21896 until thou come again. 21897 21898 6:19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of 21899 an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth 21900 in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. 21901 21902 6:20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the 21903 unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. 21904 And he did so. 21905 21906 6:21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that 21907 was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and 21908 there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the 21909 unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his 21910 sight. 21911 21912 6:22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, 21913 Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the 21914 LORD face to face. 21915 21916 6:23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou 21917 shalt not die. 21918 21919 6:24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it 21920 Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. 21921 21922 6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, 21923 Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven 21924 years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and 21925 cut down the grove that is by it: 6:26 And build an altar unto the 21926 LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take 21927 the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the 21928 grove which thou shalt cut down. 21929 21930 6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had 21931 said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's 21932 household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, 21933 that he did it by night. 21934 21935 6:28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, 21936 the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was 21937 by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was 21938 built. 21939 21940 6:29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when 21941 they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done 21942 this thing. 21943 21944 6:30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that 21945 he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because 21946 he hath cut down the grove that was by it. 21947 21948 6:31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for 21949 Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to 21950 death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for 21951 himself, because one hath cast down his altar. 21952 21953 6:32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal 21954 plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. 21955 21956 6:33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of 21957 the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the 21958 valley of Jezreel. 21959 21960 6:34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a 21961 trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him. 21962 21963 6:35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was 21964 gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto 21965 Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. 21966 21967 6:36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, 21968 as thou hast said, 6:37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the 21969 floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all 21970 the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine 21971 hand, as thou hast said. 21972 21973 6:38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the 21974 fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of 21975 water. 21976 21977 6:39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, 21978 and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this 21979 once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon 21980 all the ground let there be dew. 21981 21982 6:40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, 21983 and there was dew on all the ground. 21984 21985 7:1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with 21986 him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the 21987 host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of 21988 Moreh, in the valley. 21989 21990 7:2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are 21991 too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel 21992 vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 21993 21994 7:3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, 21995 Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from 21996 mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two 21997 thousand; and there remained ten thousand. 21998 21999 7:4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring 22000 them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it 22001 shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the 22002 same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall 22003 not go with thee, the same shall not go. 22004 22005 7:5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said 22006 unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a 22007 dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that 22008 boweth down upon his knees to drink. 22009 22010 7:6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their 22011 mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed 22012 down upon their knees to drink water. 22013 22014 7:7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that 22015 lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: 22016 and let all the other people go every man unto his place. 22017 22018 7:8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and 22019 he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained 22020 those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the 22021 valley. 22022 22023 7:9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, 22024 Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine 22025 hand. 22026 22027 7:10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down 22028 to the host: 7:11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward 22029 shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went 22030 he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that 22031 were in the host. 22032 22033 7:12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the 22034 east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and 22035 their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for 22036 multitude. 22037 22038 7:13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a 22039 dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a 22040 cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a 22041 tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay 22042 along. 22043 22044 7:14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the 22045 sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand 22046 hath God delivered Midian, and all the host. 22047 22048 7:15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and 22049 the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the 22050 host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your 22051 hand the host of Midian. 22052 22053 7:16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he 22054 put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps 22055 within the pitchers. 22056 22057 7:17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, 22058 when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so 22059 shall ye do. 22060 22061 7:18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow 22062 ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword 22063 of the LORD, and of Gideon. 22064 22065 7:19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the 22066 outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had 22067 but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the 22068 pitchers that were in their hands. 22069 22070 7:20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the 22071 pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in 22072 their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the 22073 LORD, and of Gideon. 22074 22075 7:21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and 22076 all the host ran, and cried, and fled. 22077 22078 7:22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every 22079 man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the 22080 host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of 22081 Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath. 22082 22083 7:23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of 22084 Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after 22085 the Midianites. 22086 22087 7:24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, 22088 come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto 22089 Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves 22090 together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. 22091 22092 7:25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and 22093 they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress 22094 of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to 22095 Gideon on the other side Jordan. 22096 22097 8:1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us 22098 thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the 22099 Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. 22100 22101 8:2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? 22102 Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage 22103 of Abiezer? 8:3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of 22104 Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? 22105 Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. 22106 22107 8:4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three 22108 hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. 22109 22110 8:5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of 22111 bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am 22112 pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. 22113 22114 8:6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and 22115 Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army? 22116 8:7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and 22117 Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns 22118 of the wilderness and with briers. 22119 22120 8:8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and 22121 the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him. 22122 22123 8:9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come 22124 again in peace, I will break down this tower. 22125 22126 8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, 22127 about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the 22128 children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand 22129 men that drew sword. 22130 22131 8:11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the 22132 east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was 22133 secure. 22134 22135 8:12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took 22136 the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the 22137 host. 22138 22139 8:13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun 22140 was up, 8:14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and 22141 enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and 22142 the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men. 22143 22144 8:15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and 22145 Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah 22146 and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men 22147 that are weary? 8:16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns 22148 of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of 22149 Succoth. 22150 22151 8:17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the 22152 city. 22153 22154 8:18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were 22155 they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were 22156 they; each one resembled the children of a king. 22157 22158 8:19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: 22159 as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you. 22160 22161 8:20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the 22162 youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth. 22163 22164 8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as 22165 the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and 22166 Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' 22167 necks. 22168 22169 8:22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both 22170 thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us 22171 from the hand of Midian. 22172 22173 8:23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither 22174 shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. 22175 22176 8:24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that 22177 ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had 22178 golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) 8:25 And they 22179 answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and 22180 did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. 22181 22182 8:26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a 22183 thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and 22184 collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and 22185 beside the chains that were about their camels' necks. 22186 22187 8:27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in 22188 Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing 22189 became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. 22190 22191 8:28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that 22192 they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness 22193 forty years in the days of Gideon. 22194 22195 8:29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. 22196 22197 8:30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for 22198 he had many wives. 22199 22200 8:31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, 22201 whose name he called Abimelech. 22202 22203 8:32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was 22204 buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the 22205 Abiezrites. 22206 22207 8:33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the 22208 children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and 22209 made Baalberith their god. 22210 22211 8:34 And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who 22212 had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every 22213 side: 8:35 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, 22214 namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto 22215 Israel. 22216 22217 9:1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his 22218 mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of 22219 the house of his mother's father, saying, 9:2 Speak, I pray you, in 22220 the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either 22221 that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, 22222 reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am 22223 your bone and your flesh. 22224 22225 9:3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men 22226 of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow 22227 Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. 22228 22229 9:4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the 22230 house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, 22231 which followed him. 22232 22233 9:5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his 22234 brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon 22235 one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal 22236 was left; for he hid himself. 22237 22238 9:6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of 22239 Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar 22240 that was in Shechem. 22241 22242 9:7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of 22243 mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, 22244 Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 22245 22246 9:8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and 22247 they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. 22248 22249 9:9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, 22250 wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over 22251 the trees? 9:10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and 22252 reign over us. 22253 22254 9:11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, 22255 and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? 9:12 Then 22256 said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. 22257 22258 9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which 22259 cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 9:14 Then 22260 said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. 22261 22262 9:15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me 22263 king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, 22264 let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. 22265 22266 9:16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye 22267 have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and 22268 his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his 22269 hands; 9:17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life 22270 far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: 9:18 And ye are 22271 risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, 22272 threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, 22273 the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he 22274 is your brother;) 9:19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with 22275 Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, 22276 and let him also rejoice in you: 9:20 But if not, let fire come out 22277 from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; 22278 and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of 22279 Millo, and devour Abimelech. 22280 22281 9:21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, 22282 for fear of Abimelech his brother. 22283 22284 9:22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, 9:23 Then God 22285 sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the 22286 men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: 9:24 That the 22287 cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, 22288 and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; 22289 and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his 22290 brethren. 22291 22292 9:25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of 22293 the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: 22294 and it was told Abimelech. 22295 22296 9:26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to 22297 Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him. 22298 22299 9:27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, 22300 and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their 22301 god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. 22302 22303 9:28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is 22304 Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and 22305 Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for 22306 why should we serve him? 9:29 And would to God this people were under 22307 my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, 22308 Increase thine army, and come out. 22309 22310 9:30 And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the 22311 son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. 22312 22313 9:31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, 22314 Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, 22315 they fortify the city against thee. 22316 22317 9:32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, 22318 and lie in wait in the field: 9:33 And it shall be, that in the 22319 morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon 22320 the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come 22321 out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find 22322 occasion. 22323 22324 9:34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by 22325 night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. 22326 22327 9:35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of 22328 the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were 22329 with him, from lying in wait. 22330 22331 9:36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there 22332 come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto 22333 him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. 22334 22335 9:37 And Gaal spake again, and said, See there come people down by the 22336 middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of 22337 Meonenim. 22338 22339 9:38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou 22340 saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the 22341 people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with 22342 them. 22343 22344 9:39 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with 22345 Abimelech. 22346 22347 9:40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were 22348 overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate. 22349 22350 9:41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his 22351 brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. 22352 22353 9:42 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into 22354 the field; and they told Abimelech. 22355 22356 9:43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, 22357 and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were 22358 come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote 22359 them. 22360 22361 9:44 And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, 22362 and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other 22363 companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew 22364 them. 22365 22366 9:45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took 22367 the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the 22368 city, and sowed it with salt. 22369 22370 9:46 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they 22371 entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. 22372 22373 9:47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of 22374 Shechem were gathered together. 22375 22376 9:48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people 22377 that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut 22378 down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, 22379 and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, 22380 make haste, and do as I have done. 22381 22382 9:49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and 22383 followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire 22384 upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, 22385 about a thousand men and women. 22386 22387 9:50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and 22388 took it. 22389 22390 9:51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled 22391 all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, 22392 and gat them up to the top of the tower. 22393 22394 9:52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and 22395 went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 22396 22397 9:53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's 22398 head, and all to brake his skull. 22399 22400 9:54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and 22401 said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A 22402 women slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. 22403 22404 9:55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they 22405 departed every man unto his place. 22406 22407 9:56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto 22408 his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: 9:57 And all the evil of 22409 the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came 22410 the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. 22411 22412 10:1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of 22413 Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in 22414 mount Ephraim. 22415 22416 10:2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was 22417 buried in Shamir. 22418 22419 10:3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty 22420 and two years. 22421 22422 10:4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they 22423 had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which 22424 are in the land of Gilead. 22425 22426 10:5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. 22427 22428 10:6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the 22429 LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the 22430 gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of 22431 Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and 22432 served not him. 22433 22434 10:7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold 22435 them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the 22436 children of Ammon. 22437 22438 10:8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: 22439 eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side 22440 Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. 22441 22442 10:9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also 22443 against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; 22444 so that Israel was sore distressed. 22445 22446 10:10 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have 22447 sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also 22448 served Baalim. 22449 22450 10:11 And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver 22451 you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of 22452 Ammon, and from the Philistines? 10:12 The Zidonians also, and the 22453 Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and 22454 I delivered you out of their hand. 22455 22456 10:13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will 22457 deliver you no more. 22458 22459 10:14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver 22460 you in the time of your tribulation. 22461 22462 10:15 And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: 22463 do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we 22464 pray thee, this day. 22465 22466 10:16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served 22467 the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. 22468 22469 10:17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped 22470 in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, 22471 and encamped in Mizpeh. 22472 22473 10:18 And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What 22474 man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he 22475 shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. 22476 22477 11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was 22478 the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. 22479 22480 11:2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and 22481 they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in 22482 our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman. 22483 22484 11:3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of 22485 Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with 22486 him. 22487 22488 11:4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of 22489 Ammon made war against Israel. 22490 22491 11:5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against 22492 Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of 22493 Tob: 11:6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that 22494 we may fight with the children of Ammon. 22495 22496 11:7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, 22497 and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now 22498 when ye are in distress? 11:8 And the elders of Gilead said unto 22499 Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go 22500 with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over 22501 all the inhabitants of Gilead. 22502 22503 11:9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home 22504 again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver 22505 them before me, shall I be your head? 11:10 And the elders of Gilead 22506 said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so 22507 according to thy words. 22508 22509 11:11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people 22510 made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his 22511 words before the LORD in Mizpeh. 22512 22513 11:12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of 22514 Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come 22515 against me to fight in my land? 11:13 And the king of the children of 22516 Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took 22517 away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto 22518 Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again 22519 peaceably. 22520 22521 11:14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children 22522 of Ammon: 11:15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took 22523 not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon: 22524 11:16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the 22525 wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; 11:17 Then Israel 22526 sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, 22527 pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. 22528 And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not 22529 consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh. 22530 22531 11:18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the 22532 land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the 22533 land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not 22534 within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab. 22535 22536 11:19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the 22537 king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, 22538 through thy land into my place. 22539 22540 11:20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but 22541 Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and 22542 fought against Israel. 22543 22544 11:21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people 22545 into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all 22546 the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. 22547 22548 11:22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon 22549 even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. 22550 22551 11:23 So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites 22552 from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it? 11:24 22553 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to 22554 possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before 22555 us, them will we possess. 22556 22557 11:25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, 22558 king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight 22559 against them, 11:26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and 22560 in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the 22561 coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover 22562 them within that time? 11:27 Wherefore I have not sinned against 22563 thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be 22564 judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of 22565 Ammon. 22566 22567 11:28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the 22568 words of Jephthah which he sent him. 22569 22570 11:29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed 22571 over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from 22572 Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. 22573 22574 11:30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt 22575 without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, 11:31 Then 22576 it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to 22577 meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall 22578 surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. 22579 22580 11:32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight 22581 against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands. 22582 22583 11:33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, 22584 even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very 22585 great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the 22586 children of Israel. 22587 22588 11:34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his 22589 daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she 22590 was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. 22591 22592 11:35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, 22593 and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou 22594 art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the 22595 LORD, and I cannot go back. 22596 22597 11:36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth 22598 unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of 22599 thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of 22600 thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon. 22601 22602 11:37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let 22603 me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and 22604 bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. 22605 22606 11:38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she 22607 went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the 22608 mountains. 22609 22610 11:39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned 22611 unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had 22612 vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel, 11:40 That 22613 the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah 22614 the Gileadite four days in a year. 22615 22616 12:1 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went 22617 northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to 22618 fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with 22619 thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. 22620 22621 12:2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife 22622 with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not 22623 out of their hands. 22624 22625 12:3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my 22626 hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD 22627 delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me 22628 this day, to fight against me? 12:4 Then Jephthah gathered together 22629 all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead 22630 smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of 22631 Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. 22632 22633 12:5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the 22634 Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were 22635 escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, 22636 Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; 12:6 Then said they unto him, 22637 Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to 22638 pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages 22639 of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and 22640 two thousand. 22641 22642 12:7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the 22643 Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. 22644 22645 12:8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. 22646 22647 12:9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent 22648 abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he 22649 judged Israel seven years. 22650 22651 12:10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem. 22652 22653 12:11 And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged 22654 Israel ten years. 22655 22656 12:12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the 22657 country of Zebulun. 22658 22659 12:13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged 22660 Israel. 22661 22662 12:14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on 22663 threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. 22664 22665 12:15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried 22666 in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites. 22667 22668 13:1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the 22669 LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines 22670 forty years. 22671 22672 13:2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the 22673 Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. 22674 22675 13:3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto 22676 her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt 22677 conceive, and bear a son. 22678 22679 13:4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong 22680 drink, and eat not any unclean thing: 13:5 For, lo, thou shalt 22681 conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the 22682 child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin 22683 to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. 22684 22685 13:6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God 22686 came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel 22687 of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told 22688 he me his name: 13:7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, 22689 and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat 22690 any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the 22691 womb to the day of his death. 22692 22693 13:8 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man 22694 of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we 22695 shall do unto the child that shall be born. 22696 22697 13:9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God 22698 came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her 22699 husband was not with her. 22700 22701 13:10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and 22702 said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto 22703 me the other day. 22704 22705 13:11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, 22706 and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And 22707 he said, I am. 22708 22709 13:12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we 22710 order the child, and how shall we do unto him? 13:13 And the angel of 22711 the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her 22712 beware. 22713 22714 13:14 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither 22715 let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all 22716 that I commanded her let her observe. 22717 22718 13:15 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us 22719 detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. 22720 22721 13:16 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain 22722 me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt 22723 offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that 22724 he was an angel of the LORD. 22725 22726 13:17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, 22727 that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? 13:18 And 22728 the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my 22729 name, seeing it is secret? 13:19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat 22730 offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did 22731 wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. 22732 22733 13:20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from 22734 off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the 22735 altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces 22736 to the ground. 22737 22738 13:21 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to 22739 his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD. 22740 22741 13:22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we 22742 have seen God. 22743 22744 13:23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, 22745 he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our 22746 hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as 22747 at this time have told us such things as these. 22748 22749 13:24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the 22750 child grew, and the LORD blessed him. 22751 22752 13:25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the 22753 camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. 22754 22755 14:1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of 22756 the daughters of the Philistines. 22757 22758 14:2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I 22759 have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now 22760 therefore get her for me to wife. 22761 22762 14:3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a 22763 woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, 22764 that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And 22765 Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well. 22766 22767 14:4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, 22768 that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time 22769 the Philistines had dominion over Israel. 22770 22771 14:5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, 22772 and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared 22773 against him. 22774 22775 14:6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent 22776 him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but 22777 he told not his father or his mother what he had done. 22778 22779 14:7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased 22780 Samson well. 22781 22782 14:8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to 22783 see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees 22784 and honey in the carcase of the lion. 22785 22786 14:9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to 22787 his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told 22788 not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion. 22789 22790 14:10 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a 22791 feast; for so used the young men to do. 22792 22793 14:11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty 22794 companions to be with him. 22795 22796 14:12 And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto 22797 you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the 22798 feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty 22799 change of garments: 14:13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall 22800 ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said 22801 unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. 22802 22803 14:14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out 22804 of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days 22805 expound the riddle. 22806 22807 14:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto 22808 Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the 22809 riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye 22810 called us to take that we have? is it not so? 14:16 And Samson's wife 22811 wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: 22812 thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast 22813 not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my 22814 father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? 14:17 And she wept 22815 before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to 22816 pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon 22817 him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people. 22818 22819 14:18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before 22820 the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger 22821 than a lion? and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my 22822 heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. 22823 22824 14:19 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to 22825 Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave 22826 change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger 22827 was kindled, and he went up to his father's house. 22828 22829 14:20 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used 22830 as his friend. 22831 22832 15:1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat 22833 harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will 22834 go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him 22835 to go in. 22836 22837 15:2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly 22838 hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger 22839 sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. 22840 22841 15:3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless 22842 than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. 22843 22844 15:4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took 22845 firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst 22846 between two tails. 22847 22848 15:5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the 22849 standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and 22850 also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. 22851 22852 15:6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, 22853 Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, 22854 and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt 22855 her and her father with fire. 22856 22857 15:7 And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I 22858 be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. 22859 22860 15:8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he 22861 went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. 22862 22863 15:9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread 22864 themselves in Lehi. 22865 22866 15:10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And 22867 they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath 22868 done to us. 22869 22870 15:11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock 22871 Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are 22872 rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said 22873 unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. 22874 22875 15:12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we 22876 may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said 22877 unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. 22878 22879 15:13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, 22880 and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. 22881 And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the 22882 rock. 22883 22884 15:14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: 22885 and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that 22886 were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his 22887 bands loosed from off his hands. 22888 22889 15:15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, 22890 and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. 22891 22892 15:16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, 22893 with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. 22894 22895 15:17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that 22896 he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place 22897 Ramathlehi. 22898 22899 15:18 And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou 22900 hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and 22901 now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the 22902 uncircumcised? 15:19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the 22903 jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit 22904 came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof 22905 Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. 22906 22907 15:20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty 22908 years. 22909 22910 16:1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in 22911 unto her. 22912 22913 16:2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And 22914 they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of 22915 the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when 22916 it is day, we shall kill him. 22917 22918 16:3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the 22919 doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with 22920 them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them 22921 up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. 22922 22923 16:4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the 22924 valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 22925 22926 16:5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto 22927 her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what 22928 means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; 22929 and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. 22930 22931 16:6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy 22932 great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict 22933 thee. 22934 22935 16:7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs 22936 that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. 22937 22938 16:8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green 22939 withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. 22940 22941 16:9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the 22942 chamber. 22943 22944 And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he 22945 brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the 22946 fire. So his strength was not known. 22947 22948 16:10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and 22949 told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be 22950 bound. 22951 22952 16:11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that 22953 never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. 22954 22955 16:12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and 22956 said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were 22957 liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his 22958 arms like a thread. 22959 22960 16:13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and 22961 told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said 22962 unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. 22963 22964 16:14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The 22965 Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and 22966 went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. 22967 22968 16:15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when 22969 thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and 22970 hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. 22971 22972 16:16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, 22973 and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; 16:17 That he 22974 told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor 22975 upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's 22976 womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall 22977 become weak, and be like any other man. 22978 22979 16:18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she 22980 sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this 22981 once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the 22982 Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. 22983 22984 16:19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, 22985 and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she 22986 began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 22987 22988 16:20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke 22989 out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, 22990 and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. 22991 22992 16:21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought 22993 him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did 22994 grind in the prison house. 22995 22996 16:22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was 22997 shaven. 22998 22999 16:23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to 23000 offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they 23001 said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. 23002 23003 16:24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they 23004 said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the 23005 destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. 23006 23007 16:25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they 23008 said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for 23009 Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set 23010 him between the pillars. 23011 23012 16:26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer 23013 me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I 23014 may lean upon them. 23015 23016 16:27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of 23017 the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three 23018 thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. 23019 23020 16:28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember 23021 me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O 23022 God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. 23023 23024 16:29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the 23025 house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right 23026 hand, and of the other with his left. 23027 23028 16:30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed 23029 himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and 23030 upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at 23031 his death were more than they which he slew in his life. 23032 23033 16:31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and 23034 took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol 23035 in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty 23036 years. 23037 23038 17:1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 23039 23040 17:2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver 23041 that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of 23042 also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his 23043 mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son. 23044 23045 17:3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to 23046 his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto 23047 the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten 23048 image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. 23049 23050 17:4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took 23051 two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made 23052 thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house 23053 of Micah. 23054 23055 17:5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and 23056 teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 23057 23058 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that 23059 which was right in his own eyes. 23060 23061 17:7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of 23062 Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. 23063 23064 17:8 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to 23065 sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to 23066 the house of Micah, as he journeyed. 23067 23068 17:9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto 23069 him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may 23070 find a place. 23071 23072 17:10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father 23073 and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, 23074 and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. 23075 23076 17:11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young 23077 man was unto him as one of his sons. 23078 23079 17:12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his 23080 priest, and was in the house of Micah. 23081 23082 17:13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, 23083 seeing I have a Levite to my priest. 23084 23085 18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the 23086 tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto 23087 that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the 23088 tribes of Israel. 23089 23090 18:2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their 23091 coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the 23092 land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: 23093 who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they 23094 lodged there. 23095 23096 18:3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the 23097 young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, 23098 Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what 23099 hast thou here? 18:4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth 23100 Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. 23101 23102 18:5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that 23103 we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. 23104 23105 18:6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is 23106 your way wherein ye go. 23107 23108 18:7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people 23109 that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the 23110 Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, 23111 that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the 23112 Zidonians, and had no business with any man. 23113 23114 18:8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their 23115 brethren said unto them, What say ye? 18:9 And they said, Arise, that 23116 we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it 23117 is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to 23118 possess the land. 23119 23120 18:10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large 23121 land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no 23122 want of any thing that is in the earth. 23123 23124 18:11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of 23125 Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of 23126 war. 23127 23128 18:12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: 23129 wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it 23130 is behind Kirjathjearim. 23131 23132 18:13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the 23133 house of Micah. 23134 23135 18:14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of 23136 Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these 23137 houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? 23138 now therefore consider what ye have to do. 23139 23140 18:15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young 23141 man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. 23142 23143 18:16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, 23144 which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. 23145 23146 18:17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came 23147 in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the 23148 teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering 23149 of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons 23150 of war. 23151 23152 18:18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, 23153 the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the 23154 priest unto them, What do ye? 18:19 And they said unto him, Hold thy 23155 peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a 23156 father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the 23157 house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family 23158 in Israel? 18:20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the 23159 ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst 23160 of the people. 23161 23162 18:21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the 23163 cattle and the carriage before them. 23164 23165 18:22 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men 23166 that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, 23167 and overtook the children of Dan. 23168 23169 18:23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their 23170 faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with 23171 such a company? 18:24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I 23172 made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and 23173 what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee? 18:25 And the 23174 children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, 23175 lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the 23176 lives of thy household. 23177 23178 18:26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that 23179 they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. 23180 23181 18:27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest 23182 which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet 23183 and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt 23184 the city with fire. 23185 23186 18:28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and 23187 they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth 23188 by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. 23189 23190 18:29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan 23191 their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city 23192 was Laish at the first. 23193 23194 18:30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, 23195 the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests 23196 to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. 23197 23198 18:31 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all 23199 the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. 23200 23201 19:1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in 23202 Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of 23203 mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah. 23204 23205 19:2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away 23206 from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four 23207 whole months. 23208 23209 19:3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto 23210 her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple 23211 of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the 23212 father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 23213 23214 19:4 And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he 23215 abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged 23216 there. 23217 23218 19:5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in 23219 the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said 23220 unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and 23221 afterward go your way. 23222 23223 19:6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: 23224 for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray 23225 thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. 23226 23227 19:7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: 23228 therefore he lodged there again. 23229 23230 19:8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and 23231 the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they 23232 tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. 23233 23234 19:9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and 23235 his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, 23236 Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all 23237 night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart 23238 may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou 23239 mayest go home. 23240 23241 19:10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and 23242 departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there 23243 were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him. 23244 23245 19:11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the 23246 servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in 23247 into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. 23248 23249 19:12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into 23250 the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will 23251 pass over to Gibeah. 23252 23253 19:13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one 23254 of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. 23255 23256 19:14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down 23257 upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. 23258 23259 19:15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: 23260 and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for 23261 there was no man that took them into his house to lodging. 23262 23263 19:16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the 23264 field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in 23265 Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. 23266 23267 19:17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in 23268 the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and 23269 whence comest thou? 19:18 And he said unto him, We are passing from 23270 Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and 23271 I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; 23272 and there is no man that receiveth me to house. 23273 23274 19:19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there 23275 is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young 23276 man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing. 23277 23278 19:20 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy 23279 wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street. 23280 23281 19:21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the 23282 asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. 23283 23284 19:22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of 23285 the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and 23286 beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, 23287 saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may 23288 know him. 23289 23290 19:23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and 23291 said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; 23292 seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. 23293 23294 19:24 Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I 23295 will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth 23296 good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. 23297 23298 19:25 But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his 23299 concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and 23300 abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to 23301 spring, they let her go. 23302 23303 19:26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at 23304 the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. 23305 23306 19:27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the 23307 house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his 23308 concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were 23309 upon the threshold. 23310 23311 19:28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none 23312 answered. 23313 23314 Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him 23315 unto his place. 23316 23317 19:29 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid 23318 hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into 23319 twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. 23320 23321 19:30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed 23322 done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of 23323 the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and 23324 speak your minds. 23325 23326 20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation 23327 was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the 23328 land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. 23329 23330 20:2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of 23331 Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, 23332 four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. 23333 23334 20:3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel 23335 were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, 23336 how was this wickedness? 20:4 And the Levite, the husband of the 23337 woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that 23338 belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. 23339 23340 20:5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round 23341 about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine 23342 have they forced, that she is dead. 23343 23344 20:6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her 23345 throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have 23346 committed lewdness and folly in Israel. 23347 23348 20:7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and 23349 counsel. 23350 23351 20:8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of 23352 us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. 23353 23354 20:9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we 23355 will go up by lot against it; 20:10 And we will take ten men of an 23356 hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a 23357 thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the 23358 people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, 23359 according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. 23360 23361 20:11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit 23362 together as one man. 23363 23364 20:12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of 23365 Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? 23366 20:13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which 23367 are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from 23368 Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of 23369 their brethren the children of Israel. 23370 23371 20:14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of 23372 the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of 23373 Israel. 23374 23375 20:15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of 23376 the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the 23377 inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. 23378 23379 20:16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men 23380 lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not 23381 miss. 23382 23383 20:17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four 23384 hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war. 23385 23386 20:18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of 23387 God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first 23388 to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, 23389 Judah shall go up first. 23390 23391 20:19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped 23392 against Gibeah. 23393 23394 20:20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and 23395 the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at 23396 Gibeah. 23397 23398 20:21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and 23399 destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two 23400 thousand men. 23401 23402 20:22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set 23403 their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in 23404 array the first day. 23405 23406 20:23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD 23407 until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again 23408 to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD 23409 said, Go up against him.) 20:24 And the children of Israel came near 23410 against the children of Benjamin the second day. 23411 23412 20:25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second 23413 day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again 23414 eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. 23415 23416 20:26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, 23417 and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the 23418 LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and 23419 peace offerings before the LORD. 23420 23421 20:27 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of 23422 the covenant of God was there in those days, 20:28 And Phinehas, the 23423 son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) 23424 saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of 23425 Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for 23426 to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand. 23427 23428 20:29 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. 23429 23430 20:30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of 23431 Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, 23432 as at other times. 23433 23434 20:31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and 23435 were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, 23436 and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to 23437 the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty 23438 men of Israel. 23439 23440 20:32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before 23441 us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and 23442 draw them from the city unto the highways. 23443 23444 20:33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put 23445 themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came 23446 forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. 23447 23448 20:34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all 23449 Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near 23450 them. 23451 23452 20:35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of 23453 Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand 23454 and an hundred men: all these drew the sword. 23455 23456 20:36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the 23457 men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto 23458 the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. 23459 23460 20:37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the 23461 liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the 23462 edge of the sword. 23463 23464 20:38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and 23465 the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise 23466 up out of the city. 23467 23468 20:39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began 23469 to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they 23470 said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle. 23471 23472 20:40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a 23473 pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the 23474 flame of the city ascended up to heaven. 23475 23476 20:41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin 23477 were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them. 23478 23479 20:42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto 23480 the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them 23481 which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. 23482 23483 20:43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, 23484 and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the 23485 sunrising. 23486 23487 20:44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were 23488 men of valour. 23489 23490 20:45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of 23491 Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; 23492 and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of 23493 them. 23494 23495 20:46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five 23496 thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour. 23497 23498 20:47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the 23499 rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. 23500 23501 20:48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of 23502 Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men 23503 of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set 23504 on fire all the cities that they came to. 23505 23506 21:1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall 23507 not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. 23508 23509 21:2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till 23510 even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 21:3 And 23511 said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that 23512 there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel? 21:4 And it came 23513 to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an 23514 altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. 23515 23516 21:5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the 23517 tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? 23518 For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the 23519 LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. 23520 23521 21:6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their 23522 brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. 23523 23524 21:7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have 23525 sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to 23526 wives? 21:8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel 23527 that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none 23528 to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly. 23529 23530 21:9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the 23531 inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there. 23532 23533 21:10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the 23534 valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants 23535 of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the 23536 children. 23537 23538 21:11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy 23539 every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. 23540 23541 21:12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four 23542 hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: 23543 and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of 23544 Canaan. 23545 23546 21:13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of 23547 Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto 23548 them. 23549 23550 21:14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives 23551 which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so 23552 they sufficed them not. 23553 23554 21:15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD 23555 had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. 23556 23557 21:16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for 23558 wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of 23559 Benjamin? 21:17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them 23560 that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of 23561 Israel. 23562 23563 21:18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the 23564 children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife 23565 to Benjamin. 23566 23567 21:19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh 23568 yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east 23569 side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the 23570 south of Lebonah. 23571 23572 21:20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go 23573 and lie in wait in the vineyards; 21:21 And see, and, behold, if the 23574 daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of 23575 the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of 23576 Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. 23577 23578 21:22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto 23579 us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them 23580 for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the 23581 war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be 23582 guilty. 23583 23584 21:23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, 23585 according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and 23586 they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the 23587 cities, and dwelt in them. 23588 23589 21:24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every 23590 man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence 23591 every man to his inheritance. 23592 23593 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that 23594 which was right in his own eyes. 23595 23596 23597 23598 The Book of Ruth 23599 23600 23601 1:1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there 23602 was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to 23603 sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 23604 23605 1:2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife 23606 Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of 23607 Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued 23608 there. 23609 23610 1:3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two 23611 sons. 23612 23613 1:4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one 23614 was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there 23615 about ten years. 23616 23617 1:5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was 23618 left of her two sons and her husband. 23619 23620 1:6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return 23621 from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how 23622 that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. 23623 23624 1:7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her 23625 two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto 23626 the land of Judah. 23627 23628 1:8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to 23629 her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt 23630 with the dead, and with me. 23631 23632 1:9 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house 23633 of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, 23634 and wept. 23635 23636 1:10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy 23637 people. 23638 23639 1:11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? 23640 are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your 23641 husbands? 1:12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too 23642 old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have 23643 an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; 1:13 Would ye 23644 tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from 23645 having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your 23646 sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me. 23647 23648 1:14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed 23649 her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. 23650 23651 1:15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her 23652 people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. 23653 23654 1:16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from 23655 following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where 23656 thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God 23657 my God: 1:17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: 23658 the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and 23659 me. 23660 23661 1:18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then 23662 she left speaking unto her. 23663 23664 1:19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to 23665 pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved 23666 about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? 1:20 And she said unto 23667 them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt 23668 very bitterly with me. 23669 23670 1:21 I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: 23671 why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, 23672 and the Almighty hath afflicted me? 1:22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth 23673 the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of 23674 the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of 23675 barley harvest. 23676 23677 2:1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, 23678 of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. 23679 23680 2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the 23681 field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find 23682 grace. 23683 23684 And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. 23685 23686 2:3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the 23687 reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging 23688 unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. 23689 23690 2:4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, 23691 The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee. 23692 23693 2:5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, 23694 Whose damsel is this? 2:6 And the servant that was set over the 23695 reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back 23696 with Naomi out of the country of Moab: 2:7 And she said, I pray you, 23697 let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she 23698 came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she 23699 tarried a little in the house. 23700 23701 2:8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to 23702 glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by 23703 my maidens: 2:9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and 23704 go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall 23705 not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and 23706 drink of that which the young men have drawn. 23707 23708 2:10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and 23709 said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou 23710 shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? 2:11 And Boaz 23711 answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that 23712 thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine 23713 husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the 23714 land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest 23715 not heretofore. 23716 23717 2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of 23718 the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. 23719 23720 2:13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that 23721 thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto 23722 thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens. 23723 23724 2:14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of 23725 the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the 23726 reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was 23727 sufficed, and left. 23728 23729 2:15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, 23730 saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: 23731 2:16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and 23732 leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. 23733 23734 2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had 23735 gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. 23736 23737 2:18 And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law 23738 saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that 23739 she had reserved after she was sufficed. 23740 23741 2:19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to 23742 day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge 23743 of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, 23744 and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz. 23745 23746 2:20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the 23747 LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the 23748 dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of 23749 our next kinsmen. 23750 23751 2:21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt 23752 keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. 23753 23754 2:22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my 23755 daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not 23756 in any other field. 23757 23758 2:23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of 23759 barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law. 23760 23761 3:1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I 23762 not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? 3:2 And now is 23763 not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he 23764 winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor. 23765 23766 3:3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon 23767 thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto 23768 the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. 23769 23770 3:4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the 23771 place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, 23772 and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. 23773 23774 3:5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do. 23775 23776 3:6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that 23777 her mother in law bade her. 23778 23779 3:7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he 23780 went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, 23781 and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. 23782 23783 3:8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and 23784 turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. 23785 23786 3:9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine 23787 handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art 23788 a near kinsman. 23789 23790 3:10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou 23791 hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, 23792 inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. 23793 23794 3:11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou 23795 requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a 23796 virtuous woman. 23797 23798 3:12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a 23799 kinsman nearer than I. 23800 23801 3:13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will 23802 perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the 23803 kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, 23804 then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie 23805 down until the morning. 23806 23807 3:14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before 23808 one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman 23809 came into the floor. 23810 23811 3:15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold 23812 it. 23813 23814 And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it 23815 on her: and she went into the city. 23816 23817 3:16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, 23818 my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. 23819 23820 3:17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he 23821 said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law. 23822 23823 3:18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the 23824 matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have 23825 finished the thing this day. 23826 23827 4:1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, 23828 behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, 23829 such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat 23830 down. 23831 23832 4:2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye 23833 down here. And they sat down. 23834 23835 4:3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the 23836 country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother 23837 Elimelech's: 4:4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it 23838 before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou 23839 wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell 23840 me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I 23841 am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. 23842 23843 4:5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of 23844 Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the 23845 dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. 23846 23847 4:6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar 23848 mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot 23849 redeem it. 23850 23851 4:7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning 23852 redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man 23853 plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a 23854 testimony in Israel. 23855 23856 4:8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew 23857 off his shoe. 23858 23859 4:9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are 23860 witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and 23861 all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi. 23862 23863 4:10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased 23864 to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, 23865 that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and 23866 from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. 23867 23868 4:11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, 23869 We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine 23870 house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of 23871 Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem: 23872 4:12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare 23873 unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young 23874 woman. 23875 23876 4:13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto 23877 her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son. 23878 23879 4:14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath 23880 not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous 23881 in Israel. 23882 23883 4:15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher 23884 of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is 23885 better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. 23886 23887 4:16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became 23888 nurse unto it. 23889 23890 4:17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a 23891 son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of 23892 Jesse, the father of David. 23893 23894 4:18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, 23895 4:19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 4:20 And Amminadab 23896 begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 4:21 And Salmon begat Boaz, 23897 and Boaz begat Obed, 4:22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. 23898 23899 23900 23901 23902 The First Book of Samuel 23903 23904 Otherwise Called: 23905 23906 The First Book of the Kings 23907 23908 23909 1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, 23910 and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the 23911 son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: 1:2 And he had two wives; 23912 the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: 23913 and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 23914 23915 1:3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to 23916 sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, 23917 Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there. 23918 23919 1:4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah 23920 his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: 1:5 But 23921 unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the 23922 LORD had shut up her womb. 23923 23924 1:6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, 23925 because the LORD had shut up her womb. 23926 23927 1:7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of 23928 the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. 23929 23930 1:8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? 23931 and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better 23932 to thee than ten sons? 1:9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in 23933 Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat 23934 by a post of the temple of the LORD. 23935 23936 1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and 23937 wept sore. 23938 23939 1:11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt 23940 indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and 23941 not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man 23942 child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, 23943 and there shall no razor come upon his head. 23944 23945 1:12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, 23946 that Eli marked her mouth. 23947 23948 1:13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her 23949 voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. 23950 23951 1:14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away 23952 thy wine from thee. 23953 23954 1:15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a 23955 sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have 23956 poured out my soul before the LORD. 23957 23958 1:16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the 23959 abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. 23960 23961 1:17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel 23962 grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. 23963 23964 1:18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the 23965 woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. 23966 23967 1:19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the 23968 LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew 23969 Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. 23970 23971 1:20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after 23972 Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, 23973 saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. 23974 23975 1:21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the 23976 LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 23977 23978 1:22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not 23979 go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he 23980 may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever. 23981 23982 1:23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; 23983 tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So 23984 the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. 23985 23986 1:24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three 23987 bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought 23988 him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young. 23989 23990 1:25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. 23991 23992 1:26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the 23993 woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. 23994 23995 1:27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition 23996 which I asked of him: 1:28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; 23997 as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped 23998 the LORD there. 23999 24000 2:1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine 24001 horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; 24002 because I rejoice in thy salvation. 24003 24004 2:2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: 24005 neither is there any rock like our God. 24006 24007 2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of 24008 your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are 24009 weighed. 24010 24011 2:4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are 24012 girded with strength. 24013 24014 2:5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they 24015 that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she 24016 that hath many children is waxed feeble. 24017 24018 2:6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, 24019 and bringeth up. 24020 24021 2:7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and 24022 lifteth up. 24023 24024 2:8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar 24025 from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit 24026 the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and 24027 he hath set the world upon them. 24028 24029 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be 24030 silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. 24031 24032 2:10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of 24033 heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of 24034 the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the 24035 horn of his anointed. 24036 24037 2:11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did 24038 minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest. 24039 24040 2:12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. 24041 24042 2:13 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man 24043 offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in 24044 seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; 2:14 And he 24045 struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the 24046 fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in 24047 Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. 24048 24049 2:15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and 24050 said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; 24051 for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. 24052 24053 2:16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat 24054 presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would 24055 answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will 24056 take it by force. 24057 24058 2:17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the 24059 LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD. 24060 24061 2:18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with 24062 a linen ephod. 24063 24064 2:19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him 24065 from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the 24066 yearly sacrifice. 24067 24068 2:20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give 24069 thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And 24070 they went unto their own home. 24071 24072 2:21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare 24073 three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the 24074 LORD. 24075 24076 2:22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all 24077 Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of 24078 the tabernacle of the congregation. 24079 24080 2:23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your 24081 evil dealings by all this people. 24082 24083 2:24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the 24084 LORD's people to transgress. 24085 24086 2:25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if 24087 a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding 24088 they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD 24089 would slay them. 24090 24091 2:26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the 24092 LORD, and also with men. 24093 24094 2:27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus 24095 saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, 24096 when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? 2:28 And did I choose him 24097 out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine 24098 altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give 24099 unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the 24100 children of Israel? 2:29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at 24101 mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest 24102 thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the 24103 offerings of Israel my people? 2:30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel 24104 saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, 24105 should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from 24106 me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me 24107 shall be lightly esteemed. 24108 24109 2:31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm 24110 of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine 24111 house. 24112 24113 2:32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth 24114 which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in 24115 thine house for ever. 24116 24117 2:33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, 24118 shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the 24119 increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. 24120 24121 2:34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two 24122 sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. 24123 24124 2:35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according 24125 to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a 24126 sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. 24127 24128 2:36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine 24129 house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel 24130 of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' 24131 offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. 24132 24133 3:1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the 24134 word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision. 24135 24136 3:2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his 24137 place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; 3:3 And 24138 ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark 24139 of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; 3:4 That the LORD 24140 called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. 24141 24142 3:5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. 24143 And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. 24144 24145 3:6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went 24146 to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, 24147 I called not, my son; lie down again. 24148 24149 3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the 24150 LORD yet revealed unto him. 24151 24152 3:8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and 24153 went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli 24154 perceived that the LORD had called the child. 24155 24156 3:9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if 24157 he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant 24158 heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 24159 24160 3:10 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, 24161 Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. 24162 24163 3:11 And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, 24164 at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 24165 24166 3:12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have 24167 spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. 24168 24169 3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the 24170 iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and 24171 he restrained them not. 24172 24173 3:14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the 24174 iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor 24175 offering for ever. 24176 24177 3:15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the 24178 house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision. 24179 24180 3:16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he 24181 answered, Here am I. 24182 24183 3:17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? 24184 I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if 24185 thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. 24186 24187 3:18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he 24188 said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. 24189 24190 3:19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of 24191 his words fall to the ground. 24192 24193 3:20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was 24194 established to be a prophet of the LORD. 24195 24196 3:21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed 24197 himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. 24198 24199 4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out 24200 against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and 24201 the Philistines pitched in Aphek. 24202 24203 4:2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and 24204 when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: 24205 and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. 24206 24207 4:3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel 24208 said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the 24209 Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of 24210 Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of 24211 the hand of our enemies. 24212 24213 4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence 24214 the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between 24215 the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were 24216 there with the ark of the covenant of God. 24217 24218 4:5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, 24219 all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. 24220 24221 4:6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, 24222 What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? 24223 And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp. 24224 24225 4:7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into 24226 the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a 24227 thing heretofore. 24228 24229 4:8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty 24230 Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues 24231 in the wilderness. 24232 24233 4:9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye 24234 be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit 24235 yourselves like men, and fight. 24236 24237 4:10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled 24238 every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for 24239 there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. 24240 24241 4:11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and 24242 Phinehas, were slain. 24243 24244 4:12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to 24245 Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his 24246 head. 24247 24248 4:13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside 24249 watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man 24250 came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. 24251 24252 4:14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth 24253 the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. 24254 24255 4:15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, 24256 that he could not see. 24257 24258 4:16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and 24259 I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my 24260 son? 4:17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before 24261 the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the 24262 people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the 24263 ark of God is taken. 24264 24265 4:18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that 24266 he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his 24267 neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had 24268 judged Israel forty years. 24269 24270 4:19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to 24271 be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was 24272 taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed 24273 herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. 24274 24275 4:20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said 24276 unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, 24277 neither did she regard it. 24278 24279 4:21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed 24280 from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her 24281 father in law and her husband. 24282 24283 4:22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of 24284 God is taken. 24285 24286 5:1 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from 24287 Ebenezer unto Ashdod. 24288 24289 5:2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the 24290 house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. 24291 24292 5:3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon 24293 was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And 24294 they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. 24295 24296 5:4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was 24297 fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the 24298 head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the 24299 threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. 24300 24301 5:5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into 24302 Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this 24303 day. 24304 24305 5:6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he 24306 destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the 24307 coasts thereof. 24308 24309 5:7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark 24310 of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore 24311 upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 24312 24313 5:8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines 24314 unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of 24315 Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried 24316 about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about 24317 thither. 24318 24319 5:9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of 24320 the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he 24321 smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods 24322 in their secret parts. 24323 24324 5:10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, 24325 as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, 24326 They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us 24327 and our people. 24328 24329 5:11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the 24330 Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let 24331 it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for 24332 there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of 24333 God was very heavy there. 24334 24335 5:12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the 24336 cry of the city went up to heaven. 24337 24338 6:1 And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines 24339 seven months. 24340 24341 6:2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, 24342 saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we 24343 shall send it to his place. 24344 24345 6:3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send 24346 it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye 24347 shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not 24348 removed from you. 24349 24350 6:4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall 24351 return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden 24352 mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one 24353 plague was on you all, and on your lords. 24354 24355 6:5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your 24356 mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of 24357 Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from 24358 off your gods, and from off your land. 24359 24360 6:6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and 24361 Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among 24362 them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? 6:7 Now 24363 therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there 24364 hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their 24365 calves home from them: 6:8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it 24366 upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a 24367 trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, 24368 that it may go. 24369 24370 6:9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to 24371 Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we 24372 shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that 24373 happened to us. 24374 24375 6:10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the 24376 cart, and shut up their calves at home: 6:11 And they laid the ark of 24377 the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the 24378 images of their emerods. 24379 24380 6:12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and 24381 went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to 24382 the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went 24383 after them unto the border of Bethshemesh. 24384 24385 6:13 And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the 24386 valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced 24387 to see it. 24388 24389 6:14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and 24390 stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of 24391 the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD. 24392 24393 6:15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer 24394 that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the 24395 great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and 24396 sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD. 24397 24398 6:16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they 24399 returned to Ekron the same day. 24400 24401 6:17 And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned 24402 for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, 24403 for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; 6:18 And the golden 24404 mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines 24405 belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country 24406 villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the 24407 ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of 24408 Joshua, the Bethshemite. 24409 24410 6:19 And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into 24411 the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and 24412 threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had 24413 smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. 24414 24415 6:20 And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this 24416 holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us? 6:21 And they sent 24417 messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The 24418 Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and 24419 fetch it up to you. 24420 24421 7:1 And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the 24422 LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and 24423 sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. 24424 24425 7:2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that 24426 the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of 24427 Israel lamented after the LORD. 24428 24429 7:3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do 24430 return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange 24431 gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the 24432 LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of 24433 the Philistines. 24434 24435 7:4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and 24436 served the LORD only. 24437 24438 7:5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for 24439 you unto the LORD. 24440 24441 7:6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured 24442 it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We 24443 have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel 24444 in Mizpeh. 24445 24446 7:7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were 24447 gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up 24448 against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were 24449 afraid of the Philistines. 24450 24451 7:8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto 24452 the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the 24453 Philistines. 24454 24455 7:9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt 24456 offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for 24457 Israel; and the LORD heard him. 24458 24459 7:10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines 24460 drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a 24461 great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; 24462 and they were smitten before Israel. 24463 24464 7:11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the 24465 Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar. 24466 24467 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and 24468 called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped 24469 us. 24470 24471 7:13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the 24472 coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines 24473 all the days of Samuel. 24474 24475 7:14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were 24476 restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof 24477 did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was 24478 peace between Israel and the Amorites. 24479 24480 7:15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 24481 24482 7:16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, 24483 and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. 24484 24485 7:17 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there 24486 he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD. 24487 24488 8:1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons 24489 judges over Israel. 24490 24491 8:2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his 24492 second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba. 24493 24494 8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, 24495 and took bribes, and perverted judgment. 24496 24497 8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and 24498 came to Samuel unto Ramah, 8:5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art 24499 old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us 24500 like all the nations. 24501 24502 8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to 24503 judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. 24504 24505 8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the 24506 people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected 24507 thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 24508 24509 8:8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that 24510 I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have 24511 forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. 24512 24513 8:9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest 24514 solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall 24515 reign over them. 24516 24517 8:10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that 24518 asked of him a king. 24519 24520 8:11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign 24521 over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for 24522 his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his 24523 chariots. 24524 24525 8:12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains 24526 over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his 24527 harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his 24528 chariots. 24529 24530 8:13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be 24531 cooks, and to be bakers. 24532 24533 8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your 24534 oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. 24535 24536 8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, 24537 and give to his officers, and to his servants. 24538 24539 8:16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and 24540 your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. 24541 24542 8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his 24543 servants. 24544 24545 8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye 24546 shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. 24547 24548 8:19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and 24549 they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; 8:20 That we also may 24550 be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out 24551 before us, and fight our battles. 24552 24553 8:21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed 24554 them in the ears of the LORD. 24555 24556 8:22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make 24557 them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man 24558 unto his city. 24559 24560 9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of 24561 Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a 24562 Benjamite, a mighty man of power. 24563 24564 9:2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a 24565 goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier 24566 person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any 24567 of the people. 24568 24569 9:3 And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to 24570 Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go 24571 seek the asses. 24572 24573 9:4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land 24574 of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the 24575 land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the 24576 land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. 24577 24578 9:5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his 24579 servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father 24580 leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. 24581 24582 9:6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of 24583 God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to 24584 pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that 24585 we should go. 24586 24587 9:7 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall 24588 we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is 24589 not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we? 9:8 And the 24590 servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the 24591 fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, 24592 to tell us our way. 24593 24594 9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he 24595 spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a 24596 Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) 9:10 Then said Saul to his 24597 servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where 24598 the man of God was. 24599 24600 9:11 And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young 24601 maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? 24602 9:12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before 24603 you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a 24604 sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: 9:13 As soon as ye 24605 be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up 24606 to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, 24607 because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be 24608 bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find 24609 him. 24610 24611 9:14 And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the 24612 city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high 24613 place. 24614 24615 9:15 Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, 24616 saying, 9:16 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of 24617 the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my 24618 people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the 24619 Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is 24620 come unto me. 24621 24622 9:17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man 24623 whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people. 24624 24625 9:18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I 24626 pray thee, where the seer's house is. 24627 24628 9:19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before 24629 me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow 24630 I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. 24631 24632 9:20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy 24633 mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of 24634 Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house? 9:21 And 24635 Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the 24636 tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the 24637 tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me? 9:22 And 24638 Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, 24639 and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, 24640 which were about thirty persons. 24641 24642 9:23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave 24643 thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. 24644 24645 9:24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, 24646 and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! 24647 set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for 24648 thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with 24649 Samuel that day. 24650 24651 9:25 And when they were come down from the high place into the city, 24652 Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. 24653 24654 9:26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the 24655 day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that 24656 I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, 24657 he and Samuel, abroad. 24658 24659 9:27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said 24660 to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), but 24661 stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God. 24662 24663 10:1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and 24664 kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to 24665 be captain over his inheritance? 10:2 When thou art departed from me 24666 to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the 24667 border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses 24668 which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left 24669 the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do 24670 for my son? 10:3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou 24671 shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men 24672 going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another 24673 carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: 24674 10:4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; 24675 which thou shalt receive of their hands. 24676 24677 10:5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the 24678 garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art 24679 come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets 24680 coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a 24681 pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: 10:6 And the 24682 Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with 24683 them, and shalt be turned into another man. 24684 24685 10:7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do 24686 as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee. 24687 24688 10:8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will 24689 come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice 24690 sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I 24691 come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do. 24692 24693 10:9 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from 24694 Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass 24695 that day. 24696 24697 10:10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of 24698 prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he 24699 prophesied among them. 24700 24701 10:11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, 24702 behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to 24703 another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also 24704 among the prophets? 10:12 And one of the same place answered and 24705 said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul 24706 also among the prophets? 10:13 And when he had made an end of 24707 prophesying, he came to the high place. 24708 24709 10:14 And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went 24710 ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no 24711 where, we came to Samuel. 24712 24713 10:15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said 24714 unto you. 24715 24716 10:16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses 24717 were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he 24718 told him not. 24719 24720 10:17 And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh; 24721 10:18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of 24722 Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the 24723 hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of 24724 them that oppressed you: 10:19 And ye have this day rejected your God, 24725 who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your 24726 tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. 24727 Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and 24728 by your thousands. 24729 24730 10:20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come 24731 near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. 24732 24733 10:21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their 24734 families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was 24735 taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. 24736 24737 10:22 Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should 24738 yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he hath hid himself 24739 among the stuff. 24740 24741 10:23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the 24742 people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and 24743 upward. 24744 24745 10:24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath 24746 chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the 24747 people shouted, and said, God save the king. 24748 24749 10:25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote 24750 it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the 24751 people away, every man to his house. 24752 24753 10:26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a 24754 band of men, whose hearts God had touched. 24755 24756 10:27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And 24757 they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace. 24758 24759 11:1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against 24760 Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a 24761 covenant with us, and we will serve thee. 24762 24763 11:2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I 24764 make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, 24765 and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. 24766 24767 11:3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' 24768 respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: 24769 and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee. 24770 24771 11:4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings 24772 in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, 24773 and wept. 24774 24775 11:5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul 24776 said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the 24777 tidings of the men of Jabesh. 24778 24779 11:6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, 24780 and his anger was kindled greatly. 24781 24782 11:7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent 24783 them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, 24784 saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so 24785 shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the 24786 people, and they came out with one consent. 24787 24788 11:8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were 24789 three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. 24790 24791 11:9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say 24792 unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, 24793 ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men 24794 of Jabesh; and they were glad. 24795 24796 11:10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out 24797 unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. 24798 24799 11:11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three 24800 companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning 24801 watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came 24802 to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them 24803 were not left together. 24804 24805 11:12 And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul 24806 reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. 24807 24808 11:13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: 24809 for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel. 24810 24811 11:14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, 24812 and renew the kingdom there. 24813 24814 11:15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king 24815 before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of 24816 peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of 24817 Israel rejoiced greatly. 24818 24819 12:1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto 24820 your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. 24821 24822 12:2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and 24823 grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked 24824 before you from my childhood unto this day. 24825 24826 12:3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before 24827 his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or 24828 whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I 24829 received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it 24830 you. 24831 24832 12:4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, 24833 neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand. 24834 24835 12:5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his 24836 anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. 24837 And they answered, He is witness. 24838 24839 12:6 And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced 24840 Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of 24841 Egypt. 24842 24843 12:7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the 24844 LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to 24845 your fathers. 24846 24847 12:8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the 24848 LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your 24849 fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. 24850 24851 12:9 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the 24852 hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the 24853 Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought 24854 against them. 24855 24856 12:10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because 24857 we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but 24858 now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. 24859 24860 12:11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and 24861 Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every 24862 side, and ye dwelled safe. 24863 24864 12:12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon 24865 came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over 24866 us: when the LORD your God was your king. 24867 24868 12:13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye 24869 have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you. 24870 24871 12:14 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and 24872 not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and 24873 also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your 24874 God: 12:15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel 24875 against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD 24876 be against you, as it was against your fathers. 24877 24878 12:16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD 24879 will do before your eyes. 24880 24881 12:17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and 24882 he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your 24883 wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in 24884 asking you a king. 24885 24886 12:18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and 24887 rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. 24888 24889 12:19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto 24890 the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins 24891 this evil, to ask us a king. 24892 24893 12:20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this 24894 wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the 24895 LORD with all your heart; 12:21 And turn ye not aside: for then should 24896 ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are 24897 vain. 24898 24899 12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's 24900 sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. 24901 24902 12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the 24903 LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the 24904 right way: 12:24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all 24905 your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. 24906 24907 12:25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye 24908 and your king. 24909 24910 13:1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over 24911 Israel, 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two 24912 thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a 24913 thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the 24914 people he sent every man to his tent. 24915 24916 13:3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in 24917 Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet 24918 throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. 24919 24920 13:4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the 24921 Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the 24922 Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal. 24923 24924 13:5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with 24925 Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and 24926 people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they 24927 came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven. 24928 24929 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the 24930 people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, 24931 and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. 24932 24933 13:7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and 24934 Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed 24935 him trembling. 24936 24937 13:8 And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel 24938 had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were 24939 scattered from him. 24940 24941 13:9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace 24942 offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. 24943 24944 13:10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of 24945 offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to 24946 meet him, that he might salute him. 24947 24948 13:11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I 24949 saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not 24950 within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered 24951 themselves together at Michmash; 13:12 Therefore said I, The 24952 Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made 24953 supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a 24954 burnt offering. 24955 24956 13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not 24957 kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for 24958 now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. 24959 24960 13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him 24961 a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be 24962 captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the 24963 LORD commanded thee. 24964 24965 13:15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of 24966 Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, 24967 about six hundred men. 24968 24969 13:16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present 24970 with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped 24971 in Michmash. 24972 24973 13:17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in 24974 three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to 24975 Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: 13:18 And another company turned the 24976 way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border 24977 that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. 24978 24979 13:19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: 24980 for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: 24981 13:20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen 24982 every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. 24983 24984 13:21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and 24985 for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. 24986 24987 13:22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither 24988 sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with 24989 Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there 24990 found. 24991 24992 13:23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of 24993 Michmash. 24994 24995 14:1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul 24996 said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over 24997 to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told 24998 not his father. 24999 25000 14:2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a 25001 pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him 25002 were about six hundred men; 14:3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, 25003 Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's 25004 priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that 25005 Jonathan was gone. 25006 25007 14:4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over 25008 unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one 25009 side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was 25010 Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. 25011 25012 14:5 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against 25013 Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. 25014 25015 14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, 25016 and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be 25017 that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD 25018 to save by many or by few. 25019 25020 14:7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine 25021 heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. 25022 25023 14:8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and 25024 we will discover ourselves unto them. 25025 25026 14:9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we 25027 will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. 25028 25029 14:10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for 25030 the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign 25031 unto us. 25032 25033 14:11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the 25034 Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth 25035 out of the holes where they had hid themselves. 25036 25037 14:12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his 25038 armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. 25039 And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the 25040 LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. 25041 25042 14:13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and 25043 his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his 25044 armourbearer slew after him. 25045 25046 14:14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer 25047 made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, 25048 which a yoke of oxen might plow. 25049 25050 14:15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all 25051 the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and 25052 the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling. 25053 25054 14:16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, 25055 behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one 25056 another. 25057 25058 14:17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, 25059 and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, 25060 Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there. 25061 25062 14:18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the 25063 ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel. 25064 25065 14:19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the 25066 noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: 25067 and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand. 25068 25069 14:20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled 25070 themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's 25071 sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. 25072 25073 14:21 Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that 25074 time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round 25075 about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with 25076 Saul and Jonathan. 25077 25078 14:22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount 25079 Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also 25080 followed hard after them in the battle. 25081 25082 14:23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over 25083 unto Bethaven. 25084 25085 14:24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had 25086 adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food 25087 until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the 25088 people tasted any food. 25089 25090 14:25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey 25091 upon the ground. 25092 25093 14:26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey 25094 dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared 25095 the oath. 25096 25097 14:27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with 25098 the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his 25099 hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; 25100 and his eyes were enlightened. 25101 25102 14:28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly 25103 charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth 25104 any food this day. And the people were faint. 25105 25106 14:29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I 25107 pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a 25108 little of this honey. 25109 25110 14:30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of 25111 the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been 25112 now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? 14:31 And they 25113 smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the 25114 people were very faint. 25115 25116 14:32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, 25117 and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them 25118 with the blood. 25119 25120 14:33 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the 25121 LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have 25122 transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day. 25123 25124 14:34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say 25125 unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, 25126 and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating 25127 with the blood. 25128 25129 And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and 25130 slew them there. 25131 25132 14:35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first 25133 altar that he built unto the LORD. 25134 25135 14:36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, 25136 and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of 25137 them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said 25138 the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. 25139 25140 14:37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the 25141 Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he 25142 answered him not that day. 25143 25144 14:38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: 25145 and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. 25146 25147 14:39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in 25148 Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among 25149 all the people that answered him. 25150 25151 14:40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and 25152 Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto 25153 Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. 25154 25155 14:41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect 25156 lot. 25157 25158 And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. 25159 25160 14:42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And 25161 Jonathan was taken. 25162 25163 14:43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And 25164 Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the 25165 end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die. 25166 25167 14:44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt 25168 surely die, Jonathan. 25169 25170 14:45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath 25171 wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD 25172 liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for 25173 he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, 25174 that he died not. 25175 25176 14:46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the 25177 Philistines went to their own place. 25178 25179 14:47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his 25180 enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of 25181 Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against 25182 the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them. 25183 25184 14:48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered 25185 Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. 25186 25187 14:49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: 25188 and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the 25189 firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: 14:50 And the 25190 name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name 25191 of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. 25192 25193 14:51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was 25194 the son of Abiel. 25195 25196 14:52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of 25197 Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took 25198 him unto him. 25199 25200 15:1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be 25201 king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the 25202 voice of the words of the LORD. 25203 25204 15:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to 25205 Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from 25206 Egypt. 25207 25208 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, 25209 and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, 25210 ox and sheep, camel and ass. 25211 25212 15:4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in 25213 Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. 25214 25215 15:5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. 25216 25217 15:6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from 25218 among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed 25219 kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of 25220 Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 25221 25222 15:7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to 25223 Shur, that is over against Egypt. 25224 25225 15:8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly 25226 destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 25227 25228 15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, 25229 and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was 25230 good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was 25231 vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. 25232 25233 15:10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, 15:11 It 25234 repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back 25235 from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it 25236 grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night. 25237 25238 15:12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was 25239 told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a 25240 place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 25241 25242 15:13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou 25243 of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD. 25244 25245 15:14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in 25246 mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 15:15 And Saul 25247 said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people 25248 spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the 25249 LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 25250 25251 15:16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the 25252 LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. 25253 25254 15:17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast 25255 thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed 25256 thee king over Israel? 15:18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and 25257 said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight 25258 against them until they be consumed. 25259 25260 15:19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but 25261 didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD? 25262 15:20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the 25263 LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought 25264 Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 25265 25266 15:21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of 25267 the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto 25268 the LORD thy God in Gilgal. 25269 25270 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt 25271 offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, 25272 to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 25273 25274 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is 25275 as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the 25276 LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. 25277 25278 15:24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have 25279 transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I 25280 feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25281 25282 15:25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with 25283 me, that I may worship the LORD. 25284 25285 15:26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou 25286 hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee 25287 from being king over Israel. 25288 25289 15:27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the 25290 skirt of his mantle, and it rent. 25291 25292 15:28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of 25293 Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, 25294 that is better than thou. 25295 25296 15:29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he 25297 is not a man, that he should repent. 25298 25299 15:30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, 25300 before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with 25301 me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. 25302 25303 15:31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD. 25304 25305 15:32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the 25306 Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely 25307 the bitterness of death is past. 25308 25309 15:33 And Samuel said, As the sword hath made women childless, so 25310 shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in 25311 pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. 25312 25313 15:34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to 25314 Gibeah of Saul. 25315 25316 15:35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: 25317 nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he 25318 had made Saul king over Israel. 25319 25320 16:1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, 25321 seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn 25322 with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I 25323 have provided me a king among his sons. 25324 25325 16:2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. 25326 And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to 25327 sacrifice to the LORD. 25328 25329 16:3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou 25330 shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. 25331 25332 16:4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. 25333 And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest 25334 thou peaceably? 16:5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice 25335 unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. 25336 And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the 25337 sacrifice. 25338 25339 16:6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on 25340 Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him. 25341 25342 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on 25343 the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD 25344 seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but 25345 the LORD looketh on the heart. 25346 25347 16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And 25348 he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. 25349 25350 16:9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the 25351 LORD chosen this. 25352 25353 16:10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And 25354 Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these. 25355 25356 16:11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he 25357 said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the 25358 sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not 25359 sit down till he come hither. 25360 25361 16:12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of 25362 a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, 25363 Arise, anoint him: for this is he. 25364 25365 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst 25366 of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that 25367 day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 25368 25369 16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil 25370 spirit from the LORD troubled him. 25371 25372 16:15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit 25373 from God troubleth thee. 25374 25375 16:16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to 25376 seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come 25377 to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall 25378 play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. 25379 25380 16:17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can 25381 play well, and bring him to me. 25382 25383 16:18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen 25384 a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a 25385 mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a 25386 comely person, and the LORD is with him. 25387 25388 16:19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me 25389 David thy son, which is with the sheep. 25390 25391 16:20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, 25392 and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. 25393 25394 16:21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him 25395 greatly; and he became his armourbearer. 25396 25397 16:22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand 25398 before me; for he hath found favour in my sight. 25399 25400 16:23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon 25401 Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was 25402 refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. 25403 25404 17:1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and 25405 were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and 25406 pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. 25407 25408 17:2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and 25409 pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the 25410 Philistines. 25411 25412 17:3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and 25413 Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley 25414 between them. 25415 25416 17:4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, 25417 named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 25418 25419 17:5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed 25420 with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand 25421 shekels of brass. 25422 25423 17:6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass 25424 between his shoulders. 25425 25426 17:7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his 25427 spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a 25428 shield went before him. 25429 25430 17:8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto 25431 them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a 25432 Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let 25433 him come down to me. 25434 25435 17:9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be 25436 your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall 25437 ye be our servants, and serve us. 25438 25439 17:10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; 25440 give me a man, that we may fight together. 25441 25442 17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, 25443 they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 25444 25445 17:12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, 25446 whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among 25447 men for an old man in the days of Saul. 25448 25449 17:13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the 25450 battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were 25451 Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third 25452 Shammah. 25453 25454 17:14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 25455 25456 17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep 25457 at Bethlehem. 25458 25459 17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented 25460 himself forty days. 25461 25462 17:17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an 25463 ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp 25464 of thy brethren; 17:18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of 25465 their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. 25466 25467 17:19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the 25468 valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 25469 25470 17:20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with 25471 a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came 25472 to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted 25473 for the battle. 25474 25475 17:21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army 25476 against army. 25477 25478 17:22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the 25479 carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. 25480 25481 17:23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, 25482 the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the 25483 Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard 25484 them. 25485 25486 17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, 25487 and were sore afraid. 25488 25489 17:25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come 25490 up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the 25491 man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and 25492 will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in 25493 Israel. 25494 25495 17:26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall 25496 be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the 25497 reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that 25498 he should defy the armies of the living God? 17:27 And the people 25499 answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man 25500 that killeth him. 25501 25502 17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; 25503 and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest 25504 thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the 25505 wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for 25506 thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 25507 25508 17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? 25509 17:30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same 25510 manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. 25511 25512 17:31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed 25513 them before Saul: and he sent for him. 25514 25515 17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; 25516 thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 25517 25518 17:33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this 25519 Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man 25520 of war from his youth. 25521 25522 17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, 25523 and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: 25524 17:35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of 25525 his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, 25526 and smote him, and slew him. 25527 25528 17:36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this 25529 uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath 25530 defied the armies of the living God. 25531 25532 17:37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw 25533 of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of 25534 the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the 25535 LORD be with thee. 25536 25537 17:38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of 25538 brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. 25539 25540 17:39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to 25541 go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go 25542 with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. 25543 25544 17:40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth 25545 stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he 25546 had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near 25547 to the Philistine. 25548 25549 17:41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man 25550 that bare the shield went before him. 25551 25552 17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he 25553 disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair 25554 countenance. 25555 25556 17:43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest 25557 to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 25558 25559 17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give 25560 thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. 25561 25562 17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a 25563 sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the 25564 name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou 25565 hast defied. 25566 25567 17:46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will 25568 smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the 25569 carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the 25570 air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know 25571 that there is a God in Israel. 25572 25573 17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with 25574 sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you 25575 into our hands. 25576 25577 17:48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and 25578 drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army 25579 to meet the Philistine. 25580 25581 17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and 25582 slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone 25583 sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 25584 25585 17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a 25586 stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword 25587 in the hand of David. 25588 25589 17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his 25590 sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut 25591 off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion 25592 was dead, they fled. 25593 25594 17:52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and 25595 pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the 25596 gates of Ekron. 25597 25598 And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, 25599 even unto Gath, and unto Ekron. 25600 25601 17:53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the 25602 Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. 25603 25604 17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to 25605 Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. 25606 25607 17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said 25608 unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? 25609 And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. 25610 25611 17:56 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is. 25612 25613 17:57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, 25614 Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the 25615 Philistine in his hand. 25616 25617 17:58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And 25618 David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite. 25619 25620 18:1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto 25621 Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and 25622 Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 25623 25624 18:2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to 25625 his father's house. 25626 25627 18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as 25628 his own soul. 25629 25630 18:4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and 25631 gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, 25632 and to his girdle. 25633 25634 18:5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved 25635 himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was 25636 accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of 25637 Saul's servants. 25638 25639 18:6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from 25640 the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities 25641 of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with 25642 joy, and with instruments of musick. 25643 25644 18:7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul 25645 hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 25646 25647 18:8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he 25648 said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have 25649 ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? 25650 18:9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. 25651 25652 18:10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God 25653 came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David 25654 played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in 25655 Saul's hand. 25656 25657 18:11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even 25658 to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice. 25659 25660 18:12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and 25661 was departed from Saul. 25662 25663 18:13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain 25664 over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 25665 25666 18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD 25667 was with him. 25668 25669 18:15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he 25670 was afraid of him. 25671 25672 18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and 25673 came in before them. 25674 25675 18:17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will 25676 I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's 25677 battles. 25678 25679 For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the 25680 Philistines be upon him. 25681 25682 18:18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my 25683 father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king? 25684 18:19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter 25685 should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the 25686 Meholathite to wife. 25687 25688 18:20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and 25689 the thing pleased him. 25690 25691 18:21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to 25692 him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. 25693 Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in 25694 the one of the twain. 25695 25696 18:22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David 25697 secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his 25698 servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law. 25699 25700 18:23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And 25701 David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, 25702 seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? 18:24 And the 25703 servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David. 25704 25705 18:25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not 25706 any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged 25707 of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand 25708 of the Philistines. 25709 25710 18:26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David 25711 well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired. 25712 25713 18:27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the 25714 Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and 25715 they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's 25716 son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. 25717 25718 18:28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that 25719 Michal Saul's daughter loved him. 25720 25721 18:29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became 25722 David's enemy continually. 25723 25724 18:30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to 25725 pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely 25726 than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by. 25727 25728 19:1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that 25729 they should kill David. 25730 25731 19:2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan 25732 told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now 25733 therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and 25734 abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: 19:3 And I will go out and 25735 stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune 25736 with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee. 25737 25738 19:4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said 25739 unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; 25740 because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have 25741 been to thee-ward very good: 19:5 For he did put his life in his hand, 25742 and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for 25743 all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt 25744 thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? 19:6 25745 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the 25746 LORD liveth, he shall not be slain. 25747 25748 19:7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those 25749 things. 25750 25751 And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in 25752 times past. 25753 25754 19:8 And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the 25755 Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from 25756 him. 25757 25758 19:9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his 25759 house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. 25760 25761 19:10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the 25762 javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the 25763 javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. 25764 25765 19:11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and 25766 to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, 25767 If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain. 25768 25769 19:12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and 25770 fled, and escaped. 25771 25772 19:13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a 25773 pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. 25774 25775 19:14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is 25776 sick. 25777 25778 19:15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring 25779 him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. 25780 25781 19:16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image 25782 in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. 25783 25784 19:17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and 25785 sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He 25786 said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee? 19:18 So David fled, 25787 and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul 25788 had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. 25789 25790 19:19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in 25791 Ramah. 25792 25793 19:20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the 25794 company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed 25795 over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they 25796 also prophesied. 25797 25798 19:21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they 25799 prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, 25800 and they prophesied also. 25801 25802 19:22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in 25803 Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one 25804 said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. 25805 25806 19:23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God 25807 was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to 25808 Naioth in Ramah. 25809 25810 19:24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before 25811 Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that 25812 night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? 20:1 And 25813 David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, 25814 What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy 25815 father, that he seeketh my life? 20:2 And he said unto him, God 25816 forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either 25817 great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father 25818 hide this thing from me? it is not so. 25819 25820 20:3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth 25821 that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan 25822 know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as 25823 thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. 25824 25825 20:4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I 25826 will even do it for thee. 25827 25828 20:5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, 25829 and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, 25830 that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even. 25831 25832 20:6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked 25833 leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a 25834 yearly sacrifice there for all the family. 25835 25836 20:7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if 25837 he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him. 25838 25839 20:8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast 25840 brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: 25841 notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why 25842 shouldest thou bring me to thy father? 20:9 And Jonathan said, Far be 25843 it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my 25844 father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 20:10 Then 25845 said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father 25846 answer thee roughly? 20:11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and 25847 let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the 25848 field. 25849 25850 20:12 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have 25851 sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, 25852 behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, 25853 and shew it thee; 20:13 The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but 25854 if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and 25855 send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with 25856 thee, as he hath been with my father. 25857 25858 20:14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of 25859 the LORD, that I die not: 20:15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy 25860 kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off 25861 the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. 25862 25863 20:16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let 25864 the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies. 25865 25866 20:17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: 25867 for he loved him as he loved his own soul. 25868 25869 20:18 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou 25870 shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. 25871 25872 20:19 And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down 25873 quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the 25874 business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel. 25875 25876 20:20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I 25877 shot at a mark. 25878 25879 20:21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. 25880 If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side 25881 of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no 25882 hurt; as the LORD liveth. 25883 25884 20:22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are 25885 beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away. 25886 25887 20:23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, 25888 behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever. 25889 25890 20:24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was 25891 come, the king sat him down to eat meat. 25892 25893 20:25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a 25894 seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, 25895 and David's place was empty. 25896 25897 20:26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, 25898 Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. 25899 25900 20:27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of 25901 the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan 25902 his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither 25903 yesterday, nor to day? 20:28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David 25904 earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem: 20:29 And he said, Let 25905 me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and 25906 my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found 25907 favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my 25908 brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table. 25909 25910 20:30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto 25911 him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that 25912 thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the 25913 confusion of thy mother's nakedness? 20:31 For as long as the son of 25914 Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy 25915 kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely 25916 die. 25917 25918 20:32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, 25919 Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done? 20:33 And Saul cast a 25920 javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was 25921 determined of his father to slay David. 25922 25923 20:34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no 25924 meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, 25925 because his father had done him shame. 25926 25927 20:35 And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into 25928 the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. 25929 25930 20:36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I 25931 shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. 25932 25933 20:37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which 25934 Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the 25935 arrow beyond thee? 20:38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make 25936 speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and 25937 came to his master. 25938 25939 20:39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the 25940 matter. 25941 25942 20:40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, 25943 Go, carry them to the city. 25944 25945 20:41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place 25946 toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed 25947 himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with 25948 another, until David exceeded. 25949 25950 20:42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have 25951 sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between 25952 me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose 25953 and departed: and Jonathan went into the city. 25954 25955 21:1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was 25956 afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, 25957 and no man with thee? 21:2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, 25958 The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no 25959 man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I 25960 have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such 25961 a place. 25962 25963 21:3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of 25964 bread in mine hand, or what there is present. 25965 25966 21:4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread 25967 under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have 25968 kept themselves at least from women. 25969 25970 21:5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth 25971 women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, 25972 and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a 25973 manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. 25974 25975 21:6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread 25976 there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put 25977 hot bread in the day when it was taken away. 25978 25979 21:7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, 25980 detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the 25981 chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. 25982 25983 21:8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine 25984 hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my 25985 weapons with me, because the king's business required haste. 25986 25987 21:9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom 25988 thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a 25989 cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is 25990 no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give 25991 it me. 25992 25993 21:10 And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to 25994 Achish the king of Gath. 25995 25996 21:11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the 25997 king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, 25998 saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 25999 21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid 26000 of Achish the king of Gath. 26001 26002 21:13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself 26003 mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let 26004 his spittle fall down upon his beard. 26005 26006 21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: 26007 wherefore then have ye brought him to me? 21:15 Have I need of mad 26008 men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my 26009 presence? shall this fellow come into my house? 22:1 David therefore 26010 departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his 26011 brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither 26012 to him. 26013 26014 22:2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in 26015 debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto 26016 him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about 26017 four hundred men. 26018 26019 22:3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the 26020 king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, 26021 and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. 26022 26023 22:4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with 26024 him all the while that David was in the hold. 26025 26026 22:5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; 26027 depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and 26028 came into the forest of Hareth. 26029 26030 22:6 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were 26031 with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his 26032 spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;) 22:7 26033 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye 26034 Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and 26035 vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of 26036 hundreds; 22:8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is 26037 none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of 26038 Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto 26039 me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, 26040 as at this day? 22:9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set 26041 over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to 26042 Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 26043 26044 22:10 And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and 26045 gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. 26046 26047 22:11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of 26048 Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and 26049 they came all of them to the king. 26050 26051 22:12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, 26052 Here I am, my lord. 26053 26054 22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou 26055 and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, 26056 and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to 26057 lie in wait, as at this day? 22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, 26058 and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, 26059 which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is 26060 honourable in thine house? 22:15 Did I then begin to enquire of God 26061 for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his 26062 servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew 26063 nothing of all this, less or more. 26064 26065 22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and 26066 all thy father's house. 26067 26068 22:17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, 26069 and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with 26070 David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. 26071 But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall 26072 upon the priests of the LORD. 26073 26074 22:18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. 26075 And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on 26076 that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. 26077 26078 22:19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the 26079 sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and 26080 asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. 26081 26082 22:20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named 26083 Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. 26084 26085 22:21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD's 26086 priests. 26087 26088 22:22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the 26089 Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned 26090 the death of all the persons of thy father's house. 26091 26092 22:23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life 26093 seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. 26094 26095 23:1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight 26096 against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. 26097 26098 23:2 Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and 26099 smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite 26100 the Philistines, and save Keilah. 26101 26102 23:3 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in 26103 Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of 26104 the Philistines? 23:4 Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And 26105 the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will 26106 deliver the Philistines into thine hand. 26107 26108 23:5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the 26109 Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a 26110 great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. 26111 26112 23:6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to 26113 David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. 26114 26115 23:7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul 26116 said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by 26117 entering into a town that hath gates and bars. 26118 26119 23:8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to 26120 Keilah, to besiege David and his men. 26121 26122 23:9 And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; 26123 and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. 26124 26125 23:10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath 26126 certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the 26127 city for my sake. 26128 26129 23:11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul 26130 come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech 26131 thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. 26132 26133 23:12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men 26134 into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up. 26135 26136 23:13 Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and 26137 departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it 26138 was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go 26139 forth. 26140 26141 23:14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained 26142 in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every 26143 day, but God delivered him not into his hand. 26144 26145 23:15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David 26146 was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. 26147 26148 23:16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, 26149 and strengthened his hand in God. 26150 26151 23:17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father 26152 shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall 26153 be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth. 26154 26155 23:18 And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in 26156 the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. 26157 26158 23:19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not 26159 David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of 26160 Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? 23:20 Now therefore, O 26161 king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; 26162 and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand. 26163 26164 23:21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion 26165 on me. 26166 26167 23:22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where 26168 his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he 26169 dealeth very subtilly. 26170 26171 23:23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places 26172 where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, 26173 and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the 26174 land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of 26175 Judah. 26176 26177 23:24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his 26178 men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of 26179 Jeshimon. 26180 26181 23:25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David; 26182 wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of 26183 Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the 26184 wilderness of Maon. 26185 26186 23:26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his 26187 men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for 26188 fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round 26189 about to take them. 26190 26191 23:27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and 26192 come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. 26193 26194 23:28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went 26195 against the Philistines: therefore they called that place 26196 Selahammahlekoth. 26197 26198 23:29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at 26199 Engedi. 26200 26201 24:1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the 26202 Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the 26203 wilderness of Engedi. 26204 26205 24:2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and 26206 went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. 26207 26208 24:3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and 26209 Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the 26210 sides of the cave. 26211 26212 24:4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the 26213 LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine 26214 hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then 26215 David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily. 26216 26217 24:5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, 26218 because he had cut off Saul's skirt. 26219 26220 24:6 And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this 26221 thing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand 26222 against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD. 26223 26224 24:7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them 26225 not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went 26226 on his way. 26227 26228 24:8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried 26229 after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, 26230 David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. 26231 26232 24:9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, 26233 saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? 24:10 Behold, this day thine 26234 eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine 26235 hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared 26236 thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for 26237 he is the LORD's anointed. 26238 26239 24:11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my 26240 hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee 26241 not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in 26242 mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my 26243 soul to take it. 26244 26245 24:12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of 26246 thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 26247 26248 24:13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from 26249 the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 26250 26251 24:14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou 26252 pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. 26253 26254 24:15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and 26255 see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand. 26256 26257 24:16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking 26258 these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son 26259 David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. 26260 26261 24:17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou 26262 hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 26263 26264 24:18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with 26265 me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou 26266 killedst me not. 26267 26268 24:19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? 26269 wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me 26270 this day. 26271 26272 24:20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and 26273 that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand. 26274 26275 24:21 Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut 26276 off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my 26277 father's house. 26278 26279 24:22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his 26280 men gat them up unto the hold. 26281 26282 25:1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, 26283 and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David 26284 arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. 26285 26286 25:2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; 26287 and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a 26288 thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 26289 26290 25:3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife 26291 Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful 26292 countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he 26293 was of the house of Caleb. 26294 26295 25:4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. 26296 26297 25:5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young 26298 men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name: 26299 25:6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be 26300 both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that 26301 thou hast. 26302 26303 25:7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds 26304 which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing 26305 unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. 26306 26307 25:8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the 26308 young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, 26309 I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to 26310 thy son David. 26311 26312 25:9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to 26313 all those words in the name of David, and ceased. 26314 26315 25:10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and 26316 who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break 26317 away every man from his master. 26318 26319 25:11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I 26320 have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not 26321 whence they be? 25:12 So David's young men turned their way, and went 26322 again, and came and told him all those sayings. 26323 26324 25:13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And 26325 they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his 26326 sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two 26327 hundred abode by the stuff. 26328 26329 25:14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, 26330 Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our 26331 master; and he railed on them. 26332 26333 25:15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, 26334 neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, 26335 when we were in the fields: 25:16 They were a wall unto us both by 26336 night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 26337 26338 25:17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is 26339 determined against our master, and against all his household: for he 26340 is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him. 26341 26342 25:18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two 26343 bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of 26344 parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred 26345 cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. 26346 26347 25:19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come 26348 after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. 26349 26350 25:20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the 26351 covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against 26352 her; and she met them. 26353 26354 25:21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this 26355 fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that 26356 pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good. 26357 26358 25:22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of 26359 all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against 26360 the wall. 26361 26362 25:23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, 26363 and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, 26364 25:24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let 26365 this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine 26366 audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. 26367 26368 25:25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even 26369 Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is 26370 with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom 26371 thou didst send. 26372 26373 25:26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul 26374 liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed 26375 blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine 26376 enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. 26377 26378 25:27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my 26379 lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord. 26380 26381 25:28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the 26382 LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord 26383 fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee 26384 all thy days. 26385 26386 25:29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the 26387 soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy 26388 God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out 26389 of the middle of a sling. 26390 26391 25:30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my 26392 lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, 26393 and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel; 25:31 That this shall 26394 be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that 26395 thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: 26396 but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember 26397 thine handmaid. 26398 26399 25:32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, 26400 which sent thee this day to meet me: 25:33 And blessed be thy advice, 26401 and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed 26402 blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. 26403 26404 25:34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath 26405 kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to 26406 meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning 26407 light any that pisseth against the wall. 26408 26409 25:35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, 26410 and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have 26411 hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person. 26412 26413 25:36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his 26414 house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within 26415 him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or 26416 more, until the morning light. 26417 26418 25:37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out 26419 of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died 26420 within him, and he became as a stone. 26421 26422 25:38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote 26423 Nabal, that he died. 26424 26425 25:39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be 26426 the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of 26427 Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned 26428 the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed 26429 with Abigail, to take her to him to wife. 26430 26431 25:40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, 26432 they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to 26433 him to wife. 26434 26435 25:41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and 26436 said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the 26437 servants of my lord. 26438 26439 25:42 And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five 26440 damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers 26441 of David, and became his wife. 26442 26443 25:43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of 26444 them his wives. 26445 26446 25:44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti 26447 the son of Laish, which was of Gallim. 26448 26449 26:1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David 26450 hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? 26:2 26451 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three 26452 thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the 26453 wilderness of Ziph. 26454 26455 26:3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before 26456 Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw 26457 that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 26458 26459 26:4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come 26460 in very deed. 26461 26462 26:5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: 26463 and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, 26464 the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people 26465 pitched round about him. 26466 26467 26:6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to 26468 Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down 26469 with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with 26470 thee. 26471 26472 26:7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, 26473 Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground 26474 at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him. 26475 26476 26:8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into 26477 thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with 26478 the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the 26479 second time. 26480 26481 26:9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch 26482 forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless? 26:10 26483 David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; 26484 or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and 26485 perish. 26486 26487 26:11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against 26488 the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is 26489 at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. 26490 26491 26:12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's 26492 bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, 26493 neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from 26494 the LORD was fallen upon them. 26495 26496 26:13 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of 26497 an hill afar off; a great space being between them: 26:14 And David 26498 cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest 26499 thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that 26500 criest to the king? 26:15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a 26501 valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast 26502 thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in 26503 to destroy the king thy lord. 26504 26505 26:16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, 26506 ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's 26507 anointed. 26508 26509 And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was 26510 at his bolster. 26511 26512 26:17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son 26513 David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. 26514 26515 26:18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his 26516 servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? 26:19 26517 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his 26518 servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept 26519 an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before 26520 the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the 26521 inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. 26522 26523 26:20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the 26524 face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, 26525 as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. 26526 26527 26:21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will 26528 no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this 26529 day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. 26530 26531 26:22 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let 26532 one of the young men come over and fetch it. 26533 26534 26:23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his 26535 faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I 26536 would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed. 26537 26538 26:24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, 26539 so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him 26540 deliver me out of all tribulation. 26541 26542 26:25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou 26543 shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David 26544 went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. 26545 26546 27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the 26547 hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should 26548 speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall 26549 despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I 26550 escape out of his hand. 26551 26552 27:2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that 26553 were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 26554 26555 27:3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man 26556 with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the 26557 Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. 26558 26559 27:4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought 26560 no more again for him. 26561 26562 27:5 And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine 26563 eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may 26564 dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with 26565 thee? 27:6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag 26566 pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. 26567 26568 27:7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines 26569 was a full year and four months. 26570 26571 27:8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and 26572 the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the 26573 inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of 26574 Egypt. 26575 26576 27:9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, 26577 and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, 26578 and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. 26579 26580 27:10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David 26581 said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the 26582 Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. 26583 26584 27:11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to 26585 Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and 26586 so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the 26587 Philistines. 26588 26589 27:12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people 26590 Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for 26591 ever. 26592 26593 28:1 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered 26594 their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish 26595 said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me 26596 to battle, thou and thy men. 26597 26598 28:2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant 26599 can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of 26600 mine head for ever. 26601 26602 28:3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried 26603 him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that 26604 had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. 26605 26606 28:4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and 26607 pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they 26608 pitched in Gilboa. 26609 26610 28:5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and 26611 his heart greatly trembled. 26612 26613 28:6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, 26614 neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. 26615 26616 28:7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a 26617 familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his 26618 servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar 26619 spirit at Endor. 26620 26621 28:8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he 26622 went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and 26623 he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring 26624 me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. 26625 26626 28:9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath 26627 done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the 26628 wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my 26629 life, to cause me to die? 28:10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD, 26630 saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee 26631 for this thing. 26632 26633 28:11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he 26634 said, Bring me up Samuel. 26635 26636 28:12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and 26637 the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou 26638 art Saul. 26639 26640 28:13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? 26641 And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. 26642 26643 28:14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old 26644 man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived 26645 that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and 26646 bowed himself. 26647 26648 28:15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring 26649 me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines 26650 make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no 26651 more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called 26652 thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. 26653 26654 28:16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the 26655 LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? 28:17 And the 26656 LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the 26657 kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to 26658 David: 28:18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor 26659 executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done 26660 this thing unto thee this day. 26661 26662 28:19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the 26663 hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with 26664 me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of 26665 the Philistines. 26666 26667 28:20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore 26668 afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in 26669 him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. 26670 26671 28:21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, 26672 and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I 26673 have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which 26674 thou spakest unto me. 26675 26676 28:22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of 26677 thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, 26678 that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. 26679 26680 28:23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, 26681 together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their 26682 voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. 26683 26684 28:24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and 26685 killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened 26686 bread thereof: 28:25 And she brought it before Saul, and before his 26687 servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that 26688 night. 26689 26690 29:1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: 26691 and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. 26692 26693 29:2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by 26694 thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with 26695 Achish. 26696 26697 29:3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews 26698 here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not 26699 this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been 26700 with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him 26701 since he fell unto me unto this day? 29:4 And the princes of the 26702 Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines 26703 said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his 26704 place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us 26705 to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith 26706 should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the 26707 heads of these men? 29:5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to 26708 another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten 26709 thousands? 29:6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, 26710 as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy 26711 coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not 26712 found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: 26713 nevertheless the lords favour thee not. 26714 26715 29:7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not 26716 the lords of the Philistines. 26717 26718 29:8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast 26719 thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this 26720 day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? 26721 29:9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good 26722 in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the 26723 Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. 26724 26725 29:10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's 26726 servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the 26727 morning, and have light, depart. 26728 26729 29:11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to 26730 return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up 26731 to Jezreel. 26732 26733 30:1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag 26734 on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and 26735 Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 30:2 And had 26736 taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either 26737 great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. 26738 26739 30:3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned 26740 with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were 26741 taken captives. 26742 26743 30:4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their 26744 voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 26745 26746 30:5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the 26747 Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 26748 26749 30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning 26750 him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his 26751 sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD 26752 his God. 26753 26754 30:7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray 26755 thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the 26756 ephod to David. 26757 26758 30:8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this 26759 troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou 26760 shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. 26761 26762 30:9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and 26763 came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. 26764 26765 30:10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred 26766 abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the 26767 brook Besor. 26768 26769 30:11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to 26770 David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink 26771 water; 30:12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two 26772 clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to 26773 him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and 26774 three nights. 26775 26776 30:13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art 26777 thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; 26778 and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. 26779 26780 30:14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon 26781 the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and 26782 we burned Ziklag with fire. 26783 26784 30:15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? 26785 And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor 26786 deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to 26787 this company. 26788 26789 30:16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread 26790 abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because 26791 of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the 26792 Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. 26793 26794 30:17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of 26795 the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred 26796 young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. 26797 26798 30:18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: 26799 and David rescued his two wives. 26800 26801 30:19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, 26802 neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had 26803 taken to them: David recovered all. 26804 26805 30:20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave 26806 before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. 26807 26808 30:21 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that 26809 they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the 26810 brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people 26811 that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted 26812 them. 26813 26814 30:22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those 26815 that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will 26816 not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every 26817 man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and 26818 depart. 26819 26820 30:23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that 26821 which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the 26822 company that came against us into our hand. 26823 26824 30:24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is 26825 that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by 26826 the stuff: they shall part alike. 26827 26828 30:25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute 26829 and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. 26830 26831 30:26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the 26832 elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you 26833 of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; 30:27 To them which were in 26834 Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were 26835 in Jattir, 30:28 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which 26836 were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, 30:29 And to 26837 them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the 26838 Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, 26839 30:30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in 26840 Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach, 30:31 And to them which 26841 were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men 26842 were wont to haunt. 26843 26844 31:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel 26845 fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 26846 26847 31:2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; 26848 and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, 26849 Saul's sons. 26850 26851 31:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; 26852 and he was sore wounded of the archers. 26853 26854 31:4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust 26855 me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me 26856 through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore 26857 afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. 26858 26859 31:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell 26860 likewise upon his sword, and died with him. 26861 26862 31:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all 26863 his men, that same day together. 26864 26865 31:7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the 26866 valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men 26867 of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the 26868 cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. 26869 26870 31:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to 26871 strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in 26872 mount Gilboa. 26873 26874 31:9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent 26875 into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the 26876 house of their idols, and among the people. 26877 26878 31:10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they 26879 fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan. 26880 26881 31:11 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the 26882 Philistines had done to Saul; 31:12 All the valiant men arose, and 26883 went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons 26884 from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. 26885 26886 31:13 And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at 26887 Jabesh, and fasted seven days. 26888 26889 26890 26891 26892 The Second Book of Samuel 26893 26894 Otherwise Called: 26895 26896 The Second Book of the Kings 26897 26898 26899 1:1 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was 26900 returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two 26901 days in Ziklag; 1:2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, 26902 behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, 26903 and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he 26904 fell to the earth, and did obeisance. 26905 26906 1:3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto 26907 him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. 26908 26909 1:4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell 26910 me. 26911 26912 And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of 26913 the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are 26914 dead also. 26915 26916 1:5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou 26917 that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? 1:6 And the young man that 26918 told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul 26919 leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed 26920 hard after him. 26921 26922 1:7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And 26923 I answered, Here am I. 26924 26925 1:8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an 26926 Amalekite. 26927 26928 1:9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: 26929 for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me. 26930 26931 1:10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he 26932 could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was 26933 upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought 26934 them hither unto my lord. 26935 26936 1:11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise 26937 all the men that were with him: 1:12 And they mourned, and wept, and 26938 fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the 26939 people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were 26940 fallen by the sword. 26941 26942 1:13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? 26943 And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. 26944 26945 1:14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch 26946 forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed? 1:15 And David 26947 called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And 26948 he smote him that he died. 26949 26950 1:16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy 26951 mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD's 26952 anointed. 26953 26954 1:17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over 26955 Jonathan his son: 1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah 26956 the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) 26957 1:19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the 26958 mighty fallen! 1:20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the 26959 streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, 26960 lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 26961 26962 1:21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be 26963 rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the 26964 mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not 26965 been anointed with oil. 26966 26967 1:22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow 26968 of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. 26969 26970 1:23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in 26971 their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they 26972 were stronger than lions. 26973 26974 1:24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in 26975 scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your 26976 apparel. 26977 26978 1:25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, 26979 thou wast slain in thine high places. 26980 26981 1:26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast 26982 thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of 26983 women. 26984 26985 1:27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! 2:1 26986 And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, 26987 saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD 26988 said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he 26989 said, Unto Hebron. 26990 26991 2:2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the 26992 Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite. 26993 26994 2:3 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with 26995 his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. 26996 26997 2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over 26998 the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of 26999 Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul. 27000 27001 2:5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said 27002 unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this 27003 kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. 27004 27005 2:6 And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will 27006 requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing. 27007 27008 2:7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: 27009 for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have 27010 anointed me king over them. 27011 27012 2:8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth 27013 the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; 2:9 And made him 27014 king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over 27015 Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 27016 27017 2:10 Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign 27018 over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed 27019 David. 27020 27021 2:11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of 27022 Judah was seven years and six months. 27023 27024 2:12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son 27025 of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. 27026 27027 2:13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, 27028 and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on 27029 the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. 27030 27031 2:14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play 27032 before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. 27033 27034 2:15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, 27035 which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the 27036 servants of David. 27037 27038 2:16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his 27039 sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that 27040 place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon. 27041 27042 2:17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, 27043 and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. 27044 27045 2:18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, 27046 and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. 27047 27048 2:19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the 27049 right hand nor to the left from following Abner. 27050 27051 2:20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he 27052 answered, I am. 27053 27054 2:21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to 27055 thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his 27056 armour. 27057 27058 But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. 27059 27060 2:22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following 27061 me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I 27062 hold up my face to Joab thy brother? 2:23 Howbeit he refused to turn 27063 aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him 27064 under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell 27065 down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as 27066 many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. 27067 27068 2:24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down 27069 when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by 27070 the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. 27071 27072 2:25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after 27073 Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. 27074 27075 2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for 27076 ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? 27077 how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from 27078 following their brethren? 2:27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless 27079 thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up 27080 every one from following his brother. 27081 27082 2:28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and 27083 pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. 27084 27085 2:29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, 27086 and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to 27087 Mahanaim. 27088 27089 2:30 And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered 27090 all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men 27091 and Asahel. 27092 27093 2:31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's 27094 men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. 27095 27096 2:32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his 27097 father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, 27098 and they came to Hebron at break of day. 27099 27100 3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of 27101 David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul 27102 waxed weaker and weaker. 27103 27104 3:2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was 27105 Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 3:3 And his second, Chileab, of 27106 Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the 27107 son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; 3:4 And the 27108 fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son 27109 of Abital; 3:5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These 27110 were born to David in Hebron. 27111 27112 3:6 And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul 27113 and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house 27114 of Saul. 27115 27116 3:7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of 27117 Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto 27118 my father's concubine? 3:8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of 27119 Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew 27120 kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, 27121 and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of 27122 David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this 27123 woman? 3:9 So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD 27124 hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; 3:10 To translate the 27125 kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over 27126 Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba. 27127 27128 3:11 And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared 27129 him. 27130 27131 3:12 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose 27132 is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my 27133 hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee. 27134 27135 3:13 And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing 27136 I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou 27137 first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face. 27138 27139 3:14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, 27140 Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred 27141 foreskins of the Philistines. 27142 27143 3:15 And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from 27144 Phaltiel the son of Laish. 27145 27146 3:16 And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to 27147 Bahurim. 27148 27149 Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. 27150 27151 3:17 And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye 27152 sought for David in times past to be king over you: 3:18 Now then do 27153 it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my 27154 servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the 27155 Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. 27156 27157 3:19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also 27158 to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to 27159 Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. 27160 27161 3:20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And 27162 David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. 27163 27164 3:21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather 27165 all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with 27166 thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. 27167 And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. 27168 27169 3:22 And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a 27170 troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with 27171 David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. 27172 27173 3:23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told 27174 Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent 27175 him away, and he is gone in peace. 27176 27177 3:24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? 27178 behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, 27179 and he is quite gone? 3:25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he 27180 came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and 27181 to know all that thou doest. 27182 27183 3:26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after 27184 Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew 27185 it not. 27186 27187 3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the 27188 gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth 27189 rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. 27190 27191 3:28 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are 27192 guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of 27193 Ner: 3:29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's 27194 house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an 27195 issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth 27196 on the sword, or that lacketh bread. 27197 27198 3:30 So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain 27199 their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. 27200 27201 3:31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, 27202 Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before 27203 Abner. And king David himself followed the bier. 27204 27205 3:32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his 27206 voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept. 27207 27208 3:33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool 27209 dieth? 3:34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: 27210 as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the 27211 people wept again over him. 27212 27213 3:35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it 27214 was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I 27215 taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down. 27216 27217 3:36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as 27218 whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. 27219 27220 3:37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was 27221 not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. 27222 27223 3:38 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a 27224 prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? 3:39 And I am this 27225 day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be 27226 too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to 27227 his wickedness. 27228 27229 4:1 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands 27230 were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 27231 27232 4:2 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name 27233 of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of 27234 Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also 27235 was reckoned to Benjamin. 27236 27237 4:3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there 27238 until this day.) 4:4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was 27239 lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul 27240 and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and 27241 it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became 27242 lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. 27243 27244 4:5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, 27245 and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay 27246 on a bed at noon. 27247 27248 4:6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they 27249 would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and 27250 Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. 27251 27252 4:7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his 27253 bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and 27254 took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night. 27255 27256 4:8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and 27257 said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine 27258 enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the 27259 king this day of Saul, and of his seed. 27260 27261 4:9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of 27262 Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who 27263 hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 4:10 When one told me, 27264 saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I 27265 took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would 27266 have given him a reward for his tidings: 4:11 How much more, when 27267 wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his 27268 bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and 27269 take you away from the earth? 4:12 And David commanded his young men, 27270 and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged 27271 them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, 27272 and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. 27273 27274 5:1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and 27275 spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 27276 27277 5:2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that 27278 leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou 27279 shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. 27280 27281 5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king 27282 David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they 27283 anointed David king over Israel. 27284 27285 5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 27286 forty years. 27287 27288 5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in 27289 Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. 27290 27291 5:6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the 27292 inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou 27293 take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: 27294 thinking, David cannot come in hither. 27295 27296 5:7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the 27297 city of David. 27298 27299 5:8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, 27300 and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated 27301 of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, 27302 The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. 27303 27304 5:9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And 27305 David built round about from Millo and inward. 27306 27307 5:10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was 27308 with him. 27309 27310 5:11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, 27311 and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. 27312 27313 5:12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over 27314 Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's 27315 sake. 27316 27317 5:13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, 27318 after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters 27319 born to David. 27320 27321 5:14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in 27322 Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 5:15 Ibhar 27323 also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 5:16 And Elishama, and 27324 Eliada, and Eliphalet. 27325 27326 5:17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king 27327 over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David 27328 heard of it, and went down to the hold. 27329 27330 5:18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of 27331 Rephaim. 27332 27333 5:19 And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the 27334 Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said 27335 unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into 27336 thine hand. 27337 27338 5:20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and 27339 said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the 27340 breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place 27341 Baalperazim. 27342 27343 5:21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned 27344 them. 27345 27346 5:22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in 27347 the valley of Rephaim. 27348 27349 5:23 And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go 27350 up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against 27351 the mulberry trees. 27352 27353 5:24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops 27354 of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then 27355 shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the 27356 Philistines. 27357 27358 5:25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the 27359 Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. 27360 27361 6:1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, 27362 thirty thousand. 27363 27364 6:2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him 27365 from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose 27366 name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between 27367 the cherubims. 27368 27369 6:3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of 27370 the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons 27371 of Abinadab, drave the new cart. 27372 27373 6:4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at 27374 Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark. 27375 27376 6:5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on 27377 all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on 27378 psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. 27379 27380 6:6 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his 27381 hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. 27382 27383 6:7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote 27384 him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. 27385 27386 6:8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon 27387 Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day. 27388 27389 6:9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the 27390 ark of the LORD come to me? 6:10 So David would not remove the ark of 27391 the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside 27392 into the house of Obededom the Gittite. 27393 27394 6:11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the 27395 Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his 27396 household. 27397 27398 6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the 27399 house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the 27400 ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house 27401 of Obededom into the city of David with gladness. 27402 27403 6:13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had 27404 gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 27405 27406 6:14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David 27407 was girded with a linen ephod. 27408 27409 6:15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the 27410 LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. 27411 27412 6:16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal 27413 Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping 27414 and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. 27415 27416 6:17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, 27417 in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and 27418 David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. 27419 27420 6:18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings 27421 and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of 27422 hosts. 27423 27424 6:19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude 27425 of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, 27426 and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people 27427 departed every one to his house. 27428 27429 6:20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the 27430 daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was 27431 the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of 27432 the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly 27433 uncovereth himself! 6:21 And David said unto Michal, It was before 27434 the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, 27435 to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: 27436 therefore will I play before the LORD. 27437 27438 6:22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine 27439 own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them 27440 shall I be had in honour. 27441 27442 6:23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day 27443 of her death. 27444 27445 7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD 27446 had given him rest round about from all his enemies; 7:2 That the king 27447 said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, 27448 but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. 27449 27450 7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; 27451 for the LORD is with thee. 27452 27453 7:4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came 27454 unto Nathan, saying, 7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the 27455 LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? 7:6 Whereas I 27456 have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the 27457 children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in 27458 a tent and in a tabernacle. 27459 27460 7:7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of 27461 Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I 27462 commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an 27463 house of cedar? 7:8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant 27464 David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, 27465 from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: 7:9 27466 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all 27467 thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like 27468 unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. 27469 27470 7:10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will 27471 plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no 27472 more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, 27473 as beforetime, 7:11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to 27474 be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine 27475 enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house. 27476 27477 7:12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy 27478 fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of 27479 thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 27480 27481 7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the 27482 throne of his kingdom for ever. 27483 27484 7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit 27485 iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes 27486 of the children of men: 7:15 But my mercy shall not depart away from 27487 him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. 27488 27489 7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever 27490 before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. 27491 27492 7:17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, 27493 so did Nathan speak unto David. 27494 27495 7:18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, 27496 Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me 27497 hitherto? 7:19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord 27498 GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great 27499 while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? 7:20 And 27500 what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy 27501 servant. 27502 27503 7:21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou 27504 done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. 27505 27506 7:22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like 27507 thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we 27508 have heard with our ears. 27509 27510 7:23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like 27511 Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make 27512 him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, 27513 before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the 27514 nations and their gods? 7:24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy 27515 people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art 27516 become their God. 27517 27518 7:25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning 27519 thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do 27520 as thou hast said. 27521 27522 7:26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts 27523 is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be 27524 established before thee. 27525 27526 7:27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy 27527 servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy 27528 servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. 27529 27530 7:28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, 27531 and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: 7:29 Therefore 27532 now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may 27533 continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: 27534 and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for 27535 ever. 27536 27537 8:1 And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, 27538 and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the 27539 Philistines. 27540 27541 8:2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them 27542 down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, 27543 and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became 27544 David's servants, and brought gifts. 27545 27546 8:3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he 27547 went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. 27548 27549 8:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred 27550 horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the 27551 chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. 27552 27553 8:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of 27554 Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 27555 27556 8:6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians 27557 became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved 27558 David whithersoever he went. 27559 27560 8:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of 27561 Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 27562 27563 8:8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David 27564 took exceeding much brass. 27565 27566 8:9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host 27567 of Hadadezer, 8:10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to 27568 salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, 27569 and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought 27570 with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass: 27571 8:11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver 27572 and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; 8:12 27573 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the 27574 Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of 27575 Rehob, king of Zobah. 27576 27577 8:13 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the 27578 Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. 27579 27580 8:14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he 27581 garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD 27582 preserved David whithersoever he went. 27583 27584 8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment 27585 and justice unto all his people. 27586 27587 8:16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat 27588 the son of Ahilud was recorder; 8:17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and 27589 Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the 27590 scribe; 8:18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the 27591 Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers. 27592 27593 9:1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of 27594 Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? 9:2 And there 27595 was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they 27596 had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And 27597 he said, Thy servant is he. 27598 27599 9:3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that 27600 I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, 27601 Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet. 27602 27603 9:4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the 27604 king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in 27605 Lodebar. 27606 27607 9:5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, 27608 the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar. 27609 27610 9:6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was 27611 come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David 27612 said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant! 9:7 And 27613 David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness 27614 for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of 27615 Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. 27616 27617 9:8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou 27618 shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am? 9:9 Then the king called 27619 to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy 27620 master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house. 27621 27622 9:10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the 27623 land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's 27624 son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat 27625 bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty 27626 servants. 27627 27628 9:11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the 27629 king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for 27630 Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the 27631 king's sons. 27632 27633 9:12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all 27634 that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. 27635 27636 9:13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at 27637 the king's table; and was lame on both his feet. 27638 27639 10:1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of 27640 Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. 27641 27642 10:2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of 27643 Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to 27644 comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's 27645 servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. 27646 27647 10:3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their 27648 lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath 27649 sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants 27650 unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? 27651 10:4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one 27652 half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even 27653 to their buttocks, and sent them away. 27654 27655 10:5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the 27656 men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until 27657 your beards be grown, and then return. 27658 27659 10:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, 27660 the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and the 27661 Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a 27662 thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men. 27663 27664 10:7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the 27665 mighty men. 27666 27667 10:8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array 27668 at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, 27669 and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. 27670 27671 10:9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before 27672 and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in 27673 array against the Syrians: 10:10 And the rest of the people he 27674 delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them 27675 in array against the children of Ammon. 27676 27677 10:11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou 27678 shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, 27679 then I will come and help thee. 27680 27681 10:12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and 27682 for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him 27683 good. 27684 27685 10:13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the 27686 battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him. 27687 27688 10:14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, 27689 then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab 27690 returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. 27691 27692 10:15 And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, 27693 they gathered themselves together. 27694 27695 10:16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond 27696 the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host 27697 of Hadarezer went before them. 27698 27699 10:17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and 27700 passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves 27701 in array against David, and fought with him. 27702 27703 10:18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of 27704 seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, 27705 and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there. 27706 27707 10:19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that 27708 they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and 27709 served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any 27710 more. 27711 27712 11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when 27713 kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with 27714 him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and 27715 besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. 27716 27717 11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off 27718 his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the 27719 roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful 27720 to look upon. 27721 27722 11:3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not 27723 this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? 27724 11:4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto 27725 him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: 27726 and she returned unto her house. 27727 27728 11:5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am 27729 with child. 27730 27731 11:6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And 27732 Joab sent Uriah to David. 27733 27734 11:7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab 27735 did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. 27736 27737 11:8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. 27738 And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a 27739 mess of meat from the king. 27740 27741 11:9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the 27742 servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. 27743 27744 11:10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto 27745 his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? 27746 why then didst thou not go down unto thine house? 11:11 And Uriah 27747 said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and 27748 my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open 27749 fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to 27750 lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not 27751 do this thing. 27752 27753 11:12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I 27754 will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the 27755 morrow. 27756 27757 11:13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; 27758 and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with 27759 the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house. 27760 27761 11:14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to 27762 Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 27763 27764 11:15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the 27765 forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may 27766 be smitten, and die. 27767 27768 11:16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he 27769 assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. 27770 27771 11:17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and 27772 there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the 27773 Hittite died also. 27774 27775 11:18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; 27776 11:19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of 27777 telling the matters of the war unto the king, 11:20 And if so be that 27778 the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye 27779 so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would 27780 shoot from the wall? 11:21 Who smote Abimelech the son of 27781 Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him 27782 from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then 27783 say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 27784 27785 11:22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab 27786 had sent him for. 27787 27788 11:23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed 27789 against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them 27790 even unto the entering of the gate. 27791 27792 11:24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and 27793 some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite 27794 is dead also. 27795 27796 11:25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto 27797 Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one 27798 as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and 27799 overthrow it: and encourage thou him. 27800 27801 11:26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was 27802 dead, she mourned for her husband. 27803 27804 11:27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to 27805 his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing 27806 that David had done displeased the LORD. 27807 27808 12:1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and 27809 said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the 27810 other poor. 27811 27812 12:2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: 12:3 But the 27813 poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought 27814 and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his 27815 children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and 27816 lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 27817 27818 12:4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to 27819 take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring 27820 man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed 27821 it for the man that was come to him. 27822 27823 12:5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he 27824 said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing 27825 shall surely die: 12:6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because 27826 he did this thing, and because he had no pity. 27827 27828 12:7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD 27829 God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee 27830 out of the hand of Saul; 12:8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and 27831 thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel 27832 and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have 27833 given unto thee such and such things. 27834 27835 12:9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do 27836 evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, 27837 and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the 27838 sword of the children of Ammon. 27839 27840 12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; 27841 because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the 27842 Hittite to be thy wife. 27843 27844 12:11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee 27845 out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, 27846 and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in 27847 the sight of this sun. 27848 27849 12:12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all 27850 Israel, and before the sun. 27851 27852 12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And 27853 Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou 27854 shalt not die. 27855 27856 12:14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to 27857 the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto 27858 thee shall surely die. 27859 27860 12:15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the 27861 child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 27862 27863 12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, 27864 and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. 27865 27866 12:17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him 27867 up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with 27868 them. 27869 27870 12:18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And 27871 the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for 27872 they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, 27873 and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, 27874 if we tell him that the child is dead? 12:19 But when David saw that 27875 his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: 27876 therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they 27877 said, He is dead. 27878 27879 12:20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed 27880 himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, 27881 and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, 27882 they set bread before him, and he did eat. 27883 27884 12:21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou 27885 hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; 27886 but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. 27887 27888 12:22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: 27889 for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the 27890 child may live? 12:23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? 27891 can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return 27892 to me. 27893 27894 12:24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, 27895 and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: 27896 and the LORD loved him. 27897 27898 12:25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his 27899 name Jedidiah, because of the LORD. 27900 27901 12:26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and 27902 took the royal city. 27903 27904 12:27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought 27905 against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. 27906 27907 12:28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp 27908 against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called 27909 after my name. 27910 27911 12:29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, 27912 and fought against it, and took it. 27913 27914 12:30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight 27915 whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set 27916 on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great 27917 abundance. 27918 27919 12:31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them 27920 under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and 27921 made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the 27922 cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned 27923 unto Jerusalem. 27924 27925 13:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had 27926 a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved 27927 her. 27928 27929 13:2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; 27930 for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything 27931 to her. 27932 27933 13:3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of 27934 Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man. 27935 27936 13:4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean 27937 from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I 27938 love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. 27939 27940 13:5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make 27941 thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I 27942 pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the 27943 meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand. 27944 27945 13:6 So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was 27946 come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my 27947 sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat 27948 at her hand. 27949 27950 13:7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother 27951 Amnon's house, and dress him meat. 27952 27953 13:8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. 27954 And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and 27955 did bake the cakes. 27956 27957 13:9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he 27958 refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they 27959 went out every man from him. 27960 27961 13:10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that 27962 I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, 27963 and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. 27964 27965 13:11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of 27966 her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. 27967 27968 13:12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no 27969 such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly. 27970 27971 13:13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, 27972 thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray 27973 thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee. 27974 27975 13:14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger 27976 than she, forced her, and lay with her. 27977 27978 13:15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith 27979 he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And 27980 Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone. 27981 27982 13:16 And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending 27983 me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he 27984 would not hearken unto her. 27985 27986 13:17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, 27987 Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. 27988 27989 13:18 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such 27990 robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his 27991 servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. 27992 27993 13:19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers 27994 colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on 27995 crying. 27996 27997 13:20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother 27998 been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; 27999 regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother 28000 Absalom's house. 28001 28002 13:21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very 28003 wroth. 28004 28005 13:22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: 28006 for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. 28007 28008 13:23 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had 28009 sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom 28010 invited all the king's sons. 28011 28012 13:24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant 28013 hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go 28014 with thy servant. 28015 28016 13:25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now 28017 go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he 28018 would not go, but blessed him. 28019 28020 13:26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go 28021 with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? 28022 13:27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's 28023 sons go with him. 28024 28025 13:28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when 28026 Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite 28027 Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be 28028 courageous, and be valiant. 28029 28030 13:29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had 28031 commanded. 28032 28033 Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his 28034 mule, and fled. 28035 28036 13:30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings 28037 came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and 28038 there is not one of them left. 28039 28040 13:31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the 28041 earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. 28042 28043 13:32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and 28044 said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men 28045 the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of 28046 Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his 28047 sister Tamar. 28048 28049 13:33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his 28050 heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is 28051 dead. 28052 28053 13:34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted 28054 up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the 28055 way of the hill side behind him. 28056 28057 13:35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as 28058 thy servant said, so it is. 28059 28060 13:36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, 28061 that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and 28062 wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore. 28063 28064 13:37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king 28065 of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. 28066 28067 13:38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years. 28068 28069 13:39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for 28070 he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. 28071 28072 14:1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was 28073 toward Absalom. 28074 28075 14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and 28076 said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on 28077 now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a 28078 woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: 14:3 And come to the 28079 king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her 28080 mouth. 28081 28082 14:4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her 28083 face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. 28084 28085 14:5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I 28086 am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. 28087 28088 14:6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in 28089 the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the 28090 other, and slew him. 28091 28092 14:7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, 28093 and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill 28094 him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the 28095 heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall 28096 not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth. 28097 28098 14:8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will 28099 give charge concerning thee. 28100 28101 14:9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the 28102 iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his 28103 throne be guiltless. 28104 28105 14:10 And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to 28106 me, and he shall not touch thee any more. 28107 28108 14:11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy 28109 God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy 28110 any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, 28111 there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. 28112 28113 14:12 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one 28114 word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. 28115 28116 14:13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a 28117 thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as 28118 one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his 28119 banished. 28120 28121 14:14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, 28122 which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any 28123 person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled 28124 from him. 28125 28126 14:15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord 28127 the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy 28128 handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king 28129 will perform the request of his handmaid. 28130 28131 14:16 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand 28132 of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the 28133 inheritance of God. 28134 28135 14:17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now 28136 be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to 28137 discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee. 28138 28139 14:18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from 28140 me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, 28141 Let my lord the king now speak. 28142 28143 14:19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all 28144 this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord 28145 the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought 28146 that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, 28147 and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid: 14:20 To 28148 fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: 28149 and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to 28150 know all things that are in the earth. 28151 28152 14:21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: 28153 go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. 28154 28155 14:22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and 28156 thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I 28157 have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath 28158 fulfilled the request of his servant. 28159 28160 14:23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to 28161 Jerusalem. 28162 28163 14:24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him 28164 not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the 28165 king's face. 28166 28167 14:25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as 28168 Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of 28169 his head there was no blemish in him. 28170 28171 14:26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end 28172 that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he 28173 polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels 28174 after the king's weight. 28175 28176 14:27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, 28177 whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance. 28178 28179 14:28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the 28180 king's face. 28181 28182 14:29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; 28183 but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, 28184 he would not come. 28185 28186 14:30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near 28187 mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's 28188 servants set the field on fire. 28189 28190 14:31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said 28191 unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire? 14:32 And 28192 Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, 28193 that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from 28194 Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now 28195 therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in 28196 me, let him kill me. 28197 28198 14:33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called 28199 for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the 28200 ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom. 28201 28202 15:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him 28203 chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 28204 28205 15:2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: 28206 and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the 28207 king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what 28208 city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of 28209 Israel. 28210 28211 15:3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; 28212 but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 28213 28214 15:4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, 28215 that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I 28216 would do him justice! 15:5 And it was so, that when any man came nigh 28217 to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and 28218 kissed him. 28219 28220 15:6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the 28221 king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. 28222 28223 15:7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the 28224 king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto 28225 the LORD, in Hebron. 28226 28227 15:8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, 28228 saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I 28229 will serve the LORD. 28230 28231 15:9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to 28232 Hebron. 28233 28234 15:10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, 28235 saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall 28236 say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. 28237 28238 15:11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that 28239 were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any 28240 thing. 28241 28242 15:12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's 28243 counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered 28244 sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased 28245 continually with Absalom. 28246 28247 15:13 And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the 28248 men of Israel are after Absalom. 28249 28250 15:14 And David said unto all his servants that were with him at 28251 Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from 28252 Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring 28253 evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword. 28254 28255 15:15 And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants 28256 are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. 28257 28258 15:16 And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And 28259 the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house. 28260 28261 15:17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and 28262 tarried in a place that was far off. 28263 28264 15:18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the 28265 Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred 28266 men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. 28267 28268 15:19 Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou 28269 also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou 28270 art a stranger, and also an exile. 28271 28272 15:20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee 28273 go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and 28274 take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee. 28275 28276 15:21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and 28277 as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king 28278 shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant 28279 be. 28280 28281 15:22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite 28282 passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with 28283 him. 28284 28285 15:23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people 28286 passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and 28287 all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. 28288 28289 15:24 And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing 28290 the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and 28291 Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the 28292 city. 28293 28294 15:25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the 28295 city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me 28296 again, and shew me both it, and his habitation: 15:26 But if he thus 28297 say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as 28298 seemeth good unto him. 28299 28300 15:27 The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? 28301 return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy 28302 son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. 28303 28304 15:28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there 28305 come word from you to certify me. 28306 28307 15:29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to 28308 Jerusalem: and they tarried there. 28309 28310 15:30 And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he 28311 went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the 28312 people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, 28313 weeping as they went up. 28314 28315 15:31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators 28316 with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of 28317 Ahithophel into foolishness. 28318 28319 15:32 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the 28320 mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to 28321 meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head: 15:33 Unto whom 28322 David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden 28323 unto me: 15:34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I 28324 will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant 28325 hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me 28326 defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. 28327 28328 15:35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the 28329 priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt 28330 hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar 28331 the priests. 28332 28333 15:36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz 28334 Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send 28335 unto me every thing that ye can hear. 28336 28337 15:37 So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came 28338 into Jerusalem. 28339 28340 16:1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, 28341 Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses 28342 saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred 28343 bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of 28344 wine. 28345 28346 16:2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba 28347 said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread 28348 and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as 28349 be faint in the wilderness may drink. 28350 28351 16:3 And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said 28352 unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day 28353 shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. 28354 28355 16:4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained 28356 unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may 28357 find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. 28358 28359 16:5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a 28360 man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son 28361 of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. 28362 28363 16:6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king 28364 David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right 28365 hand and on his left. 28366 28367 16:7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou 28368 bloody man, and thou man of Belial: 16:8 The LORD hath returned upon 28369 thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast 28370 reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of 28371 Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because 28372 thou art a bloody man. 28373 28374 16:9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should 28375 this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and 28376 take off his head. 28377 28378 16:10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of 28379 Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse 28380 David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? 16:11 And 28381 David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which 28382 came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this 28383 Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath 28384 bidden him. 28385 28386 16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that 28387 the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day. 28388 28389 16:13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on 28390 the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw 28391 stones at him, and cast dust. 28392 28393 16:14 And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, 28394 and refreshed themselves there. 28395 28396 16:15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to 28397 Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. 28398 28399 16:16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, 28400 was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the 28401 king, God save the king. 28402 28403 16:17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? 28404 why wentest thou not with thy friend? 16:18 And Hushai said unto 28405 Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of 28406 Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide. 28407 28408 16:19 And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the 28409 presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so 28410 will I be in thy presence. 28411 28412 16:20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we 28413 shall do. 28414 28415 16:21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's 28416 concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall 28417 hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all 28418 that are with thee be strong. 28419 28420 16:22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and 28421 Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all 28422 Israel. 28423 28424 16:23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those 28425 days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all 28426 the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. 28427 28428 17:1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out 28429 twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this 28430 night: 17:2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak 28431 handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him 28432 shall flee; and I will smite the king only: 17:3 And I will bring back 28433 all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all 28434 returned: so all the people shall be in peace. 28435 28436 17:4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of 28437 Israel. 28438 28439 17:5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us 28440 hear likewise what he saith. 28441 28442 17:6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, 28443 saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after 28444 his saying? if not; speak thou. 28445 28446 17:7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath 28447 given is not good at this time. 28448 28449 17:8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they 28450 be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of 28451 her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not 28452 lodge with the people. 28453 28454 17:9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it 28455 will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that 28456 whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people 28457 that follow Absalom. 28458 28459 17:10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a 28460 lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a 28461 mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men. 28462 28463 17:11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto 28464 thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for 28465 multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person. 28466 28467 17:12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, 28468 and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of 28469 him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so 28470 much as one. 28471 28472 17:13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel 28473 bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until 28474 there be not one small stone found there. 28475 28476 17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of 28477 Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the 28478 LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the 28479 intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. 28480 28481 17:15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus 28482 and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and 28483 thus and thus have I counselled. 28484 28485 17:16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not 28486 this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; 28487 lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. 28488 28489 17:17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not 28490 be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and 28491 they went and told king David. 28492 28493 17:18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went 28494 both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which 28495 had a well in his court; whither they went down. 28496 28497 17:19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, 28498 and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. 28499 28500 17:20 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they 28501 said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, 28502 They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and 28503 could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. 28504 28505 17:21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up 28506 out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, 28507 Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel 28508 counselled against you. 28509 28510 17:22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and 28511 they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of 28512 them that was not gone over Jordan. 28513 28514 17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he 28515 saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his 28516 city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, 28517 and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. 28518 28519 17:24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he 28520 and all the men of Israel with him. 28521 28522 17:25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: 28523 which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that 28524 went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's 28525 mother. 28526 28527 17:26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead. 28528 28529 17:27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi 28530 the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the 28531 son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, 28532 17:28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and 28533 barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and 28534 parched pulse, 17:29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of 28535 kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for 28536 they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the 28537 wilderness. 28538 28539 18:1 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set 28540 captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them. 28541 28542 18:2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of 28543 Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, 28544 Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. 28545 And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you 28546 myself also. 28547 28548 18:3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee 28549 away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they 28550 care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now 28551 it is better that thou succour us out of the city. 28552 28553 18:4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And 28554 the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by 28555 hundreds and by thousands. 28556 28557 18:5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal 28558 gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the 28559 people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning 28560 Absalom. 28561 28562 18:6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the 28563 battle was in the wood of Ephraim; 18:7 Where the people of Israel 28564 were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great 28565 slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. 28566 28567 18:8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the 28568 country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword 28569 devoured. 28570 28571 18:9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a 28572 mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his 28573 head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven 28574 and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. 28575 28576 18:10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw 28577 Absalom hanged in an oak. 28578 28579 18:11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou 28580 sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and 28581 I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle. 28582 28583 18:12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand 28584 shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand 28585 against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and 28586 Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man 28587 Absalom. 28588 28589 18:13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: 28590 for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest 28591 have set thyself against me. 28592 28593 18:14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took 28594 three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, 28595 while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. 28596 28597 18:15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and 28598 smote Absalom, and slew him. 28599 28600 18:16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing 28601 after Israel: for Joab held back the people. 28602 28603 18:17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the 28604 wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel 28605 fled every one to his tent. 28606 28607 18:18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself 28608 a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to 28609 keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own 28610 name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place. 28611 28612 18:19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the 28613 king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies. 28614 28615 18:20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, 28616 but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear 28617 no tidings, because the king's son is dead. 28618 28619 18:21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. 28620 And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. 28621 28622 18:22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But 28623 howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, 28624 Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings 28625 ready? 18:23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto 28626 him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. 28627 28628 18:24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to 28629 the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and 28630 looked, and behold a man running alone. 28631 28632 18:25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If 28633 he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and 28634 drew near. 28635 28636 18:26 And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman 28637 called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. 28638 And the king said, He also bringeth tidings. 28639 28640 18:27 And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost 28641 is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He 28642 is a good man, and cometh with good tidings. 28643 28644 18:28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he 28645 fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, 28646 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that 28647 lifted up their hand against my lord the king. 28648 28649 18:29 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz 28650 answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw 28651 a great tumult, but I knew not what it was. 28652 28653 18:30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he 28654 turned aside, and stood still. 28655 28656 18:31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the 28657 king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up 28658 against thee. 28659 28660 18:32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And 28661 Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise 28662 against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is. 28663 28664 18:33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the 28665 gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my 28666 son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, 28667 my son! 19:1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and 28668 mourneth for Absalom. 28669 28670 19:2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the 28671 people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for 28672 his son. 28673 28674 19:3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as 28675 people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. 28676 28677 19:4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud 28678 voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! 19:5 And Joab 28679 came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day 28680 the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and 28681 the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy 28682 wives, and the lives of thy concubines; 19:6 In that thou lovest thine 28683 enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that 28684 thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, 28685 that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had 28686 pleased thee well. 28687 28688 19:7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy 28689 servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will 28690 not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee 28691 than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now. 28692 28693 19:8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all 28694 the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the 28695 people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his 28696 tent. 28697 28698 19:9 And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of 28699 Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and 28700 he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled 28701 out of the land for Absalom. 28702 28703 19:10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now 28704 therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? 19:11 28705 And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, 28706 Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring 28707 the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to 28708 the king, even to his house. 28709 28710 19:12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then 28711 are ye the last to bring back the king? 19:13 And say ye to Amasa, 28712 Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more 28713 also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the 28714 room of Joab. 28715 28716 19:14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the 28717 heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return 28718 thou, and all thy servants. 28719 28720 19:15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to 28721 Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan. 28722 28723 19:16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, 28724 hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. 28725 28726 19:17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the 28727 servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty 28728 servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king. 28729 28730 19:18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's 28731 household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera 28732 fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; 19:19 And said 28733 unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do 28734 thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my 28735 lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to 28736 his heart. 28737 28738 19:20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, 28739 I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to 28740 meet my lord the king. 28741 28742 19:21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not 28743 Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's 28744 anointed? 19:22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons 28745 of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall 28746 there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know 28747 that I am this day king over Israel? 19:23 Therefore the king said 28748 unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him. 28749 28750 19:24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and 28751 had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his 28752 clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in 28753 peace. 28754 28755 19:25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the 28756 king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, 28757 Mephibosheth? 19:26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant 28758 deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may 28759 ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame. 28760 28761 19:27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my 28762 lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in 28763 thine eyes. 28764 28765 19:28 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord 28766 the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at 28767 thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto 28768 the king? 19:29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any 28769 more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. 28770 28771 19:30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, 28772 forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own 28773 house. 28774 28775 19:31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went 28776 over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. 28777 28778 19:32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and 28779 he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for 28780 he was a very great man. 28781 28782 19:33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I 28783 will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. 28784 28785 19:34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that 28786 I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? 19:35 I am this day 28787 fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy 28788 servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the 28789 voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy 28790 servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? 19:36 Thy servant will 28791 go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king 28792 recompense it me with such a reward? 19:37 Let thy servant, I pray 28793 thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried 28794 by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant 28795 Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what 28796 shall seem good unto thee. 28797 28798 19:38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will 28799 do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou 28800 shalt require of me, that will I do for thee. 28801 28802 19:39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come 28803 over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto 28804 his own place. 28805 28806 19:40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: 28807 and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the 28808 people of Israel. 28809 28810 19:41 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said 28811 unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee 28812 away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's 28813 men with him, over Jordan? 19:42 And all the men of Judah answered 28814 the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore 28815 then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's 28816 cost? or hath he given us any gift? 19:43 And the men of Israel 28817 answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, 28818 and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise 28819 us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? 28820 And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the 28821 men of Israel. 28822 28823 20:1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was 28824 Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and 28825 said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son 28826 of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. 28827 28828 20:2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed 28829 Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, 28830 from Jordan even to Jerusalem. 28831 28832 20:3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the 28833 ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put 28834 them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were 28835 shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood. 28836 28837 20:4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within 28838 three days, and be thou here present. 28839 28840 20:5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer 28841 than the set time which he had appointed him. 28842 28843 20:6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do 28844 us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and 28845 pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. 28846 28847 20:7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and 28848 the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of 28849 Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 28850 28851 20:8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went 28852 before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto 28853 him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the 28854 sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. 28855 28856 20:9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab 28857 took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. 28858 28859 20:10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so 28860 he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to 28861 the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai 28862 his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. 28863 28864 20:11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth 28865 Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. 28866 28867 20:12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And 28868 when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out 28869 of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw 28870 that every one that came by him stood still. 28871 28872 20:13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on 28873 after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 28874 28875 20:14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to 28876 Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and 28877 went also after him. 28878 28879 20:15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they 28880 cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all 28881 the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. 28882 28883 20:16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray 28884 you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. 28885 28886 20:17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou 28887 Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the 28888 words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. 28889 28890 20:18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, 28891 saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the 28892 matter. 28893 28894 20:19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou 28895 seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou 28896 swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? 20:20 And Joab answered and 28897 said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or 28898 destroy. 28899 28900 20:21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son 28901 of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even 28902 against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And 28903 the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee 28904 over the wall. 28905 28906 20:22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they 28907 cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. 28908 And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to 28909 his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. 28910 28911 20:23 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of 28912 Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: 20:24 And 28913 Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was 28914 recorder: 20:25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the 28915 priests: 20:26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. 28916 28917 21:1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year 28918 after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It 28919 is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. 28920 28921 21:2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the 28922 Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of 28923 the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul 28924 sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) 28925 21:3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for 28926 you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the 28927 inheritance of the LORD? 21:4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We 28928 will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us 28929 shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, 28930 that will I do for you. 28931 28932 21:5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that 28933 devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any 28934 of the coasts of Israel, 21:6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered 28935 unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, 28936 whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them. 28937 28938 21:7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of 28939 Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David 28940 and Jonathan the son of Saul. 28941 28942 21:8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, 28943 whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of 28944 Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of 28945 Barzillai the Meholathite: 21:9 And he delivered them into the hands 28946 of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: 28947 and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of 28948 harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest. 28949 28950 21:10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it 28951 for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water 28952 dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the 28953 air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 28954 28955 21:11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the 28956 concubine of Saul, had done. 28957 28958 21:12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of 28959 Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them 28960 from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, 28961 when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: 21:13 And he brought up 28962 from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and 28963 they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. 28964 28965 21:14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the 28966 country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and 28967 they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was 28968 intreated for the land. 28969 28970 21:15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and 28971 David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the 28972 Philistines: and David waxed faint. 28973 28974 21:16 And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight 28975 of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he 28976 being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. 28977 28978 21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the 28979 Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, 28980 saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench 28981 not the light of Israel. 28982 28983 21:18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle 28984 with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, 28985 which was of the sons of the giant. 28986 28987 21:19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where 28988 Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of 28989 Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's 28990 beam. 28991 28992 21:20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great 28993 stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six 28994 toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. 28995 28996 21:21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the 28997 brother of David slew him. 28998 28999 21:22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand 29000 of David, and by the hand of his servants. 29001 29002 22:1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day 29003 that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, 29004 and out of the hand of Saul: 22:2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, 29005 and my fortress, and my deliverer; 22:3 The God of my rock; in him 29006 will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high 29007 tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. 29008 29009 22:4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I 29010 be saved from mine enemies. 29011 29012 22:5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men 29013 made me afraid; 22:6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the 29014 snares of death prevented me; 22:7 In my distress I called upon the 29015 LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, 29016 and my cry did enter into his ears. 29017 29018 22:8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven 29019 moved and shook, because he was wroth. 29020 29021 22:9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his 29022 mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 29023 29024 22:10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under 29025 his feet. 29026 29027 22:11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the 29028 wings of the wind. 29029 29030 22:12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and 29031 thick clouds of the skies. 29032 29033 22:13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. 29034 29035 22:14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his 29036 voice. 29037 29038 22:15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and 29039 discomfited them. 29040 29041 22:16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the 29042 world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of 29043 the breath of his nostrils. 29044 29045 22:17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; 29046 22:18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated 29047 me: for they were too strong for me. 29048 29049 22:19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my 29050 stay. 29051 29052 22:20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, 29053 because he delighted in me. 29054 29055 22:21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to 29056 the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 29057 29058 22:22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly 29059 departed from my God. 29060 29061 22:23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I 29062 did not depart from them. 29063 29064 22:24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine 29065 iniquity. 29066 29067 22:25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my 29068 righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. 29069 29070 22:26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the 29071 upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright. 29072 29073 22:27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward 29074 thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. 29075 29076 22:28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon 29077 the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. 29078 29079 22:29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my 29080 darkness. 29081 29082 22:30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped 29083 over a wall. 29084 29085 22:31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: 29086 he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. 29087 29088 22:32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? 29089 22:33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. 29090 29091 22:34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high 29092 places. 29093 29094 22:35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by 29095 mine arms. 29096 29097 22:36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy 29098 gentleness hath made me great. 29099 29100 22:37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not 29101 slip. 29102 29103 22:38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not 29104 again until I had consumed them. 29105 29106 22:39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not 29107 arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. 29108 29109 22:40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose 29110 up against me hast thou subdued under me. 29111 29112 22:41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might 29113 destroy them that hate me. 29114 29115 22:42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but 29116 he answered them not. 29117 29118 22:43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did 29119 stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. 29120 29121 22:44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, 29122 thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not 29123 shall serve me. 29124 29125 22:45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, 29126 they shall be obedient unto me. 29127 29128 22:46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their 29129 close places. 29130 29131 22:47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God 29132 of the rock of my salvation. 29133 29134 22:48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people 29135 under me. 29136 29137 22:49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast 29138 lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast 29139 delivered me from the violent man. 29140 29141 22:50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the 29142 heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. 29143 29144 22:51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to 29145 his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. 29146 29147 23:1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse 29148 said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God 29149 of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 23:2 The Spirit of 29150 the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 29151 29152 23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that 29153 ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 29154 29155 23:4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, 29156 even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of 29157 the earth by clear shining after rain. 29158 29159 23:5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an 29160 everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all 29161 my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. 29162 29163 23:6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust 29164 away, because they cannot be taken with hands: 23:7 But the man that 29165 shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; 29166 and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. 29167 29168 23:8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The 29169 Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same 29170 was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom 29171 he slew at one time. 29172 29173 23:9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the 29174 three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that 29175 were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were 29176 gone away: 23:10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand 29177 was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a 29178 great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to 29179 spoil. 29180 29181 23:11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the 29182 Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of 29183 ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. 29184 29185 23:12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and 29186 slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory. 29187 29188 23:13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in 29189 the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the 29190 Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim. 29191 29192 23:14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the 29193 Philistines was then in Bethlehem. 29194 29195 23:15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of 29196 the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate! 23:16 And 29197 the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and 29198 drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and 29199 took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink 29200 thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD. 29201 29202 23:17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: 29203 is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? 29204 therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty 29205 men. 29206 29207 23:18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief 29208 among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and 29209 slew them, and had the name among three. 29210 29211 23:19 Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their 29212 captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. 29213 29214 23:20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of 29215 Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he 29216 went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: 29217 23:21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a 29218 spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked 29219 the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 29220 29221 23:22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name 29222 among three mighty men. 29223 29224 23:23 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to 29225 the first three. And David set him over his guard. 29226 29227 23:24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the 29228 son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 23:25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the 29229 Harodite, 23:26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, 29230 23:27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 23:28 Zalmon 29231 the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, 23:29 Heleb the son of Baanah, 29232 a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children 29233 of Benjamin, 23:30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of 29234 Gaash, 23:31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, 23:32 29235 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 23:33 29236 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 23:34 29237 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the 29238 son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 23:35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the 29239 Arbite, 23:36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 23:37 29240 Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the 29241 son of Zeruiah, 23:38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, 23:39 Uriah 29242 the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. 29243 29244 24:1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and 29245 he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. 29246 29247 24:2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with 29248 him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to 29249 Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the 29250 people. 29251 29252 24:3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the 29253 people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of 29254 my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in 29255 this thing? 24:4 Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against 29256 Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains 29257 of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the 29258 people of Israel. 29259 29260 24:5 And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right 29261 side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and 29262 toward Jazer: 24:6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of 29263 Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, 24:7 And 29264 came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, 29265 and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even 29266 to Beersheba. 29267 29268 24:8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to 29269 Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 29270 29271 24:9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the 29272 king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that 29273 drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. 29274 29275 24:10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the 29276 people. 29277 29278 And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have 29279 done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy 29280 servant; for I have done very foolishly. 29281 29282 24:11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came 29283 unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, 24:12 Go and say unto 29284 David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one 29285 of them, that I may do it unto thee. 29286 29287 24:13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall 29288 seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee 29289 three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that 29290 there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what 29291 answer I shall return to him that sent me. 29292 29293 24:14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now 29294 into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not 29295 fall into the hand of man. 29296 29297 24:15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even 29298 to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to 29299 Beersheba seventy thousand men. 29300 29301 24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to 29302 destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel 29303 that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the 29304 angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. 29305 29306 24:17 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote 29307 the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but 29308 these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be 29309 against me, and against my father's house. 29310 29311 24:18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear 29312 an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. 29313 29314 24:19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD 29315 commanded. 29316 29317 24:20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on 29318 toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on 29319 his face upon the ground. 29320 29321 24:21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his 29322 servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build 29323 an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people. 29324 29325 24:22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer 29326 up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt 29327 sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen 29328 for wood. 29329 29330 24:23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And 29331 Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee. 29332 29333 24:24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of 29334 thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my 29335 God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the 29336 threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 29337 29338 24:25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt 29339 offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, 29340 and the plague was stayed from Israel. 29341 29342 29343 29344 29345 The First Book of the Kings 29346 29347 Commonly Called: 29348 29349 The Third Book of the Kings 29350 29351 29352 1:1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered 29353 him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 29354 29355 1:2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my 29356 lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and 29357 let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the 29358 king may get heat. 29359 29360 1:3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of 29361 Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 29362 29363 1:4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and 29364 ministered to him: but the king knew her not. 29365 29366 1:5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will 29367 be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to 29368 run before him. 29369 29370 1:6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why 29371 hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother 29372 bare him after Absalom. 29373 29374 1:7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar 29375 the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. 29376 29377 1:8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan 29378 the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to 29379 David, were not with Adonijah. 29380 29381 1:9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of 29382 Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's 29383 sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: 1:10 But Nathan 29384 the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, 29385 he called not. 29386 29387 1:11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, 29388 saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth 29389 reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 1:12 Now therefore come, 29390 let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine 29391 own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 29392 29393 1:13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not 29394 thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly 29395 Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 29396 why then doth Adonijah reign? 1:14 Behold, while thou yet talkest 29397 there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy 29398 words. 29399 29400 1:15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the 29401 king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the 29402 king. 29403 29404 1:16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the 29405 king said, What wouldest thou? 1:17 And she said unto him, My lord, 29406 thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, 29407 Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon 29408 my throne. 29409 29410 1:18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, 29411 thou knowest it not: 1:19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and 29412 sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and 29413 Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy 29414 servant hath he not called. 29415 29416 1:20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, 29417 that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord 29418 the king after him. 29419 29420 1:21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall 29421 sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted 29422 offenders. 29423 29424 1:22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet 29425 also came in. 29426 29427 1:23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And 29428 when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king 29429 with his face to the ground. 29430 29431 1:24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall 29432 reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 1:25 For he is gone 29433 down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in 29434 abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of 29435 the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink 29436 before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. 29437 29438 1:26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah 29439 the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. 29440 29441 1:27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed 29442 it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king 29443 after him? 1:28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. 29444 And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. 29445 29446 1:29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath 29447 redeemed my soul out of all distress, 1:30 Even as I sware unto thee 29448 by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall 29449 reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so 29450 will I certainly do this day. 29451 29452 1:31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did 29453 reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. 29454 29455 1:32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the 29456 prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the 29457 king. 29458 29459 1:33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your 29460 lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring 29461 him down to Gihon: 1:34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the 29462 prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the 29463 trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. 29464 29465 1:35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my 29466 throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to 29467 be ruler over Israel and over Judah. 29468 29469 1:36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, 29470 Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too. 29471 29472 1:37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with 29473 Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king 29474 David. 29475 29476 1:38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son 29477 of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and 29478 caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to 29479 Gihon. 29480 29481 1:39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, 29482 and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people 29483 said, God save king Solomon. 29484 29485 1:40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with 29486 pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the 29487 sound of them. 29488 29489 1:41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as 29490 they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the 29491 trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an 29492 uproar? 1:42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of 29493 Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for 29494 thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. 29495 29496 1:43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king 29497 David hath made Solomon king. 29498 29499 1:44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the 29500 prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the 29501 Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule: 29502 1:45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him 29503 king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the 29504 city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. 29505 29506 1:46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 29507 29508 1:47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king 29509 David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and 29510 make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself 29511 upon the bed. 29512 29513 1:48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, 29514 which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even 29515 seeing it. 29516 29517 1:49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose 29518 up, and went every man his way. 29519 29520 1:50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and 29521 caught hold on the horns of the altar. 29522 29523 1:51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king 29524 Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, 29525 saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his 29526 servant with the sword. 29527 29528 1:52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there 29529 shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be 29530 found in him, he shall die. 29531 29532 1:53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. 29533 And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto 29534 him, Go to thine house. 29535 29536 2:1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged 29537 Solomon his son, saying, 2:2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou 29538 strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; 2:3 And keep the charge of 29539 the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his 29540 commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written 29541 in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, 29542 and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: 2:4 That the LORD may continue 29543 his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take 29544 heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and 29545 with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the 29546 throne of Israel. 29547 29548 2:5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, 29549 and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner 29550 the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and 29551 shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his 29552 girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his 29553 feet. 29554 29555 2:6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go 29556 down to the grave in peace. 29557 29558 2:7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and 29559 let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me 29560 when I fled because of Absalom thy brother. 29561 29562 2:8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a 29563 Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day 29564 when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I 29565 sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with 29566 the sword. 29567 29568 2:9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and 29569 knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring 29570 thou down to the grave with blood. 29571 29572 2:10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of 29573 David. 29574 29575 2:11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: 29576 seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned 29577 he in Jerusalem. 29578 29579 2:12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his 29580 kingdom was established greatly. 29581 29582 2:13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of 29583 Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. 29584 29585 2:14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, 29586 Say on. 29587 29588 2:15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all 29589 Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom 29590 is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the 29591 LORD. 29592 29593 2:16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said 29594 unto him, Say on. 29595 29596 2:17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he 29597 will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to 29598 wife. 29599 29600 2:18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. 29601 29602 2:19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for 29603 Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto 29604 her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the 29605 king's mother; and she sat on his right hand. 29606 29607 2:20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, 29608 say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I 29609 will not say thee nay. 29610 29611 2:21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy 29612 brother to wife. 29613 29614 2:22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost 29615 thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom 29616 also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the 29617 priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. 29618 29619 2:23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and 29620 more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. 29621 29622 2:24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and 29623 set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an 29624 house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. 29625 29626 2:25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; 29627 and he fell upon him that he died. 29628 29629 2:26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, 29630 unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at 29631 this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the LORD 29632 God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in 29633 all wherein my father was afflicted. 29634 29635 2:27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; 29636 that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning 29637 the house of Eli in Shiloh. 29638 29639 2:28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, 29640 though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle 29641 of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 29642 29643 2:29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the 29644 tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon 29645 sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. 29646 29647 2:30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto 29648 him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die 29649 here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, 29650 and thus he answered me. 29651 29652 2:31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon 29653 him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, 29654 which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. 29655 29656 2:32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell 29657 upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the 29658 sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of 29659 Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, 29660 captain of the host of Judah. 29661 29662 2:33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and 29663 upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, 29664 and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever 29665 from the LORD. 29666 29667 2:34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and 29668 slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. 29669 29670 2:35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the 29671 host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar. 29672 29673 2:36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build 29674 thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence 29675 any whither. 29676 29677 2:37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over 29678 the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely 29679 die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. 29680 29681 2:38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the 29682 king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem 29683 many days. 29684 29685 2:39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the 29686 servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. 29687 And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. 29688 29689 2:40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish 29690 to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from 29691 Gath. 29692 29693 2:41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to 29694 Gath, and was come again. 29695 29696 2:42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I 29697 not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, 29698 Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any 29699 whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word 29700 that I have heard is good. 29701 29702 2:43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the 29703 commandment that I have charged thee with? 2:44 The king said 29704 moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart 29705 is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD 29706 shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; 2:45 And king Solomon 29707 shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before 29708 the LORD for ever. 29709 29710 2:46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went 29711 out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established 29712 in the hand of Solomon. 29713 29714 3:1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took 29715 Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he 29716 had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, 29717 and the wall of Jerusalem round about. 29718 29719 3:2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no 29720 house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. 29721 29722 3:3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his 29723 father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. 29724 29725 3:4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the 29726 great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon 29727 that altar. 29728 29729 3:5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and 29730 God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 29731 29732 3:6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my 29733 father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and 29734 in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast 29735 kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to 29736 sit on his throne, as it is this day. 29737 29738 3:7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of 29739 David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out 29740 or come in. 29741 29742 3:8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast 29743 chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for 29744 multitude. 29745 29746 3:9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy 29747 people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to 29748 judge this thy so great a people? 3:10 And the speech pleased the 29749 LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing. 29750 29751 3:11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and 29752 hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for 29753 thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for 29754 thyself understanding to discern judgment; 3:12 Behold, I have done 29755 according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an 29756 understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, 29757 neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 29758 29759 3:13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both 29760 riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings 29761 like unto thee all thy days. 29762 29763 3:14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my 29764 commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy 29765 days. 29766 29767 3:15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to 29768 Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and 29769 offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a 29770 feast to all his servants. 29771 29772 3:16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and 29773 stood before him. 29774 29775 3:17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one 29776 house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. 29777 29778 3:18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, 29779 that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no 29780 stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. 29781 29782 3:19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid 29783 it. 29784 29785 3:20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while 29786 thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead 29787 child in my bosom. 29788 29789 3:21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it 29790 was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was 29791 not my son, which I did bear. 29792 29793 3:22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the 29794 dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the 29795 living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. 29796 29797 3:23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, 29798 and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the 29799 dead, and my son is the living. 29800 29801 3:24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword 29802 before the king. 29803 29804 3:25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half 29805 to the one, and half to the other. 29806 29807 3:26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, 29808 for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her 29809 the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it 29810 be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. 29811 29812 3:27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and 29813 in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. 29814 29815 3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; 29816 and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in 29817 him, to do judgment. 29818 29819 4:1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel. 29820 29821 4:2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok 29822 the priest, 4:3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; 29823 Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. 29824 29825 4:4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and 29826 Abiathar were the priests: 4:5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over 29827 the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and 29828 the king's friend: 4:6 And Ahishar was over the household: and 29829 Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. 29830 29831 4:7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided 29832 victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year 29833 made provision. 29834 29835 4:8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: 4:9 29836 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and 29837 Elonbethhanan: 4:10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained 29838 Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: 4:11 The son of Abinadab, in all 29839 the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: 29840 4:12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, 29841 and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from 29842 Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: 29843 4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of 29844 Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained 29845 the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with 29846 walls and brasen bars: 4:14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: 29847 4:15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of 29848 Solomon to wife: 4:16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in 29849 Aloth: 4:17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: 4:18 Shimei 29850 the son of Elah, in Benjamin: 4:19 Geber the son of Uri was in the 29851 country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and 29852 of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the 29853 land. 29854 29855 4:20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in 29856 multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. 29857 29858 4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the 29859 land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought 29860 presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. 29861 29862 4:22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine 29863 flour, and threescore measures of meal, 4:23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty 29864 oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and 29865 roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. 29866 29867 4:24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, 29868 from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: 29869 and he had peace on all sides round about him. 29870 29871 4:25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and 29872 under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of 29873 Solomon. 29874 29875 4:26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, 29876 and twelve thousand horsemen. 29877 29878 4:27 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all 29879 that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they 29880 lacked nothing. 29881 29882 4:28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they 29883 unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his 29884 charge. 29885 29886 4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and 29887 largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. 29888 29889 4:30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of 29890 the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 29891 29892 4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and 29893 Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in 29894 all nations round about. 29895 29896 4:32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a 29897 thousand and five. 29898 29899 4:33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon 29900 even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of 29901 beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. 29902 29903 4:34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from 29904 all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. 29905 29906 5:1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had 29907 heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for 29908 Hiram was ever a lover of David. 29909 29910 5:2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 5:3 Thou knowest how that David 29911 my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God 29912 for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put 29913 them under the soles of his feet. 29914 29915 5:4 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that 29916 there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. 29917 29918 5:5 And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD 29919 my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom 29920 I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto 29921 my name. 29922 29923 5:6 Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of 29924 Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee 29925 will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt 29926 appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can 29927 skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. 29928 29929 5:7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that 29930 he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which 29931 hath given unto David a wise son over this great people. 29932 29933 5:8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things 29934 which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning 29935 timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. 29936 29937 5:9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I 29938 will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt 29939 appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt 29940 receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for 29941 my household. 29942 29943 5:10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all 29944 his desire. 29945 29946 5:11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food 29947 to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon 29948 to Hiram year by year. 29949 29950 5:12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there 29951 was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league 29952 together. 29953 29954 5:13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy 29955 was thirty thousand men. 29956 29957 5:14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a 29958 month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was 29959 over the levy. 29960 29961 5:15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, 29962 and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; 5:16 Beside the chief 29963 of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and 29964 three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work. 29965 29966 5:17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly 29967 stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. 29968 29969 5:18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the 29970 stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. 29971 29972 6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after 29973 the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the 29974 fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is 29975 the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. 29976 29977 6:2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length 29978 thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, 29979 and the height thereof thirty cubits. 29980 29981 6:3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was 29982 the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten 29983 cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. 29984 29985 6:4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. 29986 29987 6:5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, 29988 against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of 29989 the oracle: and he made chambers round about: 6:6 The nethermost 29990 chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, 29991 and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the 29992 house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be 29993 fastened in the walls of the house. 29994 29995 6:7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made 29996 ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer 29997 nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in 29998 building. 29999 30000 6:8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the 30001 house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, 30002 and out of the middle into the third. 30003 30004 6:9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with 30005 beams and boards of cedar. 30006 30007 6:10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits 30008 high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. 30009 30010 6:11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, 6:12 Concerning 30011 this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my 30012 statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to 30013 walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake 30014 unto David thy father: 6:13 And I will dwell among the children of 30015 Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. 30016 30017 6:14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it. 30018 30019 6:15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, 30020 both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he 30021 covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the 30022 house with planks of fir. 30023 30024 6:16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the 30025 floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it 30026 within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. 30027 30028 6:17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits 30029 long. 30030 30031 6:18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open 30032 flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. 30033 30034 6:19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the 30035 ark of the covenant of the LORD. 30036 30037 6:20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and 30038 twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and 30039 he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of 30040 cedar. 30041 30042 6:21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made 30043 a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid 30044 it with gold. 30045 30046 6:22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished 30047 all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid 30048 with gold. 30049 30050 6:23 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each 30051 ten cubits high. 30052 30053 6:24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits 30054 the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing 30055 unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. 30056 30057 6:25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of 30058 one measure and one size. 30059 30060 6:26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the 30061 other cherub. 30062 30063 6:27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they 30064 stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the 30065 one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the 30066 other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the 30067 house. 30068 30069 6:28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. 30070 30071 6:29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved 30072 figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and 30073 without. 30074 30075 6:30 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and 30076 without. 30077 30078 6:31 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: 30079 the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. 30080 30081 6:32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them 30082 carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid 30083 them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm 30084 trees. 30085 30086 6:33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a 30087 fourth part of the wall. 30088 30089 6:34 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one 30090 door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 30091 30092 6:35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: 30093 and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work. 30094 30095 6:36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and 30096 a row of cedar beams. 30097 30098 6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD 30099 laid, in the month Zif: 6:38 And in the eleventh year, in the month 30100 Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all 30101 the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he 30102 seven years in building it. 30103 30104 7:1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he 30105 finished all his house. 30106 30107 7:2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length 30108 thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, 30109 and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, 30110 with cedar beams upon the pillars. 30111 30112 7:3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on 30113 forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. 30114 30115 7:4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light 30116 in three ranks. 30117 30118 7:5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and 30119 light was against light in three ranks. 30120 30121 7:6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty 30122 cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was 30123 before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before 30124 them. 30125 30126 7:7 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the 30127 porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the 30128 floor to the other. 30129 30130 7:8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, 30131 which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's 30132 daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch. 30133 30134 7:9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of 30135 hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the 30136 foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great 30137 court. 30138 30139 7:10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, 30140 stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 30141 30142 7:11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, 30143 and cedars. 30144 30145 7:12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed 30146 stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the 30147 house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house. 30148 30149 7:13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 30150 30151 7:14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was 30152 a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and 30153 understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to 30154 king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 30155 30156 7:15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: 30157 and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. 30158 30159 7:16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops 30160 of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and 30161 the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: 7:17 And nets of 30162 checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were 30163 upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for 30164 the other chapiter. 30165 30166 7:18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one 30167 network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with 30168 pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. 30169 30170 7:19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of 30171 lily work in the porch, four cubits. 30172 30173 7:20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also 30174 above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the 30175 pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other 30176 chapiter. 30177 30178 7:21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set 30179 up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up 30180 the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. 30181 30182 7:22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of 30183 the pillars finished. 30184 30185 7:23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the 30186 other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a 30187 line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. 30188 30189 7:24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing 30190 it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were 30191 cast in two rows, when it was cast. 30192 30193 7:25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and 30194 three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and 30195 three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, 30196 and all their hinder parts were inward. 30197 30198 7:26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was 30199 wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained 30200 two thousand baths. 30201 30202 7:27 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one 30203 base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height 30204 of it. 30205 30206 7:28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, 30207 and the borders were between the ledges: 7:29 And on the borders that 30208 were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the 30209 ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were 30210 certain additions made of thin work. 30211 30212 7:30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and 30213 the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were 30214 undersetters molten, at the side of every addition. 30215 30216 7:31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: 30217 but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit 30218 and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their 30219 borders, foursquare, not round. 30220 30221 7:32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the 30222 wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit 30223 and half a cubit. 30224 30225 7:33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: 30226 their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, 30227 were all molten. 30228 30229 7:34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: 30230 and the undersetters were of the very base itself. 30231 30232 7:35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a 30233 cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the 30234 borders thereof were of the same. 30235 30236 7:36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders 30237 thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the 30238 proportion of every one, and additions round about. 30239 30240 7:37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one 30241 casting, one measure, and one size. 30242 30243 7:38 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty 30244 baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten 30245 bases one laver. 30246 30247 7:39 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on 30248 the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of 30249 the house eastward over against the south. 30250 30251 7:40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So 30252 Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for 30253 the house of the LORD: 7:41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the 30254 chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two 30255 networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the 30256 top of the pillars; 7:42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two 30257 networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the 30258 two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars; 7:43 And the 30259 ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; 7:44 And one sea, and twelve 30260 oxen under the sea; 7:45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the 30261 basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for 30262 the house of the LORD, were of bright brass. 30263 30264 7:46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground 30265 between Succoth and Zarthan. 30266 30267 7:47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were 30268 exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. 30269 30270 7:48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of 30271 the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the 30272 shewbread was, 7:49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the 30273 right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, 30274 and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, 7:50 And the bowls, and the 30275 snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure 30276 gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, 30277 the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the 30278 temple. 30279 30280 7:51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of 30281 the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had 30282 dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put 30283 among the treasures of the house of the LORD. 30284 30285 8:1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of 30286 the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto 30287 king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the 30288 covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 30289 30290 8:2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon 30291 at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 30292 30293 8:3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the 30294 ark. 30295 30296 8:4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the 30297 congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, 30298 even those did the priests and the Levites bring up. 30299 30300 8:5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were 30301 assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep 30302 and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 30303 30304 8:6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD 30305 unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, 30306 even under the wings of the cherubims. 30307 30308 8:7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of 30309 the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof 30310 above. 30311 30312 8:8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were 30313 seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen 30314 without: and there they are unto this day. 30315 30316 8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which 30317 Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the 30318 children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 30319 30320 8:10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy 30321 place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, 8:11 So that the 30322 priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the 30323 glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD. 30324 30325 8:12 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the 30326 thick darkness. 30327 30328 8:13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place 30329 for thee to abide in for ever. 30330 30331 8:14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the 30332 congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;) 30333 8:15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with 30334 his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, 30335 saying, 8:16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out 30336 of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an 30337 house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my 30338 people Israel. 30339 30340 8:17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for 30341 the name of the LORD God of Israel. 30342 30343 8:18 And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine 30344 heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in 30345 thine heart. 30346 30347 8:19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that 30348 shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my 30349 name. 30350 30351 8:20 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am 30352 risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of 30353 Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of 30354 the LORD God of Israel. 30355 30356 8:21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant 30357 of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out 30358 of the land of Egypt. 30359 30360 8:22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of 30361 all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward 30362 heaven: 8:23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like 30363 thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and 30364 mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: 30365 8:24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou 30366 promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled 30367 it with thine hand, as it is this day. 30368 30369 8:25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my 30370 father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a 30371 man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children 30372 take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked 30373 before me. 30374 30375 8:26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, 30376 which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. 30377 30378 8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and 30379 heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I 30380 have builded? 8:28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy 30381 servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the 30382 cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day: 30383 8:29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even 30384 toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that 30385 thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make 30386 toward this place. 30387 30388 8:30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy 30389 people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou 30390 in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive. 30391 30392 8:31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid 30393 upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar 30394 in this house: 8:32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy 30395 servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and 30396 justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. 30397 30398 8:33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because 30399 they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and 30400 confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this 30401 house: 8:34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy 30402 people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest 30403 unto their fathers. 30404 30405 8:35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have 30406 sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy 30407 name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: 8:36 Then 30408 hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy 30409 people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should 30410 walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people 30411 for an inheritance. 30412 30413 8:37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, 30414 mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege 30415 them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever 30416 sickness there be; 8:38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by 30417 any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the 30418 plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: 30419 8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, 30420 and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; 30421 (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of 30422 men;) 8:40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the 30423 land which thou gavest unto our fathers. 30424 30425 8:41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, 30426 but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake; 8:42 (For they 30427 shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy 30428 stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house; 30429 8:43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all 30430 that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth 30431 may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that 30432 they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy 30433 name. 30434 30435 8:44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever 30436 thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city 30437 which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy 30438 name: 8:45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their 30439 supplication, and maintain their cause. 30440 30441 8:46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) 30442 and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that 30443 they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near; 30444 8:47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they 30445 were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in 30446 the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, 30447 and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; 8:48 And so 30448 return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the 30449 land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee 30450 toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city 30451 which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name: 30452 8:49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy 30453 dwelling place, and maintain their cause, 8:50 And forgive thy people 30454 that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein 30455 they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before 30456 them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them: 30457 8:51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou 30458 broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: 30459 8:52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, 30460 and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them 30461 in all that they call for unto thee. 30462 30463 8:53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the 30464 earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses 30465 thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD 30466 God. 30467 30468 8:54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all 30469 this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the 30470 altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up 30471 to heaven. 30472 30473 8:55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a 30474 loud voice, saying, 8:56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest 30475 unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath 30476 not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the 30477 hand of Moses his servant. 30478 30479 8:57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him 30480 not leave us, nor forsake us: 8:58 That he may incline our hearts unto 30481 him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his 30482 statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. 30483 30484 8:59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before 30485 the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he 30486 maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel 30487 at all times, as the matter shall require: 8:60 That all the people of 30488 the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else. 30489 30490 8:61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to 30491 walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day. 30492 30493 8:62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before 30494 the LORD. 30495 30496 8:63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he 30497 offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred 30498 and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel 30499 dedicated the house of the LORD. 30500 30501 8:64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was 30502 before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, 30503 and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the 30504 brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the 30505 burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace 30506 offerings. 30507 30508 8:65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a 30509 great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of 30510 Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even 30511 fourteen days. 30512 30513 8:66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the 30514 king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the 30515 goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel 30516 his people. 30517 30518 9:1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the 30519 house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire 30520 which he was pleased to do, 9:2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the 30521 second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. 30522 30523 9:3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy 30524 supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this 30525 house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine 30526 eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. 30527 30528 9:4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in 30529 integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I 30530 have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: 9:5 30531 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, 30532 as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a 30533 man upon the throne of Israel. 30534 30535 9:6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your 30536 children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I 30537 have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: 30538 9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given 30539 them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast 30540 out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all 30541 people: 9:8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth 30542 by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why 30543 hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? 9:9 And 30544 they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who 30545 brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken 30546 hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: 30547 therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil. 30548 30549 9:10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had 30550 built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house, 30551 9:11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar 30552 trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that 30553 then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 30554 30555 9:12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had 30556 given him; and they pleased him not. 30557 30558 9:13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my 30559 brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day. 30560 30561 9:14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. 30562 30563 9:15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for 30564 to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the 30565 wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. 30566 30567 9:16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt 30568 it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and 30569 given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. 30570 30571 9:17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether, 9:18 And 30572 Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, 9:19 And all the 30573 cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and 30574 cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in 30575 Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. 30576 30577 9:20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, 30578 Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of 30579 Israel, 9:21 Their children that were left after them in the land, 30580 whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, 30581 upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. 30582 30583 9:22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but 30584 they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his 30585 captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. 30586 30587 9:23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's 30588 work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that 30589 wrought in the work. 30590 30591 9:24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her 30592 house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo. 30593 30594 9:25 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and 30595 peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he 30596 burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished 30597 the house. 30598 30599 9:26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is 30600 beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. 30601 30602 9:27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had 30603 knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. 30604 30605 9:28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four 30606 hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon. 30607 30608 10:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon 30609 concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard 30610 questions. 30611 30612 10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels 30613 that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when 30614 she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her 30615 heart. 30616 30617 10:3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing 30618 hid from the king, which he told her not. 30619 30620 10:4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and 30621 the house that he had built, 10:5 And the meat of his table, and the 30622 sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and 30623 their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up 30624 unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. 30625 30626 10:6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in 30627 mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. 30628 30629 10:7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had 30630 seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and 30631 prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. 30632 30633 10:8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand 30634 continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. 30635 30636 10:9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee 30637 on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, 30638 therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. 30639 30640 10:10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and 30641 of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more 30642 such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to 30643 king Solomon. 30644 30645 10:11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, 30646 brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious 30647 stones. 30648 30649 10:12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of 30650 the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for 30651 singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. 30652 30653 10:13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, 30654 whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal 30655 bounty. 30656 30657 So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants. 30658 30659 10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six 30660 hundred threescore and six talents of gold, 10:15 Beside that he had 30661 of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of 30662 all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. 30663 30664 10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six 30665 hundred shekels of gold went to one target. 30666 30667 10:17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of 30668 gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the 30669 forest of Lebanon. 30670 30671 10:18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it 30672 with the best gold. 30673 30674 10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round 30675 behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, 30676 and two lions stood beside the stays. 30677 30678 10:20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other 30679 upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. 30680 30681 10:21 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all 30682 the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; 30683 none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of 30684 Solomon. 30685 30686 10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of 30687 Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, 30688 and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 30689 30690 10:23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches 30691 and for wisdom. 30692 30693 10:24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which 30694 God had put in his heart. 30695 30696 10:25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and 30697 vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and 30698 mules, a rate year by year. 30699 30700 10:26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had 30701 a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, 30702 whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at 30703 Jerusalem. 30704 30705 10:27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and 30706 cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for 30707 abundance. 30708 30709 10:28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the 30710 king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. 30711 30712 10:29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred 30713 shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for 30714 all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they 30715 bring them out by their means. 30716 30717 11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the 30718 daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, 30719 Zidonians, and Hittites: 11:2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD 30720 said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither 30721 shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart 30722 after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. 30723 30724 11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred 30725 concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. 30726 30727 11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned 30728 away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with 30729 the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. 30730 30731 11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, 30732 and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 30733 30734 11:6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully 30735 after the LORD, as did David his father. 30736 30737 11:7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination 30738 of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the 30739 abomination of the children of Ammon. 30740 30741 11:8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt 30742 incense and sacrificed unto their gods. 30743 30744 11:9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned 30745 from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, 11:10 30746 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go 30747 after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. 30748 30749 11:11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done 30750 of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I 30751 have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and 30752 will give it to thy servant. 30753 30754 11:12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy 30755 father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. 30756 30757 11:13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one 30758 tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake 30759 which I have chosen. 30760 30761 11:14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the 30762 Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. 30763 30764 11:15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the 30765 captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had 30766 smitten every male in Edom; 11:16 (For six months did Joab remain 30767 there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) 11:17 30768 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with 30769 him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. 30770 30771 11:18 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took 30772 men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king 30773 of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and 30774 gave him land. 30775 30776 11:19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he 30777 gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes 30778 the queen. 30779 30780 11:20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom 30781 Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's 30782 household among the sons of Pharaoh. 30783 30784 11:21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, 30785 and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, 30786 Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. 30787 30788 11:22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, 30789 that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he 30790 answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise. 30791 30792 11:23 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of 30793 Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: 11:24 And 30794 he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David 30795 slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and 30796 reigned in Damascus. 30797 30798 11:25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, 30799 beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and 30800 reigned over Syria. 30801 30802 11:26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, 30803 Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even 30804 he lifted up his hand against the king. 30805 30806 11:27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the 30807 king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of 30808 David his father. 30809 30810 11:28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon 30811 seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over 30812 all the charge of the house of Joseph. 30813 30814 11:29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of 30815 Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; 30816 and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in 30817 the field: 11:30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, 30818 and rent it in twelve pieces: 11:31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee 30819 ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will 30820 rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes 30821 to thee: 11:32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's 30822 sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of 30823 all the tribes of Israel:) 11:33 Because that they have forsaken me, 30824 and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh 30825 the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, 30826 and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine 30827 eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his 30828 father. 30829 30830 11:34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I 30831 will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's 30832 sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes: 30833 11:35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give 30834 it unto thee, even ten tribes. 30835 30836 11:36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant 30837 may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have 30838 chosen me to put my name there. 30839 30840 11:37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that 30841 thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. 30842 30843 11:38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command 30844 thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to 30845 keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I 30846 will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, 30847 and will give Israel unto thee. 30848 30849 11:39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. 30850 30851 11:40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, 30852 and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt 30853 until the death of Solomon. 30854 30855 11:41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and 30856 his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? 30857 11:42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel 30858 was forty years. 30859 30860 11:43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city 30861 of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. 30862 30863 12:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem 30864 to make him king. 30865 30866 12:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet 30867 in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king 30868 Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 12:3 That they sent and called 30869 him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake 30870 unto Rehoboam, saying, 12:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now 30871 therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy 30872 yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. 30873 30874 12:5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again 30875 to me. And the people departed. 30876 30877 12:6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before 30878 Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that 30879 I may answer this people? 12:7 And they spake unto him, saying, If 30880 thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, 30881 and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy 30882 servants for ever. 30883 30884 12:8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given 30885 him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and 30886 which stood before him: 12:9 And he said unto them, What counsel give 30887 ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make 30888 the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? 12:10 And the 30889 young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus 30890 shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy 30891 father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus 30892 shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my 30893 father's loins. 30894 30895 12:11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will 30896 add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will 30897 chastise you with scorpions. 30898 30899 12:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, 30900 as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. 30901 30902 12:13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old 30903 men's counsel that they gave him; 12:14 And spake to them after the 30904 counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and 30905 I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but 30906 I will chastise you with scorpions. 30907 30908 12:15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause 30909 was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD 30910 spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 30911 30912 12:16 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, 30913 the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? 30914 neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O 30915 Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto 30916 their tents. 30917 30918 12:17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of 30919 Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 30920 30921 12:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and 30922 all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king 30923 Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to 30924 Jerusalem. 30925 30926 12:19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. 30927 30928 12:20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was 30929 come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and 30930 made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house 30931 of David, but the tribe of Judah only. 30932 30933 12:21 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the 30934 house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore 30935 thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house 30936 of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 30937 30938 12:22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 30939 12:23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto 30940 all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, 30941 saying, 12:24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight 30942 against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his 30943 house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word 30944 of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the 30945 LORD. 30946 30947 12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; 30948 and went out from thence, and built Penuel. 30949 30950 12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to 30951 the house of David: 12:27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the 30952 house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people 30953 turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they 30954 shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. 30955 30956 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, 30957 and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: 30958 behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of 30959 Egypt. 30960 30961 12:29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan. 30962 30963 12:30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship 30964 before the one, even unto Dan. 30965 30966 12:31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the 30967 lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. 30968 30969 12:32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the 30970 fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and 30971 he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the 30972 calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the 30973 high places which he had made. 30974 30975 12:33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the 30976 fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had 30977 devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of 30978 Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. 30979 30980 13:1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of 30981 the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. 30982 30983 13:2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, 30984 O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born 30985 unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer 30986 the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's 30987 bones shall be burnt upon thee. 30988 30989 13:3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which 30990 the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes 30991 that are upon it shall be poured out. 30992 30993 13:4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the 30994 man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put 30995 forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, 30996 which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it 30997 in again to him. 30998 30999 13:5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, 31000 according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of 31001 the LORD. 31002 31003 13:6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now 31004 the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be 31005 restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the 31006 king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. 31007 31008 13:7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and 31009 refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. 31010 31011 13:8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half 31012 thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor 31013 drink water in this place: 13:9 For so was it charged me by the word 31014 of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by 31015 the same way that thou camest. 31016 31017 13:10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came 31018 to Bethel. 31019 31020 13:11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and 31021 told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in 31022 Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told 31023 also to their father. 31024 31025 13:12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons 31026 had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. 31027 31028 13:13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled 31029 him the ass: and he rode thereon, 13:14 And went after the man of God, 31030 and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the 31031 man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. 31032 31033 13:15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. 31034 31035 13:16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: 31036 neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: 31037 13:17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no 31038 bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou 31039 camest. 31040 31041 13:18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel 31042 spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with 31043 thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he 31044 lied unto him. 31045 31046 13:19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and 31047 drank water. 31048 31049 13:20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of 31050 the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back: 13:21 And he 31051 cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the 31052 LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast 31053 not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, 13:22 31054 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of 31055 the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; 31056 thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. 31057 31058 13:23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had 31059 drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom 31060 he had brought back. 31061 31062 13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: 31063 and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion 31064 also stood by the carcase. 31065 31066 13:25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, 31067 and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the 31068 city where the old prophet dwelt. 31069 31070 13:26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard 31071 thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the 31072 word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, 31073 which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, 31074 which he spake unto him. 31075 31076 13:27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they 31077 saddled him. 31078 31079 13:28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass 31080 and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the 31081 carcase, nor torn the ass. 31082 31083 13:29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid 31084 it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the 31085 city, to mourn and to bury him. 31086 31087 13:30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over 31088 him, saying, Alas, my brother! 13:31 And it came to pass, after he 31089 had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, 31090 then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my 31091 bones beside his bones: 13:32 For the saying which he cried by the 31092 word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the 31093 houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall 31094 surely come to pass. 31095 31096 13:33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but 31097 made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: 31098 whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests 31099 of the high places. 31100 31101 13:34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to 31102 cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. 31103 31104 14:1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. 31105 31106 14:2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise 31107 thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get 31108 thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me 31109 that I should be king over this people. 31110 31111 14:3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of 31112 honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the 31113 child. 31114 31115 14:4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and 31116 came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes 31117 were set by reason of his age. 31118 31119 14:5 And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam 31120 cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and 31121 thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, 31122 that she shall feign herself to be another woman. 31123 31124 14:6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she 31125 came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why 31126 feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy 31127 tidings. 31128 31129 14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch 31130 as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my 31131 people Israel, 14:8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, 31132 and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who 31133 kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do 31134 that only which was right in mine eyes; 14:9 But hast done evil above 31135 all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other 31136 gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me 31137 behind thy back: 14:10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the 31138 house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth 31139 against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will 31140 take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away 31141 dung, till it be all gone. 31142 31143 14:11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and 31144 him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the 31145 LORD hath spoken it. 31146 31147 14:12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy 31148 feet enter into the city, the child shall die. 31149 31150 14:13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of 31151 Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some 31152 good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. 31153 31154 14:14 Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who 31155 shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. 31156 31157 14:15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the 31158 water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he 31159 gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, 31160 because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. 31161 31162 14:16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who 31163 did sin, and who made Israel to sin. 31164 31165 14:17 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and 31166 when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; 14:18 And 31167 they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word 31168 of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the 31169 prophet. 31170 31171 14:19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he 31172 reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the 31173 kings of Israel. 31174 31175 14:20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: 31176 and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. 31177 31178 14:21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was 31179 forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 31180 seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out 31181 of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's 31182 name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 31183 31184 14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked 31185 him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all 31186 that their fathers had done. 31187 31188 14:23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on 31189 every high hill, and under every green tree. 31190 31191 14:24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did 31192 according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast 31193 out before the children of Israel. 31194 31195 14:25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that 31196 Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 14:26 And he took 31197 away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the 31198 king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields 31199 of gold which Solomon had made. 31200 31201 14:27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and 31202 committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept 31203 the door of the king's house. 31204 31205 14:28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, 31206 that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard 31207 chamber. 31208 31209 14:29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are 31210 they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 31211 14:30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. 31212 31213 14:31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his 31214 fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an 31215 Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead. 31216 31217 15:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat 31218 reigned Abijam over Judah. 31219 31220 15:2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was 31221 Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 31222 31223 15:3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done 31224 before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as 31225 the heart of David his father. 31226 31227 15:4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a 31228 lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish 31229 Jerusalem: 15:5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of 31230 the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him 31231 all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the 31232 Hittite. 31233 31234 15:6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of 31235 his life. 31236 31237 15:7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they 31238 not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And 31239 there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 31240 31241 15:8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the 31242 city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. 31243 31244 15:9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa 31245 over Judah. 31246 31247 15:10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his 31248 mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 31249 31250 15:11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did 31251 David his father. 31252 31253 15:12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all 31254 the idols that his fathers had made. 31255 31256 15:13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being 31257 queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her 31258 idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. 31259 31260 15:14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart 31261 was perfect with the LORD all his days. 31262 31263 15:15 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and 31264 the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, 31265 silver, and gold, and vessels. 31266 31267 15:16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all 31268 their days. 31269 31270 15:17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built 31271 Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king 31272 of Judah. 31273 31274 15:18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the 31275 treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's 31276 house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa 31277 sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of 31278 Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 15:19 There is a league between 31279 me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent 31280 unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with 31281 Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 31282 31283 15:20 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of 31284 the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, 31285 and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of 31286 Naphtali. 31287 31288 15:21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off 31289 building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. 31290 31291 15:22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was 31292 exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber 31293 thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them 31294 Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. 31295 31296 15:23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that 31297 he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the 31298 book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time 31299 of his old age he was diseased in his feet. 31300 31301 15:24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers 31302 in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in 31303 his stead. 31304 31305 15:25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the 31306 second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. 31307 31308 15:26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way 31309 of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. 31310 31311 15:27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, 31312 conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which 31313 belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to 31314 Gibbethon. 31315 31316 15:28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, 31317 and reigned in his stead. 31318 31319 15:29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the 31320 house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he 31321 had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he 31322 spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: 15:30 Because of the sins 31323 of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his 31324 provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger. 31325 31326 15:31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they 31327 not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 31328 15:32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all 31329 their days. 31330 31331 15:33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of 31332 Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. 31333 31334 15:34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way 31335 of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. 31336 31337 16:1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against 31338 Baasha, saying, 16:2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and 31339 made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the 31340 way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me 31341 to anger with their sins; 16:3 Behold, I will take away the posterity 31342 of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house 31343 like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 31344 31345 16:4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him 31346 that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. 31347 31348 16:5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his 31349 might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings 31350 of Israel? 16:6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in 31351 Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead. 31352 31353 16:7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came 31354 the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for 31355 all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to 31356 anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; 31357 and because he killed him. 31358 31359 16:8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the 31360 son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. 31361 31362 16:9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired 31363 against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house 31364 of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah. 31365 31366 16:10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty 31367 and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. 31368 31369 16:11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat 31370 on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not 31371 one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his 31372 friends. 31373 31374 16:12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the 31375 word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet. 31376 31377 16:13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by 31378 which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking 31379 the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. 31380 31381 16:14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they 31382 not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 31383 16:15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri 31384 reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against 31385 Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. 31386 31387 16:16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath 31388 conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made 31389 Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. 31390 31391 16:17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and 31392 they besieged Tirzah. 31393 31394 16:18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, 31395 that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's 31396 house over him with fire, and died. 31397 31398 16:19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the 31399 LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, 31400 to make Israel to sin. 31401 31402 16:20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he 31403 wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the 31404 kings of Israel? 16:21 Then were the people of Israel divided into 31405 two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to 31406 make him king; and half followed Omri. 31407 31408 16:22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people 31409 that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri 31410 reigned. 31411 31412 16:23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to 31413 reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. 31414 31415 16:24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of 31416 silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which 31417 he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria. 31418 31419 16:25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse 31420 than all that were before him. 31421 31422 16:26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and 31423 in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of 31424 Israel to anger with their vanities. 31425 31426 16:27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might 31427 that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of 31428 the kings of Israel? 16:28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was 31429 buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. 31430 31431 16:29 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began 31432 Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri 31433 reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. 31434 31435 16:30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above 31436 all that were before him. 31437 31438 16:31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to 31439 walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife 31440 Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and 31441 served Baal, and worshipped him. 31442 31443 16:32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which 31444 he had built in Samaria. 31445 31446 16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God 31447 of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. 31448 31449 16:34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the 31450 foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates 31451 thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, 31452 which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun. 31453 31454 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, 31455 said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, 31456 there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. 31457 31458 17:2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 17:3 Get thee 31459 hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, 31460 that is before Jordan. 31461 31462 17:4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have 31463 commanded the ravens to feed thee there. 31464 31465 17:5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he 31466 went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 31467 31468 17:6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and 31469 bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. 31470 31471 17:7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, 31472 because there had been no rain in the land. 31473 31474 17:8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 17:9 Arise, get 31475 thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, 31476 I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. 31477 31478 17:10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate 31479 of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: 31480 and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water 31481 in a vessel, that I may drink. 31482 31483 17:11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, 31484 Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. 31485 31486 17:12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but 31487 an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, 31488 behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for 31489 me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 31490 31491 17:13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: 31492 but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and 31493 after make for thee and for thy son. 31494 31495 17:14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall 31496 not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the 31497 LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. 31498 31499 17:15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, 31500 and he, and her house, did eat many days. 31501 31502 17:16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil 31503 fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah. 31504 31505 17:17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the 31506 woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so 31507 sore, that there was no breath left in him. 31508 31509 17:18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou 31510 man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and 31511 to slay my son? 17:19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he 31512 took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he 31513 abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 31514 31515 17:20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou 31516 also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her 31517 son? 17:21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and 31518 cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this 31519 child's soul come into him again. 31520 31521 17:22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the 31522 child came into him again, and he revived. 31523 31524 17:23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the 31525 chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah 31526 said, See, thy son liveth. 31527 31528 17:24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a 31529 man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth. 31530 31531 18:1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD 31532 came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; 31533 and I will send rain upon the earth. 31534 31535 18:2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore 31536 famine in Samaria. 31537 31538 18:3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. 31539 (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: 18:4 For it was so, when Jezebel 31540 cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred 31541 prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and 31542 water.) 18:5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all 31543 fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find 31544 grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the 31545 beasts. 31546 31547 18:6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab 31548 went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. 31549 31550 18:7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he 31551 knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord 31552 Elijah? 18:8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, 31553 Elijah is here. 31554 31555 18:9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy 31556 servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? 18:10 As the LORD thy God 31557 liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent 31558 to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of 31559 the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. 31560 31561 18:11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 31562 31563 18:12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that 31564 the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so 31565 when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: 31566 but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth. 31567 31568 18:13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the 31569 prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets 31570 by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? 18:14 And now 31571 thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall 31572 slay me. 31573 31574 18:15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I 31575 stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day. 31576 31577 18:16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to 31578 meet Elijah. 31579 31580 18:17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto 31581 him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? 18:18 And he answered, I have 31582 not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have 31583 forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. 31584 31585 18:19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount 31586 Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the 31587 prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. 31588 31589 18:20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the 31590 prophets together unto mount Carmel. 31591 31592 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye 31593 between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, 31594 then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. 31595 31596 18:22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a 31597 prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty 31598 men. 31599 31600 18:23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one 31601 bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and 31602 put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on 31603 wood, and put no fire under: 18:24 And call ye on the name of your 31604 gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that 31605 answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and 31606 said, It is well spoken. 31607 31608 18:25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one 31609 bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call 31610 on the name of your gods, but put no fire under. 31611 31612 18:26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed 31613 it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, 31614 saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that 31615 answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. 31616 31617 18:27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, 31618 Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, 31619 or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be 31620 awaked. 31621 31622 18:28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with 31623 knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. 31624 31625 18:29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied 31626 until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there 31627 was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. 31628 31629 18:30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all 31630 the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD 31631 that was broken down. 31632 31633 18:31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the 31634 tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, 31635 saying, Israel shall be thy name: 18:32 And with the stones he built 31636 an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the 31637 altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. 31638 31639 18:33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and 31640 laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour 31641 it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. 31642 31643 18:34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second 31644 time. 31645 31646 And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. 31647 31648 18:35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the 31649 trench also with water. 31650 31651 18:36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening 31652 sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of 31653 Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art 31654 God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all 31655 these things at thy word. 31656 31657 18:37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou 31658 art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. 31659 31660 18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt 31661 sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up 31662 the water that was in the trench. 31663 31664 18:39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and 31665 they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God. 31666 31667 18:40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not 31668 one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down 31669 to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. 31670 31671 18:41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there 31672 is a sound of abundance of rain. 31673 31674 18:42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the 31675 top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his 31676 face between his knees, 18:43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look 31677 toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is 31678 nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. 31679 31680 18:44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, 31681 there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he 31682 said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down 31683 that the rain stop thee not. 31684 31685 18:45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black 31686 with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and 31687 went to Jezreel. 31688 31689 18:46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his 31690 loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. 31691 31692 19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he 31693 had slain all the prophets with the sword. 31694 31695 19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the 31696 gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of 31697 one of them by to morrow about this time. 31698 31699 19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came 31700 to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. 31701 31702 19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came 31703 and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that 31704 he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; 31705 for I am not better than my fathers. 31706 31707 19:5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an 31708 angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. 31709 31710 19:6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, 31711 and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid 31712 him down again. 31713 31714 19:7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched 31715 him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for 31716 thee. 31717 31718 19:8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of 31719 that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. 31720 31721 19:9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, 31722 the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest 31723 thou here, Elijah? 19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous for 31724 the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy 31725 covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the 31726 sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it 31727 away. 31728 31729 19:11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. 31730 31731 And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the 31732 mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD 31733 was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD 31734 was not in the earthquake: 19:12 And after the earthquake a fire; but 31735 the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 31736 31737 19:13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in 31738 his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. 31739 And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou 31740 here, Elijah? 19:14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the 31741 LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy 31742 covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the 31743 sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it 31744 away. 31745 31746 19:15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the 31747 wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king 31748 over Syria: 19:16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be 31749 king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt 31750 thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. 31751 31752 19:17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of 31753 Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu 31754 shall Elisha slay. 31755 31756 19:18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which 31757 have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. 31758 31759 19:19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who 31760 was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the 31761 twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. 31762 31763 19:20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I 31764 pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. 31765 And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? 31766 19:21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew 31767 them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and 31768 gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after 31769 Elijah, and ministered unto him. 31770 31771 20:1 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: 31772 and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and 31773 chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. 31774 31775 20:2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and 31776 said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad, 20:3 Thy silver and thy gold is 31777 mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. 31778 31779 20:4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, 31780 according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have. 31781 31782 20:5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, 31783 saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me 31784 thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; 20:6 Yet I 31785 will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they 31786 shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall 31787 be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in 31788 their hand, and take it away. 31789 31790 20:7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and 31791 said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he 31792 sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and 31793 for my gold; and I denied him not. 31794 31795 20:8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not 31796 unto him, nor consent. 31797 31798 20:9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord 31799 the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I 31800 will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and 31801 brought him word again. 31802 31803 20:10 And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, 31804 and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for 31805 all the people that follow me. 31806 31807 20:11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him 31808 that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. 31809 31810 20:12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he 31811 was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his 31812 servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array 31813 against the city. 31814 31815 20:13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, 31816 saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? 31817 behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt 31818 know that I am the LORD. 31819 31820 20:14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even 31821 by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who 31822 shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou. 31823 31824 20:15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, 31825 and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered 31826 all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand. 31827 31828 20:16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself 31829 drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings 31830 that helped him. 31831 31832 20:17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out 31833 first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men 31834 come out of Samaria. 31835 31836 20:18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them 31837 alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. 31838 31839 20:19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of 31840 the city, and the army which followed them. 31841 31842 20:20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and 31843 Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an 31844 horse with the horsemen. 31845 31846 20:21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and 31847 chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. 31848 31849 20:22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, 31850 Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the 31851 return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. 31852 31853 20:23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods 31854 are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let 31855 us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger 31856 than they. 31857 31858 20:24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his 31859 place, and put captains in their rooms: 20:25 And number thee an army, 31860 like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for 31861 chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we 31862 shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and 31863 did so. 31864 31865 20:26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad 31866 numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. 31867 31868 20:27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, 31869 and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them 31870 like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country. 31871 31872 20:28 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, 31873 and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD 31874 is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will 31875 I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know 31876 that I am the LORD. 31877 31878 20:29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so 31879 it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the 31880 children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in 31881 one day. 31882 31883 20:30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell 31884 upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad 31885 fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. 31886 31887 20:31 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that 31888 the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray 31889 thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out 31890 to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. 31891 31892 20:32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their 31893 heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad 31894 saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is 31895 my brother. 31896 31897 20:33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come 31898 from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother 31899 Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to 31900 him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. 31901 31902 20:34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took 31903 from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee 31904 in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send 31905 thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent 31906 him away. 31907 31908 20:35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his 31909 neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man 31910 refused to smite him. 31911 31912 20:36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of 31913 the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall 31914 slay thee. 31915 31916 And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew 31917 him. 31918 31919 20:37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And 31920 the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him. 31921 31922 20:38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and 31923 disguised himself with ashes upon his face. 31924 31925 20:39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, 31926 Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man 31927 turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if 31928 by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or 31929 else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. 31930 31931 20:40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the 31932 king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast 31933 decided it. 31934 31935 20:41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the 31936 king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. 31937 31938 20:42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let 31939 go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, 31940 therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his 31941 people. 31942 31943 20:43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, 31944 and came to Samaria. 31945 31946 21:1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the 31947 Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of 31948 Ahab king of Samaria. 31949 31950 21:2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I 31951 may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: 31952 and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem 31953 good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. 31954 31955 21:3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should 31956 give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. 31957 31958 21:4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the 31959 word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I 31960 will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down 31961 upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 31962 31963 21:5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy 31964 spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? 21:6 And he said unto her, 31965 Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me 31966 thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee 31967 another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my 31968 vineyard. 31969 31970 21:7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the 31971 kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: 31972 I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. 31973 31974 21:8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his 31975 seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were 31976 in his city, dwelling with Naboth. 31977 31978 21:9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set 31979 Naboth on high among the people: 21:10 And set two men, sons of 31980 Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst 31981 blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, 31982 that he may die. 31983 31984 21:11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were 31985 the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as 31986 it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. 31987 31988 21:12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 31989 31990 21:13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before 31991 him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, 31992 in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and 31993 the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him 31994 with stones, that he died. 31995 31996 21:14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is 31997 dead. 31998 31999 21:15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, 32000 and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the 32001 vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for 32002 money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. 32003 32004 21:16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that 32005 Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to 32006 take possession of it. 32007 32008 21:17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 32009 21:18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: 32010 behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to 32011 possess it. 32012 32013 21:19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast 32014 thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, 32015 saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood 32016 of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. 32017 32018 21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And 32019 he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work 32020 evil in the sight of the LORD. 32021 32022 21:21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy 32023 posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the 32024 wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, 21:22 And will make 32025 thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the 32026 house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou 32027 hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin. 32028 32029 21:23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat 32030 Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. 32031 32032 21:24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him 32033 that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. 32034 32035 21:25 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to 32036 work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife 32037 stirred up. 32038 32039 21:26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all 32040 things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children 32041 of Israel. 32042 32043 21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent 32044 his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in 32045 sackcloth, and went softly. 32046 32047 21:28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 32048 21:29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he 32049 humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but 32050 in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. 32051 32052 22:1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and 32053 Israel. 32054 32055 22:2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king 32056 of Judah came down to the king of Israel. 32057 32058 22:3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that 32059 Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the 32060 hand of the king of Syria? 22:4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt 32061 thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the 32062 king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses 32063 as thy horses. 32064 32065 22:5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray 32066 thee, at the word of the LORD to day. 32067 32068 22:6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about 32069 four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead 32070 to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD 32071 shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 32072 32073 22:7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD 32074 besides, that we might enquire of him? 22:8 And the king of Israel 32075 said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, 32076 by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not 32077 prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not 32078 the king say so. 32079 32080 22:9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten 32081 hither Micaiah the son of Imlah. 32082 32083 22:10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat 32084 each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the 32085 entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied 32086 before them. 32087 32088 22:11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he 32089 said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, 32090 until thou have consumed them. 32091 32092 22:12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to 32093 Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the 32094 king's hand. 32095 32096 22:13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, 32097 saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the 32098 king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of 32099 one of them, and speak that which is good. 32100 32101 22:14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto 32102 me, that will I speak. 32103 32104 22:15 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, 32105 shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And 32106 he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into 32107 the hand of the king. 32108 32109 22:16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee 32110 that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the 32111 LORD? 22:17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, 32112 as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no 32113 master: let them return every man to his house in peace. 32114 32115 22:18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell 32116 thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? 22:19 32117 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD 32118 sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on 32119 his right hand and on his left. 32120 32121 22:20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up 32122 and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another 32123 said on that manner. 32124 32125 22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and 32126 said, I will persuade him. 32127 32128 22:22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go 32129 forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. 32130 And he said, Thou shalt persude him, and prevail also: go forth, and 32131 do so. 32132 32133 22:23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the 32134 mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil 32135 concerning thee. 32136 32137 22:24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah 32138 on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me 32139 to speak unto thee? 22:25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in 32140 that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. 32141 32142 22:26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back 32143 unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; 22:27 32144 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed 32145 him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I 32146 come in peace. 32147 32148 22:28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath 32149 not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you. 32150 32151 22:29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up 32152 to Ramothgilead. 32153 32154 22:30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise 32155 myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the 32156 king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. 32157 32158 22:31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that 32159 had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor 32160 great, save only with the king of Israel. 32161 32162 22:32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw 32163 Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they 32164 turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out. 32165 32166 22:33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived 32167 that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from 32168 pursuing him. 32169 32170 22:34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of 32171 Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the 32172 driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; 32173 for I am wounded. 32174 32175 22:35 And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in 32176 his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran 32177 out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. 32178 32179 22:36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the 32180 going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to 32181 his own country. 32182 32183 22:37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried 32184 the king in Samaria. 32185 32186 22:38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs 32187 licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the 32188 word of the LORD which he spake. 32189 32190 22:39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the 32191 ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they 32192 not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 32193 22:40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in 32194 his stead. 32195 32196 22:41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the 32197 fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 32198 32199 22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to 32200 reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his 32201 mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 32202 32203 22:43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not 32204 aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: 32205 nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people 32206 offered and burnt incense yet in the high places. 32207 32208 22:44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. 32209 32210 22:45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he 32211 shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the 32212 chronicles of the kings of Judah? 22:46 And the remnant of the 32213 sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out 32214 of the land. 32215 32216 22:47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king. 32217 32218 22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but 32219 they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber. 32220 32221 22:49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my 32222 servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. 32223 32224 22:50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his 32225 fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned 32226 in his stead. 32227 32228 22:51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria 32229 the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two 32230 years over Israel. 32231 32232 22:52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way 32233 of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of 32234 Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin: 22:53 For he served 32235 Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of 32236 Israel, according to all that his father had done. 32237 32238 32239 32240 32241 The First Book of the Kings 32242 32243 Commonly Called: 32244 32245 The Fourth Book of the Kings 32246 32247 32248 1:1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. 32249 32250 1:2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that 32251 was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto 32252 them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall 32253 recover of this disease. 32254 32255 1:3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go 32256 up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, 32257 Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire 32258 of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? 1:4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, 32259 Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but 32260 shalt surely die. And Elijah departed. 32261 32262 1:5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, 32263 Why are ye now turned back? 1:6 And they said unto him, There came a 32264 man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that 32265 sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because 32266 there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of 32267 Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from 32268 that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 32269 32270 1:7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to 32271 meet you, and told you these words? 1:8 And they answered him, He was 32272 an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And 32273 he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. 32274 32275 1:9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And 32276 he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he 32277 spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. 32278 32279 1:10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a 32280 man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and 32281 thy fifty. 32282 32283 And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 32284 32285 1:11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his 32286 fifty. 32287 32288 And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king 32289 said, Come down quickly. 32290 32291 1:12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let 32292 fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the 32293 fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 32294 32295 1:13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. 32296 And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees 32297 before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I 32298 pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be 32299 precious in thy sight. 32300 32301 1:14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two 32302 captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my 32303 life now be precious in thy sight. 32304 32305 1:15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be 32306 not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king. 32307 32308 1:16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast 32309 sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not 32310 because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore 32311 thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but 32312 shalt surely die. 32313 32314 1:17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had 32315 spoken. 32316 32317 And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son 32318 of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son. 32319 32320 1:18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not 32321 written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2:1 And 32322 it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a 32323 whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 32324 32325 2:2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD 32326 hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, 32327 and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to 32328 Bethel. 32329 32330 2:3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to 32331 Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away 32332 thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye 32333 your peace. 32334 32335 2:4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the 32336 LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as 32337 thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. 32338 32339 2:5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, 32340 and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy 32341 master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye 32342 your peace. 32343 32344 2:6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD 32345 hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy 32346 soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. 32347 32348 2:7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view 32349 afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. 32350 32351 2:8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the 32352 waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two 32353 went over on dry ground. 32354 32355 2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said 32356 unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from 32357 thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit 32358 be upon me. 32359 32360 2:10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou 32361 see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if 32362 not, it shall not be so. 32363 32364 2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, 32365 behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and 32366 parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into 32367 heaven. 32368 32369 2:12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the 32370 chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: 32371 and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 32372 32373 2:13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went 32374 back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; 2:14 And he took the mantle of 32375 Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is 32376 the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they 32377 parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. 32378 32379 2:15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho 32380 saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they 32381 came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. 32382 32383 2:16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants 32384 fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest 32385 peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him 32386 upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not 32387 send. 32388 32389 2:17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They 32390 sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him 32391 not. 32392 32393 2:18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he 32394 said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? 2:19 And the men of 32395 the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this 32396 city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the 32397 ground barren. 32398 32399 2:20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they 32400 brought it to him. 32401 32402 2:21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the 32403 salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these 32404 waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. 32405 32406 2:22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying 32407 of Elisha which he spake. 32408 32409 2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by 32410 the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked 32411 him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. 32412 32413 2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the 32414 name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, 32415 and tare forty and two children of them. 32416 32417 2:25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he 32418 returned to Samaria. 32419 32420 3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria 32421 the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve 32422 years. 32423 32424 3:2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his 32425 father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that 32426 his father had made. 32427 32428 3:3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of 32429 Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. 32430 32431 3:4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the 32432 king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand 32433 rams, with the wool. 32434 32435 3:5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab 32436 rebelled against the king of Israel. 32437 32438 3:6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered 32439 all Israel. 32440 32441 3:7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The 32442 king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against 32443 Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people 32444 as thy people, and my horses as thy horses. 32445 32446 3:8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way 32447 through the wilderness of Edom. 32448 32449 3:9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of 32450 Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was 32451 no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. 32452 32453 3:10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called 32454 these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab! 32455 3:11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, 32456 that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of 32457 Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of 32458 Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. 32459 32460 3:12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the 32461 king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. 32462 32463 3:13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with 32464 thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of 32465 thy mother. 32466 32467 And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called 32468 these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. 32469 32470 3:14 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I 32471 stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat 32472 the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. 32473 32474 3:15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the 32475 minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. 32476 32477 3:16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of 32478 ditches. 32479 32480 3:17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye 32481 see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may 32482 drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. 32483 32484 3:18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will 32485 deliver the Moabites also into your hand. 32486 32487 3:19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and 32488 shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every 32489 good piece of land with stones. 32490 32491 3:20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was 32492 offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the 32493 country was filled with water. 32494 32495 3:21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to 32496 fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, 32497 and upward, and stood in the border. 32498 32499 3:22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the 32500 water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as 32501 blood: 3:23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, 32502 and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. 32503 32504 3:24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up 32505 and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went 32506 forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country. 32507 32508 3:25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land 32509 cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the 32510 wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth 32511 left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and 32512 smote it. 32513 32514 3:26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for 32515 him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break 32516 through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not. 32517 32518 3:27 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his 32519 stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there 32520 was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and 32521 returned to their own land. 32522 32523 4:1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the 32524 prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou 32525 knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come 32526 to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 32527 32528 4:2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what 32529 hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any 32530 thing in the house, save a pot of oil. 32531 32532 4:3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy 32533 neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 32534 32535 4:4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and 32536 upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou 32537 shalt set aside that which is full. 32538 32539 4:5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her 32540 sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. 32541 32542 4:6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said 32543 unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is 32544 not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. 32545 32546 4:7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the 32547 oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest. 32548 32549 4:8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a 32550 great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that 32551 as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. 32552 32553 4:9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is 32554 an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. 32555 32556 4:10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let 32557 us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a 32558 candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn 32559 in thither. 32560 32561 4:11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into 32562 the chamber, and lay there. 32563 32564 4:12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when 32565 he had called her, she stood before him. 32566 32567 4:13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been 32568 careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? 32569 wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the 32570 host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people. 32571 32572 4:14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi 32573 answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. 32574 32575 4:15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in 32576 the door. 32577 32578 4:16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, 32579 thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, 32580 do not lie unto thine handmaid. 32581 32582 4:17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that 32583 Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life. 32584 32585 4:18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out 32586 to his father to the reapers. 32587 32588 4:19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a 32589 lad, Carry him to his mother. 32590 32591 4:20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat 32592 on her knees till noon, and then died. 32593 32594 4:21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and 32595 shut the door upon him, and went out. 32596 32597 4:22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, 32598 one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man 32599 of God, and come again. 32600 32601 4:23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither 32602 new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. 32603 32604 4:24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go 32605 forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. 32606 32607 4:25 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it 32608 came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to 32609 Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: 4:26 Run now, I 32610 pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it 32611 well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It 32612 is well: 4:27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she 32613 caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And 32614 the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: 32615 and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. 32616 32617 4:28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do 32618 not deceive me? 4:29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and 32619 take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, 32620 salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay 32621 my staff upon the face of the child. 32622 32623 4:30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy 32624 soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her. 32625 32626 4:31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the 32627 face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore 32628 he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not 32629 awaked. 32630 32631 4:32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was 32632 dead, and laid upon his bed. 32633 32634 4:33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and 32635 prayed unto the LORD. 32636 32637 4:34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon 32638 his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: 32639 and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed 32640 warm. 32641 32642 4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went 32643 up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, 32644 and the child opened his eyes. 32645 32646 4:36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he 32647 called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy 32648 son. 32649 32650 4:37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the 32651 ground, and took up her son, and went out. 32652 32653 4:38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the 32654 land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he 32655 said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for 32656 the sons of the prophets. 32657 32658 4:39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild 32659 vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and 32660 shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not. 32661 32662 4:40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as 32663 they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou 32664 man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. 32665 32666 4:41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he 32667 said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no 32668 harm in the pot. 32669 32670 4:42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of 32671 God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears 32672 of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that 32673 they may eat. 32674 32675 4:43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred 32676 men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus 32677 saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. 32678 32679 4:44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, 32680 according to the word of the LORD. 32681 32682 5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great 32683 man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given 32684 deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was 32685 a leper. 32686 32687 5:2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away 32688 captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on 32689 Naaman's wife. 32690 32691 5:3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the 32692 prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. 32693 32694 5:4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the 32695 maid that is of the land of Israel. 32696 32697 5:5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter 32698 unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten 32699 talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of 32700 raiment. 32701 32702 5:6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when 32703 this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my 32704 servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. 32705 32706 5:7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, 32707 that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make 32708 alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his 32709 leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a 32710 quarrel against me. 32711 32712 5:8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king 32713 of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, 32714 Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he 32715 shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. 32716 32717 5:9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at 32718 the door of the house of Elisha. 32719 32720 5:10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in 32721 Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou 32722 shalt be clean. 32723 32724 5:11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, 32725 He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the 32726 LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the 32727 leper. 32728 32729 5:12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all 32730 the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he 32731 turned and went away in a rage. 32732 32733 5:13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My 32734 father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou 32735 not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, 32736 and be clean? 5:14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times 32737 in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh 32738 came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. 32739 32740 5:15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and 32741 came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there 32742 is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, 32743 take a blessing of thy servant. 32744 32745 5:16 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will 32746 receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. 32747 32748 5:17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to 32749 thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will 32750 henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, 32751 but unto the LORD. 32752 32753 5:18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master 32754 goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my 32755 hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself 32756 in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing. 32757 32758 5:19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a 32759 little way. 32760 32761 5:20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, 32762 my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his 32763 hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after 32764 him, and take somewhat of him. 32765 32766 5:21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running 32767 after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is 32768 all well? 5:22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, 32769 saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two 32770 young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a 32771 talent of silver, and two changes of garments. 32772 32773 5:23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, 32774 and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of 32775 garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them 32776 before him. 32777 32778 5:24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and 32779 bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. 32780 32781 5:25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto 32782 him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no 32783 whither. 32784 32785 5:26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man 32786 turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive 32787 money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and 32788 sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? 5:27 The leprosy 32789 therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for 32790 ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow. 32791 32792 6:1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the 32793 place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. 32794 32795 6:2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a 32796 beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he 32797 answered, Go ye. 32798 32799 6:3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. 32800 And he answered, I will go. 32801 32802 6:4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down 32803 wood. 32804 32805 6:5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: 32806 and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. 32807 32808 6:6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the 32809 place. 32810 32811 And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did 32812 swim. 32813 32814 6:7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, 32815 and took it. 32816 32817 6:8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel 32818 with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. 32819 32820 6:9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware 32821 that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come 32822 down. 32823 32824 6:10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God 32825 told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor 32826 twice. 32827 32828 6:11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for 32829 this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye 32830 not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel? 6:12 And one of 32831 his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that 32832 is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest 32833 in thy bedchamber. 32834 32835 6:13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch 32836 him. 32837 32838 And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. 32839 32840 6:14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: 32841 and they came by night, and compassed the city about. 32842 32843 6:15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone 32844 forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and 32845 chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we 32846 do? 6:16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more 32847 than they that be with them. 32848 32849 6:17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, 32850 that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he 32851 saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire 32852 round about Elisha. 32853 32854 6:18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and 32855 said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote 32856 them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. 32857 32858 6:19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this 32859 the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But 32860 he led them to Samaria. 32861 32862 6:20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that 32863 Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And 32864 the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in 32865 the midst of Samaria. 32866 32867 6:21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My 32868 father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? 6:22 And he answered, 32869 Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast 32870 taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water 32871 before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. 32872 32873 6:23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten 32874 and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the 32875 bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. 32876 32877 6:24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria 32878 gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 32879 32880 6:25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they 32881 besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of 32882 silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of 32883 silver. 32884 32885 6:26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there 32886 cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. 32887 32888 6:27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help 32889 thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? 6:28 And the 32890 king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman 32891 said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will 32892 eat my son to morrow. 32893 32894 6:29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the 32895 next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son. 32896 32897 6:30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, 32898 that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the 32899 people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. 32900 32901 6:31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of 32902 Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. 32903 32904 6:32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the 32905 king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he 32906 said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to 32907 take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, 32908 and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet 32909 behind him? 6:33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the 32910 messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the 32911 LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer? 7:1 Then Elisha 32912 said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow 32913 about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, 32914 and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. 32915 32916 7:2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, 32917 and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this 32918 thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but 32919 shalt not eat thereof. 32920 32921 7:3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: 32922 and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? 7:4 If we 32923 say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and 32924 we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now 32925 therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they 32926 save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. 32927 32928 7:5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the 32929 Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of 32930 Syria, behold, there was no man there. 32931 32932 7:6 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of 32933 chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and 32934 they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us 32935 the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come 32936 upon us. 32937 32938 7:7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their 32939 tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and 32940 fled for their life. 32941 32942 7:8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they 32943 went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, 32944 and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and 32945 entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid 32946 it. 32947 32948 7:9 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day 32949 of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning 32950 light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we 32951 may go and tell the king's household. 32952 32953 7:10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they 32954 told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, 32955 there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and 32956 asses tied, and the tents as they were. 32957 32958 7:11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house 32959 within. 32960 32961 7:12 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I 32962 will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we 32963 be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves 32964 in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch 32965 them alive, and get into the city. 32966 32967 7:13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray 32968 thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, 32969 (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: 32970 behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites 32971 that are consumed:) and let us send and see. 32972 32973 7:14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after 32974 the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. 32975 32976 7:15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was 32977 full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their 32978 haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king. 32979 32980 7:16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So 32981 a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of 32982 barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. 32983 32984 7:17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have 32985 the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and 32986 he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down 32987 to him. 32988 32989 7:18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, 32990 saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine 32991 flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of 32992 Samaria: 7:19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, 32993 behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing 32994 be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt 32995 not eat thereof. 32996 32997 7:20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the 32998 gate, and he died. 32999 33000 8:1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to 33001 life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn 33002 wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; 33003 and it shall also come upon the land seven years. 33004 33005 8:2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: 33006 and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the 33007 Philistines seven years. 33008 33009 8:3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman 33010 returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry 33011 unto the king for her house and for her land. 33012 33013 8:4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, 33014 saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath 33015 done. 33016 33017 8:5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had 33018 restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he 33019 had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her 33020 land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is 33021 her son, whom Elisha restored to life. 33022 33023 8:6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king 33024 appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was 33025 hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the 33026 land, even until now. 33027 33028 8:7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was 33029 sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. 33030 33031 8:8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and 33032 go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall 33033 I recover of this disease? 8:9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a 33034 present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' 33035 burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king 33036 of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this 33037 disease? 8:10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest 33038 certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall 33039 surely die. 33040 33041 8:11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: 33042 and the man of God wept. 33043 33044 8:12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I 33045 know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their 33046 strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay 33047 with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women 33048 with child. 33049 33050 8:13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should 33051 do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that 33052 thou shalt be king over Syria. 33053 33054 8:14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to 33055 him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou 33056 shouldest surely recover. 33057 33058 8:15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, 33059 and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: 33060 and Hazael reigned in his stead. 33061 33062 8:16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, 33063 Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphat 33064 king of Judah began to reign. 33065 33066 8:17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he 33067 reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 33068 33069 8:18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house 33070 of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the 33071 sight of the LORD. 33072 33073 8:19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's 33074 sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his 33075 children. 33076 33077 8:20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made 33078 a king over themselves. 33079 33080 8:21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he 33081 rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and 33082 the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents. 33083 33084 8:22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. 33085 Then Libnah revolted at the same time. 33086 33087 8:23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they 33088 not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 8:24 33089 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in 33090 the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. 33091 33092 8:25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did 33093 Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. 33094 33095 8:26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and 33096 he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, 33097 the daughter of Omri king of Israel. 33098 33099 8:27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in 33100 the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in 33101 law of the house of Ahab. 33102 33103 8:28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael 33104 king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. 33105 33106 8:29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds 33107 which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against 33108 Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah 33109 went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was 33110 sick. 33111 33112 9:1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, 33113 and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in 33114 thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead: 9:2 And when thou comest thither, 33115 look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go 33116 in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an 33117 inner chamber; 9:3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, 33118 and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. 33119 Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. 33120 33121 9:4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to 33122 Ramothgilead. 33123 33124 9:5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; 33125 and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto 33126 which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain. 33127 33128 9:6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on 33129 his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have 33130 anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. 33131 33132 9:7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may 33133 avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the 33134 servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. 33135 33136 9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from 33137 Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and 33138 left in Israel: 9:9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house 33139 of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of 33140 Ahijah: 9:10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, 33141 and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. 33142 33143 9:11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said 33144 unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he 33145 said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication. 33146 33147 9:12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and 33148 thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee 33149 king over Israel. 33150 33151 9:13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it 33152 under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, 33153 Jehu is king. 33154 33155 9:14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired 33156 against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, 33157 because of Hazael king of Syria. 33158 33159 9:15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds 33160 which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of 33161 Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth 33162 nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. 33163 33164 9:16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay 33165 there. 33166 33167 And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. 33168 33169 9:17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied 33170 the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram 33171 said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it 33172 peace? 9:18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, 33173 Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do 33174 with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The 33175 messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. 33176 33177 9:19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and 33178 said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast 33179 thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. 33180 33181 9:20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh 33182 not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of 33183 Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. 33184 33185 9:21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And 33186 Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his 33187 chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of 33188 Naboth the Jezreelite. 33189 33190 9:22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it 33191 peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of 33192 thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? 9:23 And Joram 33193 turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O 33194 Ahaziah. 33195 33196 9:24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram 33197 between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk 33198 down in his chariot. 33199 33200 9:25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in 33201 the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how 33202 that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD 33203 laid this burden upon him; 9:26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood 33204 of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will 33205 requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast 33206 him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD. 33207 33208 9:27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way 33209 of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him 33210 also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is 33211 by Ibleam. 33212 33213 And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. 33214 33215 9:28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and 33216 buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. 33217 33218 9:29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah 33219 to reign over Judah. 33220 33221 9:30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she 33222 painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. 33223 33224 9:31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, 33225 who slew his master? 9:32 And he lifted up his face to the window, 33226 and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or 33227 three eunuchs. 33228 33229 9:33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of 33230 her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode 33231 her under foot. 33232 33233 9:34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see 33234 now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter. 33235 33236 9:35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the 33237 skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. 33238 33239 9:36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the 33240 word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, 33241 saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: 33242 9:37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the 33243 field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is 33244 Jezebel. 33245 33246 10:1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and 33247 sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to 33248 them that brought up Ahab's children, saying, 10:2 Now as soon as this 33249 letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and 33250 there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and 33251 armour; 10:3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, 33252 and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. 33253 33254 10:4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings 33255 stood not before him: how then shall we stand? 10:5 And he that was 33256 over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and 33257 the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy 33258 servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any 33259 king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes. 33260 33261 10:6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be 33262 mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the 33263 men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this 33264 time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great 33265 men of the city, which brought them up. 33266 33267 10:7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took 33268 the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in 33269 baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. 33270 33271 10:8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have 33272 brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two 33273 heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning. 33274 33275 10:9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, 33276 and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired 33277 against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? 10:10 Know 33278 now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the 33279 LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD 33280 hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah. 33281 33282 10:11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, 33283 and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he 33284 left him none remaining. 33285 33286 10:12 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at 33287 the shearing house in the way, 10:13 Jehu met with the brethren of 33288 Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are 33289 the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the 33290 king and the children of the queen. 33291 33292 10:14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew 33293 them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither 33294 left he any of them. 33295 33296 10:15 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son 33297 of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is 33298 thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab 33299 answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his 33300 hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot. 33301 33302 10:16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they 33303 made him ride in his chariot. 33304 33305 10:17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab 33306 in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the 33307 LORD, which he spake to Elijah. 33308 33309 10:18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, 33310 Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. 33311 33312 10:19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his 33313 servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great 33314 sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not 33315 live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy 33316 the worshippers of Baal. 33317 33318 10:20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they 33319 proclaimed it. 33320 33321 10:21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of 33322 Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they 33323 came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one 33324 end to another. 33325 33326 10:22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth 33327 vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth 33328 vestments. 33329 33330 10:23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house 33331 of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that 33332 there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the 33333 worshippers of Baal only. 33334 33335 10:24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, 33336 Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom 33337 I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his 33338 life shall be for the life of him. 33339 33340 10:25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering 33341 the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, 33342 Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with 33343 the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, 33344 and went to the city of the house of Baal. 33345 33346 10:26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and 33347 burned them. 33348 33349 10:27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house 33350 of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day. 33351 33352 10:28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. 33353 33354 10:29 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made 33355 Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden 33356 calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan. 33357 33358 10:30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in 33359 executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the 33360 house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of 33361 the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. 33362 33363 10:31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of 33364 Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of 33365 Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. 33366 33367 10:32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael 33368 smote them in all the coasts of Israel; 10:33 From Jordan eastward, 33369 all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the 33370 Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and 33371 Bashan. 33372 33373 10:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all 33374 his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the 33375 kings of Israel? 10:35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they 33376 buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. 33377 33378 10:36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty 33379 and eight years. 33380 33381 11:1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was 33382 dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. 33383 33384 11:2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, 33385 took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's 33386 sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in 33387 the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 33388 33389 11:3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And 33390 Athaliah did reign over the land. 33391 33392 11:4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over 33393 hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him 33394 into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an 33395 oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son. 33396 33397 11:5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall 33398 do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be 33399 keepers of the watch of the king's house; 11:6 And a third part shall 33400 be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: 33401 so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. 33402 33403 11:7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they 33404 shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. 33405 33406 11:8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his 33407 weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be 33408 slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in. 33409 33410 11:9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things 33411 that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men 33412 that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on 33413 the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 33414 33415 11:10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king 33416 David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. 33417 33418 11:11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, 33419 round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left 33420 corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple. 33421 33422 11:12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, 33423 and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; 33424 and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king. 33425 33426 11:13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the 33427 people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. 33428 33429 11:14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the 33430 manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all 33431 the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah 33432 rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. 33433 33434 11:15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, 33435 the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without 33436 the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the 33437 priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD. 33438 33439 11:16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which 33440 the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain. 33441 33442 11:17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and 33443 the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king 33444 also and the people. 33445 33446 11:18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and 33447 brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces 33448 thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And 33449 the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. 33450 33451 11:19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the 33452 guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king 33453 from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the 33454 guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. 33455 33456 11:20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in 33457 quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house. 33458 33459 11:21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. 33460 33461 12:1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty 33462 years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of 33463 Beersheba. 33464 33465 12:2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all 33466 his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 33467 33468 12:3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still 33469 sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 33470 33471 12:4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated 33472 things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of 33473 every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set 33474 at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into 33475 the house of the LORD, 12:5 Let the priests take it to them, every man 33476 of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, 33477 wheresoever any breach shall be found. 33478 33479 12:6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king 33480 Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. 33481 33482 12:7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other 33483 priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the 33484 house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but 33485 deliver it for the breaches of the house. 33486 33487 12:8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, 33488 neither to repair the breaches of the house. 33489 33490 12:9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid 33491 of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh 33492 into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put 33493 therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. 33494 33495 12:10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the 33496 chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they 33497 put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the 33498 LORD. 33499 33500 12:11 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that 33501 did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and 33502 they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the 33503 house of the LORD, 12:12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to 33504 buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the 33505 LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. 33506 33507 12:13 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of 33508 silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of 33509 silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: 33510 12:14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the 33511 house of the LORD. 33512 33513 12:15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they 33514 delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt 33515 faithfully. 33516 33517 12:16 The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house 33518 of the LORD: it was the priests'. 33519 33520 12:17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and 33521 took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. 33522 33523 12:18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that 33524 Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, 33525 had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was 33526 found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's 33527 house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from 33528 Jerusalem. 33529 33530 12:19 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they 33531 not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 33532 12:20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in 33533 the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. 33534 33535 12:21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of 33536 Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with 33537 his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his 33538 stead. 33539 33540 13:1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king 33541 of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in 33542 Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. 33543 33544 13:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and 33545 followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to 33546 sin; he departed not therefrom. 33547 33548 13:3 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he 33549 delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the 33550 hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days. 33551 33552 13:4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: 33553 for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria 33554 oppressed them. 33555 33556 13:5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from 33557 under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in 33558 their tents, as beforetime. 33559 33560 13:6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of 33561 Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained 33562 the grove also in Samaria.) 13:7 Neither did he leave of the people 33563 to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand 33564 footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them 33565 like the dust by threshing. 33566 33567 13:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and 33568 his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the 33569 kings of Israel? 13:9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they 33570 buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead. 33571 33572 13:10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began 33573 Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and 33574 reigned sixteen years. 33575 33576 13:11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he 33577 departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made 33578 Israel sin: but he walked therein. 33579 33580 13:12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his 33581 might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not 33582 written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 13:13 33583 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: 33584 and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. 33585 33586 13:14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And 33587 Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, 33588 and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the 33589 horsemen thereof. 33590 33591 13:15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto 33592 him bow and arrows. 33593 33594 13:16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. 33595 And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's 33596 hands. 33597 33598 13:17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then 33599 Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's 33600 deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt 33601 smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them. 33602 33603 13:18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto 33604 the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and 33605 stayed. 33606 33607 13:19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest 33608 have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till 33609 thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. 33610 33611 13:20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the 33612 Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 33613 33614 13:21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, 33615 they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of 33616 Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of 33617 Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. 33618 33619 13:22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of 33620 Jehoahaz. 33621 33622 13:23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, 33623 and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, 33624 Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them 33625 from his presence as yet. 33626 33627 13:24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in 33628 his stead. 33629 33630 13:25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of 33631 Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the 33632 hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, 33633 and recovered the cities of Israel. 33634 33635 14:1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel 33636 reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. 33637 33638 14:2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and 33639 reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was 33640 Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 33641 33642 14:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not 33643 like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his 33644 father did. 33645 33646 14:4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people 33647 did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. 33648 33649 14:5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his 33650 hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father. 33651 33652 14:6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto 33653 that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the 33654 LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the 33655 children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every 33656 man shall be put to death for his own sin. 33657 33658 14:7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took 33659 Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. 33660 33661 14:8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son 33662 of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the 33663 face. 33664 33665 14:9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, 33666 saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in 33667 Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed 33668 by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. 33669 33670 14:10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee 33671 up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to 33672 thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? 33673 14:11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel 33674 went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the 33675 face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 33676 33677 14:12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled 33678 every man to their tents. 33679 33680 14:13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son 33681 of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, 33682 and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the 33683 corner gate, four hundred cubits. 33684 33685 14:14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that 33686 were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the 33687 king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. 33688 33689 14:15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, 33690 and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in 33691 the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 14:16 And Jehoash 33692 slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of 33693 Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. 33694 33695 14:17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death 33696 of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 33697 33698 14:18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the 33699 book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 14:19 Now they made a 33700 conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they 33701 sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 33702 33703 14:20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem 33704 with his fathers in the city of David. 33705 33706 14:21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen 33707 years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. 33708 33709 14:22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king 33710 slept with his fathers. 33711 33712 14:23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah 33713 Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, 33714 and reigned forty and one years. 33715 33716 14:24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he 33717 departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made 33718 Israel to sin. 33719 33720 14:25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto 33721 the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, 33722 which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, 33723 the prophet, which was of Gathhepher. 33724 33725 14:26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very 33726 bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper 33727 for Israel. 33728 33729 14:27 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel 33730 from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son 33731 of Joash. 33732 33733 14:28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and 33734 his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, 33735 which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book 33736 of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 14:29 And Jeroboam slept 33737 with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son 33738 reigned in his stead. 33739 33740 15:1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began 33741 Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. 33742 33743 15:2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned 33744 two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah 33745 of Jerusalem. 33746 33747 15:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, 33748 according to all that his father Amaziah had done; 15:4 Save that the 33749 high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense 33750 still on the high places. 33751 33752 15:5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day 33753 of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son 33754 was over the house, judging the people of the land. 33755 33756 15:6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are 33757 they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 33758 15:7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his 33759 fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. 33760 33761 15:8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did 33762 Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. 33763 33764 15:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his 33765 fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of 33766 Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 33767 33768 15:10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote 33769 him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. 33770 33771 15:11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written 33772 in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 33773 33774 15:12 This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, 33775 Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. 33776 And so it came to pass. 33777 33778 15:13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and 33779 thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in 33780 Samaria. 33781 33782 15:14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to 33783 Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, 33784 and reigned in his stead. 33785 33786 15:15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he 33787 made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the 33788 kings of Israel. 33789 33790 15:16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the 33791 coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore 33792 he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped 33793 up. 33794 33795 15:17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began 33796 Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in 33797 Samaria. 33798 33799 15:18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he 33800 departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 33801 who made Israel to sin. 33802 33803 15:19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem 33804 gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him 33805 to confirm the kingdom in his hand. 33806 33807 15:20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty 33808 men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the 33809 king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not 33810 there in the land. 33811 33812 15:21 And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are 33813 they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 33814 15:22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned 33815 in his stead. 33816 33817 15:23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son 33818 of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two 33819 years. 33820 33821 15:24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he 33822 departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made 33823 Israel to sin. 33824 33825 15:25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired 33826 against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's 33827 house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: 33828 and he killed him, and reigned in his room. 33829 33830 15:26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, 33831 behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of 33832 Israel. 33833 33834 15:27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the 33835 son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned 33836 twenty years. 33837 33838 15:28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he 33839 departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made 33840 Israel to sin. 33841 33842 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of 33843 Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, 33844 and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and 33845 carried them captive to Assyria. 33846 33847 15:30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the 33848 son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his 33849 stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. 33850 33851 15:31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, 33852 they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 33853 33854 15:32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel 33855 began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. 33856 33857 15:33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he 33858 reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, 33859 the daughter of Zadok. 33860 33861 15:34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did 33862 according to all that his father Uzziah had done. 33863 33864 15:35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed 33865 and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate 33866 of the house of the LORD. 33867 33868 15:36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are 33869 they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 33870 15:37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the 33871 king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. 33872 33873 15:38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his 33874 fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in 33875 his stead. 33876 33877 16:1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son 33878 of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 33879 33880 16:2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned 33881 sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the 33882 sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. 33883 33884 16:3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made 33885 his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the 33886 heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. 33887 33888 16:4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on 33889 the hills, and under every green tree. 33890 33891 16:5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel 33892 came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not 33893 overcome him. 33894 33895 16:6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and 33896 drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt 33897 there unto this day. 33898 33899 16:7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, 33900 saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the 33901 hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, 33902 which rise up against me. 33903 33904 16:8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of 33905 the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a 33906 present to the king of Assyria. 33907 33908 16:9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of 33909 Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people 33910 of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. 33911 33912 16:10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of 33913 Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to 33914 Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, 33915 according to all the workmanship thereof. 33916 33917 16:11 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king 33918 Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king 33919 Ahaz came from Damascus. 33920 33921 16:12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the 33922 altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. 33923 33924 16:13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and 33925 poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace 33926 offerings, upon the altar. 33927 33928 16:14 And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, 33929 from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house 33930 of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. 33931 33932 16:15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the 33933 great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat 33934 offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with 33935 the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat 33936 offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the 33937 blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and 33938 the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by. 33939 33940 16:16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz 33941 commanded. 33942 33943 16:17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the 33944 laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen 33945 that were under it, and put it upon the pavement of stones. 33946 33947 16:18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, 33948 and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for 33949 the king of Assyria. 33950 33951 16:19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not 33952 written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 16:20 33953 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in 33954 the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. 33955 33956 17:1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of 33957 Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. 33958 33959 17:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not 33960 as the kings of Israel that were before him. 33961 33962 17:3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea 33963 became his servant, and gave him presents. 33964 33965 17:4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had 33966 sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the 33967 king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of 33968 Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. 33969 33970 17:5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and 33971 went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. 33972 33973 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and 33974 carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in 33975 Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. 33976 33977 17:7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the 33978 LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, 33979 from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other 33980 gods, 17:8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD 33981 cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of 33982 Israel, which they had made. 33983 33984 17:9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were 33985 not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places 33986 in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced 33987 city. 33988 33989 17:10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and 33990 under every green tree: 17:11 And there they burnt incense in all the 33991 high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before 33992 them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: 17:12 33993 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall 33994 not do this thing. 33995 33996 17:13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all 33997 the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil 33998 ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the 33999 law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my 34000 servants the prophets. 34001 34002 17:14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, 34003 like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD 34004 their God. 34005 34006 17:15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made 34007 with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against 34008 them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the 34009 heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had 34010 charged them, that they should not do like them. 34011 34012 17:16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and 34013 made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and 34014 worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. 34015 34016 17:17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through 34017 the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to 34018 do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 34019 34020 17:18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them 34021 out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. 34022 34023 17:19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but 34024 walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. 34025 34026 17:20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted 34027 them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast 34028 them out of his sight. 34029 34030 17:21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made 34031 Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from 34032 following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. 34033 34034 17:22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam 34035 which he did; they departed not from them; 17:23 Until the LORD 34036 removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants 34037 the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to 34038 Assyria unto this day. 34039 34040 17:24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from 34041 Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed 34042 them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and 34043 they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. 34044 34045 17:25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that 34046 they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, 34047 which slew some of them. 34048 34049 17:26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations 34050 which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not 34051 the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among 34052 them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of 34053 the God of the land. 34054 34055 17:27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of 34056 the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell 34057 there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. 34058 34059 17:28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria 34060 came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the 34061 LORD. 34062 34063 17:29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the 34064 houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation 34065 in their cities wherein they dwelt. 34066 34067 17:30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth 34068 made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 17:31 And the Avites 34069 made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in 34070 fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 34071 34072 17:32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest 34073 of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the 34074 houses of the high places. 34075 34076 17:33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the 34077 manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. 34078 34079 17:34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not 34080 the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their 34081 ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded 34082 the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; 17:35 With whom the LORD 34083 had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other 34084 gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to 34085 them: 17:36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt 34086 with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him 34087 shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. 34088 34089 17:37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the 34090 commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for 34091 evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. 34092 34093 17:38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; 34094 neither shall ye fear other gods. 34095 34096 17:39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you 34097 out of the hand of all your enemies. 34098 34099 17:40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former 34100 manner. 34101 34102 17:41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven 34103 images, both their children, and their children's children: as did 34104 their fathers, so do they unto this day. 34105 34106 18:1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king 34107 of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. 34108 34109 18:2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he 34110 reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was 34111 Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. 34112 34113 18:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, 34114 according to all that David his father did. 34115 34116 18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down 34117 the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had 34118 made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to 34119 it: and he called it Nehushtan. 34120 34121 18:5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none 34122 like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. 34123 34124 18:6 For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, 34125 but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. 34126 34127 18:7 And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went 34128 forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him 34129 not. 34130 34131 18:8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders 34132 thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. 34133 34134 18:9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which 34135 was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that 34136 Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. 34137 34138 18:10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth 34139 year of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, 34140 Samaria was taken. 34141 34142 18:11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and 34143 put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the 34144 cities of the Medes: 18:12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the 34145 LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the 34146 servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. 34147 34148 18:13 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king 34149 of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took 34150 them. 34151 34152 18:14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to 34153 Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou 34154 puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto 34155 Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty 34156 talents of gold. 34157 34158 18:15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house 34159 of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house. 34160 34161 18:16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the 34162 temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah 34163 had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. 34164 34165 18:17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh 34166 from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And 34167 they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they 34168 came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the 34169 highway of the fuller's field. 34170 34171 18:18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them 34172 Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna 34173 the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. 34174 34175 18:19 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus 34176 saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this 34177 wherein thou trustest? 18:20 Thou sayest, (but they are but vain 34178 words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou 34179 trust, that thou rebellest against me? 18:21 Now, behold, thou 34180 trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on 34181 which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is 34182 Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. 34183 34184 18:22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that 34185 he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and 34186 hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar 34187 in Jerusalem? 18:23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my 34188 lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, 34189 if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. 34190 34191 18:24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the 34192 least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots 34193 and for horsemen? 18:25 Am I now come up without the LORD against 34194 this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this 34195 land, and destroy it. 34196 34197 18:26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto 34198 Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; 34199 for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in 34200 the ears of the people that are on the wall. 34201 34202 18:27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy 34203 master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the 34204 men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink 34205 their own piss with you? 18:28 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a 34206 loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of 34207 the great king, the king of Assyria: 18:29 Thus saith the king, Let 34208 not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out 34209 of his hand: 18:30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, 34210 saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be 34211 delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 34212 34213 18:31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, 34214 Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then 34215 eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and 34216 drink ye every one the waters of his cistern: 18:32 Until I come and 34217 take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a 34218 land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye 34219 may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he 34220 persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. 34221 34222 18:33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land 34223 out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 18:34 Where are the gods of 34224 Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and 34225 Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand? 18:35 Who are 34226 they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their 34227 country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out 34228 of mine hand? 18:36 But the people held their peace, and answered him 34229 not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. 34230 34231 18:37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the 34232 household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the 34233 recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words 34234 of Rabshakeh. 34235 34236 19:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent 34237 his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the 34238 house of the LORD. 34239 34240 19:2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the 34241 scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to 34242 Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 34243 34244 19:3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of 34245 trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to 34246 the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. 34247 34248 19:4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, 34249 whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living 34250 God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: 34251 wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. 34252 34253 19:5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 34254 34255 19:6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus 34256 saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with 34257 which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 34258 34259 19:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, 34260 and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the 34261 sword in his own land. 34262 34263 19:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring 34264 against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 34265 34266 19:9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is 34267 come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto 34268 Hezekiah, saying, 19:10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, 34269 saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, 34270 Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 34271 34272 19:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to 34273 all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered? 34274 19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers 34275 have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of 34276 Eden which were in Thelasar? 19:13 Where is the king of Hamath, and 34277 the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, 34278 and Ivah? 19:14 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the 34279 messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the 34280 LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 34281 34282 19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of 34283 Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even 34284 thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven 34285 and earth. 34286 34287 19:16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and 34288 see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to 34289 reproach the living God. 34290 34291 19:17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the 34292 nations and their lands, 19:18 And have cast their gods into the fire: 34293 for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: 34294 therefore they have destroyed them. 34295 34296 19:19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out 34297 of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art 34298 the LORD God, even thou only. 34299 34300 19:20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith 34301 the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against 34302 Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. 34303 34304 19:21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The 34305 virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to 34306 scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 34307 34308 19:22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast 34309 thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against 34310 the Holy One of Israel. 34311 34312 19:23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, 34313 With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the 34314 mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar 34315 trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into 34316 the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel. 34317 34318 19:24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my 34319 feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places. 34320 34321 19:25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient 34322 times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou 34323 shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. 34324 34325 19:26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were 34326 dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as 34327 the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted 34328 before it be grown up. 34329 34330 19:27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and 34331 thy rage against me. 34332 34333 19:28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine 34334 ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy 34335 lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. 34336 34337 19:29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such 34338 things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which 34339 springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and 34340 plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. 34341 34342 19:30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet 34343 again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 34344 34345 19:31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that 34346 escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. 34347 34348 19:32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He 34349 shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come 34350 before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. 34351 34352 19:33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall 34353 not come into this city, saith the LORD. 34354 34355 19:34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and 34356 for my servant David's sake. 34357 34358 19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went 34359 out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and 34360 five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they 34361 were all dead corpses. 34362 34363 19:36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, 34364 and dwelt at Nineveh. 34365 34366 19:37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of 34367 Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with 34368 the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon 34369 his son reigned in his stead. 34370 34371 20:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet 34372 Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the 34373 LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. 34374 34375 20:2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, 34376 saying, 20:3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked 34377 before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that 34378 which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. 34379 34380 20:4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle 34381 court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 20:5 Turn again, 34382 and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the 34383 God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy 34384 tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up 34385 unto the house of the LORD. 34386 34387 20:6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver 34388 thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will 34389 defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 34390 34391 20:7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it 34392 on the boil, and he recovered. 34393 34394 20:8 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the 34395 LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD 34396 the third day? 20:9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the 34397 LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the 34398 shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? 20:10 And 34399 Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten 34400 degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. 34401 34402 20:11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the 34403 shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of 34404 Ahaz. 34405 34406 20:12 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of 34407 Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard 34408 that Hezekiah had been sick. 34409 34410 20:13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house 34411 of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and 34412 the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that 34413 was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all 34414 his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. 34415 34416 20:14 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto 34417 him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And 34418 Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon. 34419 34420 20:15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah 34421 answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there 34422 is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. 34423 34424 20:16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. 34425 34426 20:17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that 34427 which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be 34428 carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. 34429 34430 20:18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt 34431 beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace 34432 of the king of Babylon. 34433 34434 20:19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD 34435 which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and 34436 truth be in my days? 20:20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and 34437 all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought 34438 water into the city, are they not written in the book of the 34439 chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20:21 And Hezekiah slept with his 34440 fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. 34441 34442 21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned 34443 fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was 34444 Hephzibah. 34445 34446 21:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after 34447 the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the 34448 children of Israel. 34449 34450 21:3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father 34451 had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as 34452 did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and 34453 served them. 34454 34455 21:4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD 34456 said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. 34457 34458 21:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts 34459 of the house of the LORD. 34460 34461 21:6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, 34462 and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he 34463 wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to 34464 anger. 34465 34466 21:7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the 34467 house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In 34468 this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of 34469 Israel, will I put my name for ever: 21:8 Neither will I make the feet 34470 of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; 34471 only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded 34472 them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded 34473 them. 34474 34475 21:9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil 34476 than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of 34477 Israel. 34478 34479 21:10 And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying, 21:11 34480 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath 34481 done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, 34482 and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: 21:12 Therefore thus 34483 saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon 34484 Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall 34485 tingle. 34486 34487 21:13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the 34488 plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man 34489 wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. 34490 34491 21:14 And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver 34492 them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and 34493 a spoil to all their enemies; 21:15 Because they have done that which 34494 was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day 34495 their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day. 34496 34497 21:16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had 34498 filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he 34499 made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the 34500 LORD. 34501 34502 21:17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and 34503 his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the 34504 chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21:18 And Manasseh slept with his 34505 fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden 34506 of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. 34507 34508 21:19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he 34509 reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was 34510 Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 34511 34512 21:20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his 34513 father Manasseh did. 34514 34515 21:21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and 34516 served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: 21:22 34517 And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way 34518 of the LORD. 34519 34520 21:23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the 34521 king in his own house. 34522 34523 21:24 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired 34524 against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king 34525 in his stead. 34526 34527 21:25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not 34528 written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21:26 34529 And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah 34530 his son reigned in his stead. 34531 34532 22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 34533 thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, 34534 the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. 34535 34536 22:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and 34537 walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the 34538 right hand or to the left. 34539 34540 22:3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that 34541 the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the 34542 scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, 22:4 Go up to Hilkiah the 34543 high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the 34544 house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the 34545 people: 22:5 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the 34546 work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them 34547 give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to 34548 repair the breaches of the house, 22:6 Unto carpenters, and builders, 34549 and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. 34550 34551 22:7 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that 34552 was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. 34553 34554 22:8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have 34555 found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave 34556 the book to Shaphan, and he read it. 34557 34558 22:9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king 34559 word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was 34560 found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that 34561 do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. 34562 34563 22:10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the 34564 priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. 34565 34566 22:11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the 34567 book of the law, that he rent his clothes. 34568 34569 22:12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of 34570 Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and 34571 Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, 22:13 Go ye, enquire of the 34572 LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the 34573 words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD 34574 that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened 34575 unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is 34576 written concerning us. 34577 34578 22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and 34579 Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son 34580 of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt 34581 in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. 34582 34583 22:15 And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell 34584 the man that sent you to me, 22:16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will 34585 bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all 34586 the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: 22:17 Because 34587 they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that 34588 they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; 34589 therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not 34590 be quenched. 34591 34592 22:18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, 34593 thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As 34594 touching the words which thou hast heard; 22:19 Because thine heart 34595 was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou 34596 heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants 34597 thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast 34598 rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith 34599 the LORD. 34600 34601 22:20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou 34602 shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not 34603 see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought 34604 the king word again. 34605 34606 23:1 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of 34607 Judah and of Jerusalem. 34608 34609 23:2 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men 34610 of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the 34611 priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: 34612 and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant 34613 which was found in the house of the LORD. 34614 34615 23:3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the 34616 LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his 34617 testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, 34618 to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. 34619 And all the people stood to the covenant. 34620 34621 23:4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests 34622 of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out 34623 of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and 34624 for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them 34625 without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of 34626 them unto Bethel. 34627 34628 23:5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah 34629 had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of 34630 Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned 34631 incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, 34632 and to all the host of heaven. 34633 34634 23:6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without 34635 Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, 34636 and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the 34637 graves of the children of the people. 34638 34639 23:7 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the 34640 house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove. 34641 34642 23:8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and 34643 defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from 34644 Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that 34645 were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the 34646 city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city. 34647 34648 23:9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the 34649 altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened 34650 bread among their brethren. 34651 34652 23:10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children 34653 of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass 34654 through the fire to Molech. 34655 34656 23:11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to 34657 the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber 34658 of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned 34659 the chariots of the sun with fire. 34660 34661 23:12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of 34662 Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh 34663 had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat 34664 down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into 34665 the brook Kidron. 34666 34667 23:13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on 34668 the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of 34669 Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and 34670 for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the 34671 abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. 34672 34673 23:14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and 34674 filled their places with the bones of men. 34675 34676 23:15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which 34677 Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that 34678 altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and 34679 stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove. 34680 34681 23:16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were 34682 there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the 34683 sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according 34684 to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who 34685 proclaimed these words. 34686 34687 23:17 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the 34688 city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from 34689 Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the 34690 altar of Bethel. 34691 34692 23:18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they 34693 let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of 34694 Samaria. 34695 34696 23:19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the 34697 cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the 34698 Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the 34699 acts that he had done in Bethel. 34700 34701 23:20 And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there 34702 upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to 34703 Jerusalem. 34704 34705 23:21 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover 34706 unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. 34707 34708 23:22 Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the 34709 judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, 34710 nor of the kings of Judah; 23:23 But in the eighteenth year of king 34711 Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem. 34712 34713 23:24 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and 34714 the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in 34715 the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might 34716 perform the words of the law which were written in the book that 34717 Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. 34718 34719 23:25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to 34720 the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his 34721 might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose 34722 there any like him. 34723 34724 23:26 Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his 34725 great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of 34726 all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. 34727 34728 23:27 And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as 34729 I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I 34730 have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there. 34731 34732 23:28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are 34733 they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 34734 23:29 In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king 34735 of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; 34736 and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. 34737 34738 23:30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and 34739 brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the 34740 people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, 34741 and made him king in his father's stead. 34742 34743 23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; 34744 and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was 34745 Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 34746 34747 23:32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, 34748 according to all that his fathers had done. 34749 34750 23:33 And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of 34751 Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a 34752 tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. 34753 34754 23:34 And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the 34755 room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took 34756 Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. 34757 34758 23:35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he 34759 taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of 34760 Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, 34761 of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh. 34762 34763 23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; 34764 and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was 34765 Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 34766 34767 23:37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, 34768 according to all that his fathers had done. 34769 34770 24:1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim 34771 became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against 34772 him. 34773 34774 24:2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of 34775 the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of 34776 Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the 34777 word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets. 34778 34779 24:3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to 34780 remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to 34781 all that he did; 24:4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: 34782 for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not 34783 pardon. 34784 34785 24:5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are 34786 they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 34787 24:6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son 34788 reigned in his stead. 34789 34790 24:7 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: 34791 for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the 34792 river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt. 34793 34794 24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he 34795 reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, 34796 the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 34797 34798 24:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, 34799 according to all that his father had done. 34800 34801 24:10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came 34802 up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 34803 34804 24:11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and 34805 his servants did besiege it. 34806 34807 24:12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of 34808 Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and 34809 his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of 34810 his reign. 34811 34812 24:13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the 34813 LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the 34814 vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of 34815 the LORD, as the LORD had said. 34816 34817 24:14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all 34818 the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the 34819 craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the 34820 people of the land. 34821 34822 24:15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's 34823 mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the 34824 land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 34825 34826 24:16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and 34827 smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the 34828 king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. 34829 34830 24:17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king 34831 in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. 34832 34833 24:18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, 34834 and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was 34835 Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 34836 34837 24:19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, 34838 according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 34839 34840 24:20 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem 34841 and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah 34842 rebelled against the king of Babylon. 34843 34844 25:1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth 34845 month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of 34846 Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched 34847 against it; and they built forts against it round about. 34848 34849 25:2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king 34850 Zedekiah. 34851 34852 25:3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in 34853 the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. 34854 34855 25:4 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night 34856 by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's 34857 garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the 34858 king went the way toward the plain. 34859 34860 25:5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook 34861 him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from 34862 him. 34863 34864 25:6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon 34865 to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. 34866 34867 25:7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out 34868 the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried 34869 him to Babylon. 34870 34871 25:8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is 34872 the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came 34873 Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, 34874 unto Jerusalem: 25:9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the 34875 king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's 34876 house burnt he with fire. 34877 34878 25:10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of 34879 the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. 34880 34881 25:11 Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the 34882 fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of 34883 the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away. 34884 34885 25:12 But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the 34886 land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. 34887 34888 25:13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and 34889 the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did 34890 the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to 34891 Babylon. 34892 34893 25:14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, 34894 and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they 34895 away. 34896 34897 25:15 And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of 34898 gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took 34899 away. 34900 34901 25:16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made 34902 for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without 34903 weight. 34904 34905 25:17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the 34906 chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three 34907 cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter 34908 round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar 34909 with wreathen work. 34910 34911 25:18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and 34912 Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 25:19 34913 And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of 34914 war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were 34915 found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which 34916 mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of 34917 the land that were found in the city: 25:20 And Nebuzaradan captain of 34918 the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to 34919 Riblah: 25:21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at 34920 Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their 34921 land. 34922 34923 25:22 And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom 34924 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made 34925 Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. 34926 34927 25:23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, 34928 heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came 34929 to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan 34930 the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, 34931 and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. 34932 34933 25:24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto 34934 them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, 34935 and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you. 34936 34937 25:25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son 34938 of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten 34939 men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the 34940 Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. 34941 34942 25:26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of 34943 the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the 34944 Chaldees. 34945 34946 25:27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the 34947 captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the 34948 seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of 34949 Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of 34950 Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; 25:28 And he spake kindly to 34951 him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with 34952 him in Babylon; 25:29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat 34953 bread continually before him all the days of his life. 34954 34955 25:30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the 34956 king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. 34957 34958 34959 34960 34961 The First Book of the Chronicles 34962 34963 34964 1:1 Adam, Sheth, Enosh, 1:2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, 1:3 Henoch, 34965 Methuselah, Lamech, 1:4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 34966 34967 1:5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and 34968 Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 34969 34970 1:6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 34971 34972 1:7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 34973 34974 1:8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 34975 34976 1:9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, 34977 and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 34978 34979 1:10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. 34980 34981 1:11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 34982 1:12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and 34983 Caphthorim. 34984 34985 1:13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, 1:14 The Jebusite 34986 also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 1:15 And the Hivite, and 34987 the Arkite, and the Sinite, 1:16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, 34988 and the Hamathite. 34989 34990 1:17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and 34991 Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. 34992 34993 1:18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. 34994 34995 1:19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; 34996 because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was 34997 Joktan. 34998 34999 1:20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and 35000 Jerah, 1:21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, 1:22 And Ebal, and 35001 Abimael, and Sheba, 1:23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these 35002 were the sons of Joktan. 35003 35004 1:24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 1:26 Serug, Nahor, 35005 Terah, 1:27 Abram; the same is Abraham. 35006 35007 1:28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. 35008 35009 1:29 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; 35010 then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 1:30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, 35011 Hadad, and Tema, 1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons 35012 of Ishmael. 35013 35014 1:32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, 35015 and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the 35016 sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. 35017 35018 1:33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, 35019 and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah. 35020 35021 1:34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel. 35022 35023 1:35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and 35024 Korah. 35025 35026 1:36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, 35027 and Timna, and Amalek. 35028 35029 1:37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. 35030 35031 1:38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, 35032 and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan. 35033 35034 1:39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's 35035 sister. 35036 35037 1:40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and 35038 Onam. 35039 35040 and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. 35041 35042 1:41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and 35043 Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 35044 35045 1:42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of 35046 Dishan; Uz, and Aran. 35047 35048 1:43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before 35049 any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: 35050 and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 35051 35052 1:44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned 35053 in his stead. 35054 35055 1:45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites 35056 reigned in his stead. 35057 35058 1:46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote 35059 Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his 35060 city was Avith. 35061 35062 1:47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 35063 35064 1:48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned 35065 in his stead. 35066 35067 1:49 And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in 35068 his stead. 35069 35070 1:50 And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the 35071 name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the 35072 daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 35073 35074 1:51 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke 35075 Aliah, duke Jetheth, 1:52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 1:53 35076 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 1:54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. 35077 These are the dukes of Edom. 35078 35079 2:1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 35080 Issachar, and Zebulun, 2:2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, 35081 and Asher. 35082 35083 2:3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born 35084 unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the 35085 firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew 35086 him. 35087 35088 2:4 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the 35089 sons of Judah were five. 35090 35091 2:5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. 35092 35093 2:6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, 35094 and Dara: five of them in all. 35095 35096 2:7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who 35097 transgressed in the thing accursed. 35098 35099 2:8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. 35100 35101 2:9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and 35102 Ram, and Chelubai. 35103 35104 2:10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of 35105 the children of Judah; 2:11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat 35106 Boaz, 2:12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, 2:13 And Jesse 35107 begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the 35108 third, 2:14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 2:15 Ozem the 35109 sixth, David the seventh: 2:16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and 35110 Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, 35111 three. 35112 35113 2:17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the 35114 Ishmeelite. 35115 35116 2:18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, 35117 and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 35118 35119 2:19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare 35120 him Hur. 35121 35122 2:20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. 35123 35124 2:21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father 35125 of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she 35126 bare him Segub. 35127 35128 2:22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land 35129 of Gilead. 35130 35131 2:23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, 35132 with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these 35133 belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. 35134 35135 2:24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah 35136 Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa. 35137 35138 2:25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the 35139 firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. 35140 35141 2:26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was 35142 the mother of Onam. 35143 35144 2:27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and 35145 Jamin, and Eker. 35146 35147 2:28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of 35148 Shammai; Nadab and Abishur. 35149 35150 2:29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him 35151 Ahban, and Molid. 35152 35153 2:30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without 35154 children. 35155 35156 2:31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And 35157 the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. 35158 35159 2:32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and 35160 Jonathan: and Jether died without children. 35161 35162 2:33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons 35163 of Jerahmeel. 35164 35165 2:34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a 35166 servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 35167 35168 2:35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and 35169 she bare him Attai. 35170 35171 2:36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 2:37 And Zabad 35172 begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 2:38 And Obed begat Jehu, and 35173 Jehu begat Azariah, 2:39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat 35174 Eleasah, 2:40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, 35175 2:41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. 35176 35177 2:42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his 35178 firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the 35179 father of Hebron. 35180 35181 2:43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 35182 35183 2:44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat 35184 Shammai. 35185 35186 2:45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of 35187 Bethzur. 35188 35189 2:46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: 35190 and Haran begat Gazez. 35191 35192 2:47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, 35193 and Ephah, and Shaaph. 35194 35195 2:48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. 35196 35197 2:49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of 35198 Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was 35199 Achsa. 35200 35201 2:50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of 35202 Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim. 35203 35204 2:51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader. 35205 35206 2:52 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half 35207 of the Manahethites. 35208 35209 2:53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, 35210 and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, 35211 and the Eshtaulites, 2:54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the 35212 Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the 35213 Manahethites, the Zorites. 35214 35215 2:55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the 35216 Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites 35217 that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab. 35218 35219 3:1 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in 35220 Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second 35221 Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: 3:2 The third, Absalom the son of 35222 Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah 35223 the son of Haggith: 3:3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, 35224 Ithream by Eglah his wife. 35225 35226 3:4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven 35227 years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three 35228 years. 35229 35230 3:5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and 35231 Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: 3:6 35232 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 3:7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, 35233 and Japhia, 3:8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 35234 35235 3:9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the 35236 concubines, and Tamar their sister. 35237 35238 3:10 And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, 35239 Jehoshaphat his son, 3:11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his 35240 son, 3:12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 3:13 Ahaz 35241 his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 3:14 Amon his son, Josiah 35242 his son. 35243 35244 3:15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second 35245 Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. 35246 35247 3:16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. 35248 35249 3:17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, 3:18 35250 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and 35251 Nedabiah. 35252 35253 3:19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the 35254 sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their 35255 sister: 3:20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, 35256 Jushabhesed, five. 35257 35258 3:21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of 35259 Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of 35260 Shechaniah. 35261 35262 3:22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; 35263 Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. 35264 35265 3:23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, 35266 three. 35267 35268 3:24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and 35269 Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven. 35270 35271 4:1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 35272 35273 4:2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat 35274 Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. 35275 35276 4:3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and 35277 Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: 4:4 And Penuel 35278 the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons 35279 of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem. 35280 35281 4:5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 35282 35283 4:6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and 35284 Haahashtari. 35285 35286 These were the sons of Naarah. 35287 35288 4:7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 35289 35290 4:8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the 35291 son of Harum. 35292 35293 4:9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother 35294 called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. 35295 35296 4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou 35297 wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand 35298 might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it 35299 may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. 35300 35301 4:11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father 35302 of Eshton. 35303 35304 4:12 And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father 35305 of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah. 35306 35307 4:13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of 35308 Othniel; Hathath. 35309 35310 4:14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of 35311 the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. 35312 35313 4:15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: 35314 and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. 35315 35316 4:16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. 35317 35318 4:17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and 35319 Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of 35320 Eshtemoa. 35321 35322 4:18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber 35323 the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are 35324 the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. 35325 35326 4:19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father 35327 of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 35328 35329 4:20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and 35330 Tilon. 35331 35332 And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth. 35333 35334 4:21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, 35335 and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of 35336 them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, 4:22 And Jokim, 35337 and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in 35338 Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things. 35339 35340 4:23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and 35341 hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. 35342 35343 4:24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and 35344 Shaul: 4:25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 35345 35346 4:26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei 35347 his son. 35348 35349 4:27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brethren 35350 had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to 35351 the children of Judah. 35352 35353 4:28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, 4:29 35354 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 4:30 And at Bethuel, and at 35355 Hormah, and at Ziklag, 4:31 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and 35356 at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign 35357 of David. 35358 35359 4:32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and 35360 Ashan, five cities: 4:33 And all their villages that were round about 35361 the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their 35362 genealogy. 35363 35364 4:34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah, 4:35 35365 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of 35366 Asiel, 4:36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, 35367 and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 4:37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, 35368 the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of 35369 Shemaiah; 4:38 These mentioned by their names were princes in their 35370 families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. 35371 35372 4:39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side 35373 of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 35374 35375 4:40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and 35376 quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. 35377 35378 4:41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of 35379 Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found 35380 there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their 35381 rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks. 35382 35383 4:42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, 35384 went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, 35385 and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 35386 35387 4:43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and 35388 dwelt there unto this day. 35389 35390 5:1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the 35391 firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his 35392 birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and 35393 the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 35394 35395 5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief 35396 ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:) 5:3 The sons, I say, of 35397 Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and 35398 Carmi. 35399 35400 5:4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, 35401 5:5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, 5:6 Beerah his son, 35402 whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was 35403 prince of the Reubenites. 35404 35405 5:7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their 35406 generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 5:8 35407 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt 35408 in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: 5:9 And eastward he inhabited 35409 unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: 35410 because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. 35411 35412 5:10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who 35413 fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the 35414 east land of Gilead. 35415 35416 5:11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of 35417 Bashan unto Salcah: 5:12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and 35418 Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 35419 35420 5:13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, 35421 and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, 35422 seven. 35423 35424 5:14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of 35425 Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, 35426 the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 5:15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son 35427 of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. 35428 35429 5:16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all 35430 the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders. 35431 35432 5:17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king 35433 of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. 35434 35435 5:18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of 35436 Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to 35437 shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven 35438 hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. 35439 35440 5:19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, 35441 and Nodab. 35442 35443 5:20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were 35444 delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried 35445 to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put 35446 their trust in him. 35447 35448 5:21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, 35449 and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two 35450 thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. 35451 35452 5:22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And 35453 they dwelt in their steads until the captivity. 35454 35455 5:23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: 35456 they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount 35457 Hermon. 35458 35459 5:24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even 35460 Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, 35461 and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house 35462 of their fathers. 35463 35464 5:25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went 35465 a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed 35466 before them. 35467 35468 5:26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of 35469 Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he 35470 carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half 35471 tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, 35472 and to the river Gozan, unto this day. 35473 35474 6:1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 35475 35476 6:2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 35477 35478 6:3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons 35479 also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 35480 35481 6:4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, 6:5 And Abishua 35482 begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6:6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and 35483 Zerahiah begat Meraioth, 6:7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat 35484 Ahitub, 6:8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 6:9 And 35485 Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, 6:10 And Johanan 35486 begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the 35487 temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) 6:11 And Azariah begat 35488 Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 6:12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and 35489 Zadok begat Shallum, 6:13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat 35490 Azariah, 6:14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, 35491 6:15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away 35492 Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 35493 35494 6:16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 35495 35496 6:17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. 35497 35498 6:18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and 35499 Uzziel. 35500 35501 6:19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families 35502 of the Levites according to their fathers. 35503 35504 6:20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 6:21 35505 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son. 35506 35507 6:22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his 35508 son, 6:23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, 35509 6:24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. 35510 35511 6:25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. 35512 35513 6:26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath 35514 his son, 6:27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 35515 35516 6:28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. 35517 35518 6:29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza 35519 his son, 6:30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. 35520 35521 6:31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the 35522 house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest. 35523 35524 6:32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle 35525 of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of 35526 the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according 35527 to their order. 35528 35529 6:33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons 35530 of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of 35531 Shemuel, 6:34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of 35532 Eliel, the son of Toah, 6:35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the 35533 son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 6:36 The son of Elkanah, the son of 35534 Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 6:37 The son of 35535 Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 6:38 35536 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of 35537 Israel. 35538 35539 6:39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph 35540 the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, 6:40 The son of Michael, the 35541 son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 6:41 The son of Ethni, the son 35542 of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 6:42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, 35543 the son of Shimei, 6:43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son 35544 of Levi. 35545 35546 6:44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: 35547 Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 6:45 The 35548 son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 6:46 The son 35549 of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, 6:47 The son of Mahli, 35550 the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 35551 35552 6:48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of 35553 service of the tabernacle of the house of God. 35554 35555 6:49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt 35556 offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the 35557 work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, 35558 according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 35559 35560 6:50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his 35561 son, Abishua his son, 6:51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his 35562 son, 6:52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 6:53 35563 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 35564 35565 6:54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in 35566 their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: 35567 for theirs was the lot. 35568 35569 6:55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs 35570 thereof round about it. 35571 35572 6:56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave 35573 to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 35574 35575 6:57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, 35576 Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, 35577 and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, 6:58 And Hilen with her suburbs, 35578 Debir with her suburbs, 6:59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and 35579 Bethshemesh with her suburbs: 6:60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; 35580 Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with 35581 her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen 35582 cities. 35583 35584 6:61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of 35585 that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of 35586 the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. 35587 35588 6:62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the 35589 tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe 35590 of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen 35591 cities. 35592 35593 6:63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their 35594 families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and 35595 out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 35596 35597 6:64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with 35598 their suburbs. 35599 35600 6:65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, 35601 and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe 35602 of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their 35603 names. 35604 35605 6:66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities 35606 of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. 35607 35608 6:67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in 35609 mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, 35610 6:68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs, 35611 6:69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs: 35612 6:70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and 35613 Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of 35614 Kohath. 35615 35616 6:71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half 35617 tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth 35618 with her suburbs: 6:72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with 35619 her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 6:73 And Ramoth with her 35620 suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: 6:74 And out of the tribe of 35621 Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, 6:75 And 35622 Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: 6:76 And out of 35623 the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon 35624 with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. 35625 35626 6:77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the 35627 tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: 35628 6:78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of 35629 Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the 35630 wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, 6:79 35631 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: 6:80 35632 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and 35633 Mahanaim with her suburbs, 6:81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and 35634 Jazer with her suburbs. 35635 35636 7:1 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and 35637 Shimrom, four. 35638 35639 7:2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, 35640 and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of 35641 Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose 35642 number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six 35643 hundred. 35644 35645 7:3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, 35646 and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. 35647 35648 7:4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their 35649 fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: 35650 for they had many wives and sons. 35651 35652 7:5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant 35653 men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven 35654 thousand. 35655 35656 7:6 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. 35657 35658 7:7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, 35659 and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of 35660 valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand 35661 and thirty and four. 35662 35663 7:8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and 35664 Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and 35665 Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. 35666 35667 7:9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their 35668 generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of 35669 valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred. 35670 35671 7:10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, 35672 and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and 35673 Ahishahar. 35674 35675 7:11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, 35676 mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred 35677 soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. 35678 35679 7:12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the 35680 sons of Aher. 35681 35682 7:13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, 35683 the sons of Bilhah. 35684 35685 7:14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine 35686 the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead: 7:15 And Machir took 35687 to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was 35688 Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad 35689 had daughters. 35690 35691 7:16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his 35692 name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons 35693 were Ulam and Rakem. 35694 35695 7:17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the 35696 son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 35697 35698 7:18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. 35699 35700 7:19 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and 35701 Aniam. 35702 35703 7:20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath 35704 his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, 7:21 And Zabad his 35705 son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath 35706 that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away 35707 their cattle. 35708 35709 7:22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came 35710 to comfort him. 35711 35712 7:23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, 35713 and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house. 35714 35715 7:24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and 35716 the upper, and Uzzensherah.) 7:25 And Rephah was his son, also 35717 Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son. 35718 35719 7:26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son. 35720 35721 7:27 Non his son, Jehoshuah his son. 35722 35723 7:28 And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns 35724 thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns 35725 thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns 35726 thereof: 7:29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, 35727 Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, 35728 Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of 35729 Israel. 35730 35731 7:30 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and 35732 Serah their sister. 35733 35734 7:31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of 35735 Birzavith. 35736 35737 7:32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their 35738 sister. 35739 35740 7:33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These 35741 are the children of Japhlet. 35742 35743 7:34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35744 35745 7:35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, 35746 and Amal. 35747 35748 7:36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and 35749 Imrah, 7:37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and 35750 Beera. 35751 35752 7:38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. 35753 35754 7:39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. 35755 35756 7:40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's 35757 house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the 35758 number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and 35759 to battle was twenty and six thousand men. 35760 35761 8:1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and 35762 Aharah the third, 8:2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 35763 35764 8:3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 8:4 And 35765 Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 8:5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and 35766 Huram. 35767 35768 8:6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers 35769 of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath: 8:7 And 35770 Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and 35771 Ahihud. 35772 35773 8:8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had 35774 sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. 35775 35776 8:9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and 35777 Malcham, 8:10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, 35778 heads of the fathers. 35779 35780 8:11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. 35781 35782 8:12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, 35783 and Lod, with the towns thereof: 8:13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were 35784 heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the 35785 inhabitants of Gath: 8:14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 8:15 And 35786 Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 8:16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, 35787 the sons of Beriah; 8:17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and 35788 Heber, 8:18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; 35789 8:19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 8:20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, 35790 and Eliel, 8:21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of 35791 Shimhi; 8:22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 8:23 And Abdon, and 35792 Zichri, and Hanan, 8:24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, 8:25 35793 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; 8:26 And Shamsherai, 35794 and Shehariah, and Athaliah, 8:27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, 35795 the sons of Jeroham. 35796 35797 8:28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. 35798 35799 These dwelt in Jerusalem. 35800 35801 8:29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was 35802 Maachah: 8:30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and 35803 Baal, and Nadab, 8:31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. 35804 35805 8:32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their 35806 brethren in Jerusalem, over against them. 35807 35808 8:33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, 35809 and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 35810 35811 8:34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah. 35812 35813 8:35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and 35814 Ahaz. 35815 35816 8:36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and 35817 Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, 8:37 And Moza begat Binea: 35818 Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: 8:38 And Azel had 35819 six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and 35820 Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. 35821 35822 8:39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, 35823 Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. 35824 35825 8:40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had 35826 many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the 35827 sons of Benjamin. 35828 35829 9:1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were 35830 written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried 35831 away to Babylon for their transgression. 35832 35833 9:2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their 35834 cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. 35835 35836 9:3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the 35837 children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; 35838 9:4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the 35839 son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah. 35840 35841 9:5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons. 35842 35843 9:6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred 35844 and ninety. 35845 35846 9:7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son 35847 of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, 9:8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, 35848 and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of 35849 Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 9:9 And their 35850 brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and 35851 six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their 35852 fathers. 35853 35854 9:10 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 9:11 And 35855 Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, 35856 the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; 35857 9:12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of 35858 Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son 35859 of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; 9:13 And 35860 their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and 35861 seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the 35862 service of the house of God. 35863 35864 9:14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of 35865 Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 9:15 And 35866 Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son 35867 of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 9:16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the 35868 son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the 35869 son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. 35870 35871 9:17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, 35872 and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; 9:18 Who hitherto waited in 35873 the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the 35874 children of Levi. 35875 35876 9:19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of 35877 Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, 35878 were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the 35879 tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were 35880 keepers of the entry. 35881 35882 9:20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time 35883 past, and the LORD was with him. 35884 35885 9:21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of 35886 the tabernacle of the congregation. 35887 35888 9:22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two 35889 hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their 35890 villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set 35891 office. 35892 35893 9:23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the 35894 house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. 35895 35896 9:24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, 35897 and south. 35898 35899 9:25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come 35900 after seven days from time to time with them. 35901 35902 9:26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set 35903 office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. 35904 35905 9:27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge 35906 was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to 35907 them. 35908 35909 9:28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, 35910 that they should bring them in and out by tale. 35911 35912 9:29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all 35913 the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, 35914 and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. 35915 35916 9:30 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the 35917 spices. 35918 35919 9:31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of 35920 Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were 35921 made in the pans. 35922 35923 9:32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were 35924 over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath. 35925 35926 9:33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, 35927 who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in 35928 that work day and night. 35929 35930 9:34 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their 35931 generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem. 35932 35933 9:35 And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's 35934 name was Maachah: 9:36 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and 35935 Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab. 35936 35937 9:37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. 35938 35939 9:38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their 35940 brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren. 35941 35942 9:39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, 35943 and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 35944 35945 9:40 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah. 35946 35947 9:41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and 35948 Ahaz. 35949 35950 9:42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and 35951 Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; 9:43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah 35952 his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 35953 35954 9:44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, 35955 and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons 35956 of Azel. 35957 35958 10:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel 35959 fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 35960 35961 10:2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; 35962 and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the 35963 sons of Saul. 35964 35965 10:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, 35966 and he was wounded of the archers. 35967 35968 10:4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me 35969 through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his 35970 armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, 35971 and fell upon it. 35972 35973 10:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell 35974 likewise on the sword, and died. 35975 35976 10:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died 35977 together. 35978 35979 10:7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that 35980 they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook 35981 their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. 35982 35983 10:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to 35984 strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount 35985 Gilboa. 35986 35987 10:9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his 35988 armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to 35989 carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people. 35990 35991 10:10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened 35992 his head in the temple of Dagon. 35993 35994 10:11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had 35995 done to Saul, 10:12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the 35996 body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, 35997 and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. 35998 35999 10:13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against 36000 the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and 36001 also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire 36002 of it; 10:14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and 36003 turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. 36004 36005 11:1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, 36006 Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 36007 36008 11:2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he 36009 that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said 36010 unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler 36011 over my people Israel. 36012 36013 11:3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; 36014 and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and 36015 they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the 36016 LORD by Samuel. 36017 36018 11:4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where 36019 the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. 36020 36021 11:5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come 36022 hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city 36023 of David. 36024 36025 11:6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be 36026 chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was 36027 chief. 36028 36029 11:7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city 36030 of David. 36031 36032 11:8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: 36033 and Joab repaired the rest of the city. 36034 36035 11:9 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was 36036 with him. 36037 36038 11:10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who 36039 strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, 36040 to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel. 36041 36042 11:11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; 36043 Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his 36044 spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. 36045 36046 11:12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was 36047 one of the three mighties. 36048 36049 11:13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were 36050 gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of 36051 barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. 36052 36053 11:14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and 36054 delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a 36055 great deliverance. 36056 36057 11:15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, 36058 into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in 36059 the valley of Rephaim. 36060 36061 11:16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison 36062 was then at Bethlehem. 36063 36064 11:17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of 36065 the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate! 11:18 And 36066 the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water 36067 out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and 36068 brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it 36069 out to the LORD. 36070 36071 11:19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: 36072 shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in 36073 jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. 36074 Therefore he would not drink it. 36075 36076 These things did these three mightiest. 36077 36078 11:20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for 36079 lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a 36080 name among the three. 36081 36082 11:21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was 36083 their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three. 36084 36085 11:22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of 36086 Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: 36087 also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. 36088 36089 11:23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits 36090 high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and 36091 he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the 36092 Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 36093 36094 11:24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name 36095 among the three mighties. 36096 36097 11:25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to 36098 the first three: and David set him over his guard. 36099 36100 11:26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of 36101 Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 11:27 Shammoth the 36102 Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, 11:28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, 36103 Abiezer the Antothite, 11:29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the 36104 Ahohite, 11:30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the 36105 Netophathite, 11:31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained 36106 to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 11:32 Hurai of 36107 the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, 11:33 Azmaveth the 36108 Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 11:34 The sons of Hashem the 36109 Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite, 11:35 Ahiam the son 36110 of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, 11:36 Hepher the 36111 Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, 11:37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai 36112 the son of Ezbai, 11:38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of 36113 Haggeri, 11:39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the 36114 armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 11:40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb 36115 the Ithrite, 11:41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, 11:42 36116 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and 36117 thirty with him, 11:43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the 36118 Mithnite, 11:44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of 36119 Hothan the Aroerite, 11:45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his 36120 brother, the Tizite, 11:46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and 36121 Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 11:47 Eliel, 36122 and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite. 36123 36124 12:1 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet 36125 kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were 36126 among the mighty men, helpers of the war. 36127 36128 12:2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and 36129 the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of 36130 Saul's brethren of Benjamin. 36131 36132 12:3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the 36133 Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, 36134 and Jehu the Antothite. 36135 36136 12:4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and 36137 over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad 36138 the Gederathite, 12:5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and 36139 Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 12:6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and 36140 Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, 12:7 And Joelah, and 36141 Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. 36142 36143 12:8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the 36144 hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the 36145 battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like 36146 the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains; 36147 12:9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 12:10 36148 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 12:11 Attai the sixth, 36149 Eliel the seventh, 12:12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 12:13 36150 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. 36151 36152 12:14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the 36153 least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. 36154 36155 12:15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it 36156 had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the 36157 valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. 36158 36159 12:16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold 36160 unto David. 36161 36162 12:17 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto 36163 them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be 36164 knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing 36165 there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, 36166 and rebuke it. 36167 36168 12:18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, 36169 and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: 36170 peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God 36171 helpeth thee. 36172 36173 Then David received them, and made them captains of the band. 36174 36175 12:19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the 36176 Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the 36177 lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He 36178 will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads. 36179 36180 12:20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and 36181 Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and 36182 Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh. 36183 36184 12:21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they 36185 were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host. 36186 36187 12:22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, 36188 until it was a great host, like the host of God. 36189 36190 12:23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to 36191 the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to 36192 him, according to the word of the LORD. 36193 36194 12:24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six 36195 thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war. 36196 36197 12:25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, 36198 seven thousand and one hundred. 36199 36200 12:26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. 36201 36202 12:27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were 36203 three thousand and seven hundred; 12:28 And Zadok, a young man mighty 36204 of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains. 36205 36206 12:29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three 36207 thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of 36208 the house of Saul. 36209 36210 12:30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight 36211 hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their 36212 fathers. 36213 36214 12:31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were 36215 expressed by name, to come and make David king. 36216 36217 12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had 36218 understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads 36219 of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their 36220 commandment. 36221 36222 12:33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with 36223 all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they 36224 were not of double heart. 36225 36226 12:34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield 36227 and spear thirty and seven thousand. 36228 36229 12:35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and 36230 six hundred. 36231 36232 12:36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty 36233 thousand. 36234 36235 12:37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the 36236 Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of 36237 instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. 36238 36239 12:38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect 36240 heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest 36241 also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. 36242 36243 12:39 And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: 36244 for their brethren had prepared for them. 36245 36246 12:40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and 36247 Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on 36248 mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of 36249 raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there 36250 was joy in Israel. 36251 36252 13:1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, 36253 and with every leader. 36254 36255 13:2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem 36256 good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad 36257 unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of 36258 Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in 36259 their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us: 36260 13:3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired 36261 not at it in the days of Saul. 36262 36263 13:4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the 36264 thing was right in the eyes of all the people. 36265 36266 13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even 36267 unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from 36268 Kirjathjearim. 36269 36270 13:6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to 36271 Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of 36272 God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is 36273 called on it. 36274 36275 13:7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of 36276 Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. 36277 36278 13:8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, 36279 and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with 36280 timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. 36281 36282 13:9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put 36283 forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. 36284 36285 13:10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote 36286 him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. 36287 36288 13:11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach 36289 upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day. 36290 36291 13:12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring 36292 the ark of God home to me? 13:13 So David brought not the ark home to 36293 himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of 36294 Obededom the Gittite. 36295 36296 13:14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his 36297 house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and 36298 all that he had. 36299 36300 14:1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of 36301 cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. 36302 36303 14:2 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over 36304 Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people 36305 Israel. 36306 36307 14:3 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons 36308 and daughters. 36309 36310 14:4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in 36311 Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 14:5 And Ibhar, 36312 and Elishua, and Elpalet, 14:6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 14:7 36313 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet. 36314 36315 14:8 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over 36316 all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard 36317 of it, and went out against them. 36318 36319 14:9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of 36320 Rephaim. 36321 36322 14:10 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the 36323 Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD 36324 said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand. 36325 36326 14:11 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then 36327 David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the 36328 breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place 36329 Baalperazim. 36330 36331 14:12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a 36332 commandment, and they were burned with fire. 36333 36334 14:13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the 36335 valley. 36336 36337 14:14 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go 36338 not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over 36339 against the mulberry trees. 36340 36341 14:15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the 36342 tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for 36343 God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. 36344 36345 14:16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the 36346 host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer. 36347 36348 14:17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD 36349 brought the fear of him upon all nations. 36350 36351 15:1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a 36352 place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 36353 36354 15:2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the 36355 Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to 36356 minister unto him for ever. 36357 36358 15:3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up 36359 the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it. 36360 36361 15:4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 15:5 36362 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred 36363 and twenty: 15:6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his 36364 brethren two hundred and twenty: 15:7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the 36365 chief and his brethren an hundred and thirty: 15:8 Of the sons of 36366 Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: 15:9 Of 36367 the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: 15:10 36368 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an 36369 hundred and twelve. 36370 36371 15:11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the 36372 Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and 36373 Amminadab, 15:12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers 36374 of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that 36375 ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that 36376 I have prepared for it. 36377 36378 15:13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a 36379 breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. 36380 36381 15:14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up 36382 the ark of the LORD God of Israel. 36383 36384 15:15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their 36385 shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the 36386 word of the LORD. 36387 36388 15:16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their 36389 brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and 36390 harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. 36391 36392 15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his 36393 brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their 36394 brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 15:18 And with them their 36395 brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and 36396 Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, 36397 and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, 36398 the porters. 36399 36400 15:19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound 36401 with cymbals of brass; 15:20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and 36402 Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and 36403 Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; 15:21 And Mattithiah, and 36404 Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with 36405 harps on the Sheminith to excel. 36406 36407 15:22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed 36408 about the song, because he was skilful. 36409 36410 15:23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. 36411 36412 15:24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and 36413 Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the 36414 trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were 36415 doorkeepers for the ark. 36416 36417 15:25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over 36418 thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of 36419 the house of Obededom with joy. 36420 36421 15:26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the 36422 ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and 36423 seven rams. 36424 36425 15:27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the 36426 Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master 36427 of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of 36428 linen. 36429 36430 15:28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD 36431 with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and 36432 with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. 36433 36434 15:29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came 36435 to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at 36436 a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in 36437 her heart. 36438 36439 16:1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the 36440 tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices 36441 and peace offerings before God. 36442 36443 16:2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings 36444 and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the 36445 LORD. 36446 36447 16:3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every 36448 one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. 36449 36450 16:4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the 36451 ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God 36452 of Israel: 16:5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and 36453 Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and 36454 Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a 36455 sound with cymbals; 16:6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with 36456 trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. 36457 36458 16:7 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the 36459 LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren. 36460 36461 16:8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his 36462 deeds among the people. 36463 36464 16:9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous 36465 works. 36466 36467 16:10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that 36468 seek the LORD. 36469 36470 16:11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually. 36471 36472 16:12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, 36473 and the judgments of his mouth; 16:13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, 36474 ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 36475 36476 16:14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 36477 36478 16:15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he 36479 commanded to a thousand generations; 16:16 Even of the covenant which 36480 he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; 16:17 And hath 36481 confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an 36482 everlasting covenant, 16:18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of 36483 Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; 16:19 When ye were but few, even 36484 a few, and strangers in it. 36485 36486 16:20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom 36487 to another people; 16:21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he 36488 reproved kings for their sakes, 16:22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, 36489 and do my prophets no harm. 36490 36491 16:23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day 36492 his salvation. 36493 36494 16:24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among 36495 all nations. 36496 36497 16:25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to 36498 be feared above all gods. 36499 36500 16:26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the 36501 heavens. 36502 36503 16:27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are 36504 in his place. 36505 36506 16:28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the 36507 LORD glory and strength. 36508 36509 16:29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an 36510 offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of 36511 holiness. 36512 36513 16:30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, 36514 that it be not moved. 36515 36516 16:31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men 36517 say among the nations, The LORD reigneth. 36518 36519 16:32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields 36520 rejoice, and all that is therein. 36521 36522 16:33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the 36523 LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth. 36524 36525 16:34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy 36526 endureth for ever. 36527 36528 16:35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us 36529 together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to 36530 thy holy name, and glory in thy praise. 36531 36532 16:36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the 36533 people said, Amen, and praised the LORD. 36534 36535 16:37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD 36536 Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as 36537 every day's work required: 16:38 And Obededom with their brethren, 36538 threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to 36539 be porters: 16:39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, 36540 before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at 36541 Gibeon, 16:40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of 36542 the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do 36543 according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he 36544 commanded Israel; 16:41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest 36545 that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the 36546 LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever; 16:42 And with them Heman 36547 and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a 36548 sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun 36549 were porters. 36550 36551 16:43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David 36552 returned to bless his house. 36553 36554 17:1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said 36555 to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark 36556 of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains. 36557 36558 17:2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for 36559 God is with thee. 36560 36561 17:3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to 36562 Nathan, saying, 17:4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the 36563 LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: 17:5 For I have 36564 not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this 36565 day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to 36566 another. 36567 36568 17:6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any 36569 of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, 36570 Why have ye not built me an house of cedars? 17:7 Now therefore thus 36571 shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I 36572 took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou 36573 shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: 17:8 And I have been with 36574 thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine 36575 enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of 36576 the great men that are in the earth. 36577 36578 17:9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant 36579 them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; 36580 neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at 36581 the beginning, 17:10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be 36582 over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. 36583 Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house. 36584 36585 17:11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou 36586 must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after 36587 thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 36588 36589 17:12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for 36590 ever. 36591 36592 17:13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not 36593 take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before 36594 thee: 17:14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for 36595 ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore. 36596 36597 17:15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, 36598 so did Nathan speak unto David. 36599 36600 17:16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who 36601 am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me 36602 hitherto? 17:17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; 36603 for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to 36604 come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high 36605 degree, O LORD God. 36606 36607 17:18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? 36608 for thou knowest thy servant. 36609 36610 17:19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own 36611 heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these 36612 great things. 36613 36614 17:20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside 36615 thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 36616 36617 17:21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom 36618 God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of 36619 greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy 36620 people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? 17:22 For thy people 36621 Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, 36622 becamest their God. 36623 36624 17:23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken 36625 concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for 36626 ever, and do as thou hast said. 36627 36628 17:24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for 36629 ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to 36630 Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before 36631 thee. 36632 36633 17:25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build 36634 him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray 36635 before thee. 36636 36637 17:26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness 36638 unto thy servant: 17:27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the 36639 house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou 36640 blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever. 36641 36642 18:1 Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, 36643 and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the 36644 Philistines. 36645 36646 18:2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and 36647 brought gifts. 36648 36649 18:3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went 36650 to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. 36651 36652 18:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand 36653 horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the 36654 chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots. 36655 36656 18:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of 36657 Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 36658 36659 18:6 Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became 36660 David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David 36661 whithersoever he went. 36662 36663 18:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of 36664 Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 36665 36666 18:8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, 36667 brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, 36668 and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. 36669 36670 18:9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the 36671 host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; 18:10 He sent Hadoram his son to king 36672 David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he 36673 had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war 36674 with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and 36675 brass. 36676 36677 18:11 Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver 36678 and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and 36679 from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, 36680 and from Amalek. 36681 36682 18:12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the 36683 valley of salt eighteen thousand. 36684 36685 18:13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became 36686 David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. 36687 36688 18:14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and 36689 justice among all his people. 36690 36691 18:15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat 36692 the son of Ahilud, recorder. 36693 36694 18:16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, 36695 were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; 18:17 And Benaiah the son of 36696 Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of 36697 David were chief about the king. 36698 36699 19:1 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the 36700 children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. 36701 36702 19:2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of 36703 Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent 36704 messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of 36705 David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort 36706 him. 36707 36708 19:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest 36709 thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters 36710 unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to 36711 overthrow, and to spy out the land? 19:4 Wherefore Hanun took David's 36712 servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst 36713 hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. 36714 36715 19:5 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. 36716 And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the 36717 king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then 36718 return. 36719 36720 19:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves 36721 odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand 36722 talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of 36723 Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah. 36724 36725 19:7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of 36726 Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the 36727 children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and 36728 came to battle. 36729 36730 19:8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the 36731 mighty men. 36732 36733 19:9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array 36734 before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by 36735 themselves in the field. 36736 36737 19:10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and 36738 behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in 36739 array against the Syrians. 36740 36741 19:11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai 36742 his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of 36743 Ammon. 36744 36745 19:12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou 36746 shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, 36747 then I will help thee. 36748 36749 19:13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for 36750 our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that 36751 which is good in his sight. 36752 36753 19:14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the 36754 Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him. 36755 36756 19:15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, 36757 they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the 36758 city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. 36759 36760 19:16 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before 36761 Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were 36762 beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer 36763 went before them. 36764 36765 19:17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed 36766 over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against 36767 them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, 36768 they fought with him. 36769 36770 19:18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the 36771 Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty 36772 thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host. 36773 36774 19:19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the 36775 worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his 36776 servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any 36777 more. 36778 36779 20:1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time 36780 that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and 36781 wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged 36782 Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and 36783 destroyed it. 36784 36785 20:2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and 36786 found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in 36787 it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding 36788 much spoil out of the city. 36789 36790 20:3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with 36791 saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David 36792 with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the 36793 people returned to Jerusalem. 36794 36795 20:4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer 36796 with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew 36797 Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued. 36798 36799 20:5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son 36800 of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear 36801 staff was like a weaver's beam. 36802 36803 20:6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great 36804 stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each 36805 hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant. 36806 36807 20:7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's 36808 brother slew him. 36809 36810 20:8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand 36811 of David, and by the hand of his servants. 36812 36813 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number 36814 Israel. 36815 36816 21:2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, 36817 number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them 36818 to me, that I may know it. 36819 36820 21:3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so 36821 many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my 36822 lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will 36823 he be a cause of trespass to Israel? 21:4 Nevertheless the king's 36824 word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went 36825 throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. 36826 36827 21:5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And 36828 all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand 36829 men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten 36830 thousand men that drew sword. 36831 36832 21:6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's 36833 word was abominable to Joab. 36834 36835 21:7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote 36836 Israel. 36837 36838 21:8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have 36839 done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy 36840 servant; for I have done very foolishly. 36841 36842 21:9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, 21:10 Go and 36843 tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: 36844 choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 36845 36846 21:11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, 36847 Choose thee 21:12 Either three years' famine; or three months to be 36848 destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies 36849 overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the 36850 pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying 36851 throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what 36852 word I shall bring again to him that sent me. 36853 36854 21:13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now 36855 into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me 36856 not fall into the hand of man. 36857 36858 21:14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of 36859 Israel seventy thousand men. 36860 36861 21:15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he 36862 was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and 36863 said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. 36864 And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the 36865 Jebusite. 36866 36867 21:16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD 36868 stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his 36869 hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of 36870 Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. 36871 36872 21:17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people 36873 to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; 36874 but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray 36875 thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on 36876 thy people, that they should be plagued. 36877 36878 21:18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that 36879 David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the 36880 threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. 36881 36882 21:19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the 36883 name of the LORD. 36884 36885 21:20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with 36886 him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. 36887 36888 21:21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went 36889 out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to 36890 the ground. 36891 36892 21:22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this 36893 threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou 36894 shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed 36895 from the people. 36896 36897 21:23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the 36898 king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also 36899 for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the 36900 wheat for the meat offering; I give it all. 36901 36902 21:24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for 36903 the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, 36904 nor offer burnt offerings without cost. 36905 36906 21:25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold 36907 by weight. 36908 36909 21:26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt 36910 offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he 36911 answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. 36912 36913 21:27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again 36914 into the sheath thereof. 36915 36916 21:28 At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in 36917 the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. 36918 36919 21:29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the 36920 wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season 36921 in the high place at Gibeon. 36922 36923 21:30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was 36924 afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD. 36925 36926 22:1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is 36927 the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. 36928 36929 22:2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in 36930 the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build 36931 the house of God. 36932 36933 22:3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors 36934 of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without 36935 weight; 22:4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they 36936 of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. 36937 36938 22:5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house 36939 that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of 36940 fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make 36941 preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death. 36942 36943 22:6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an 36944 house for the LORD God of Israel. 36945 36946 22:7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind 36947 to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God: 22:8 But the word 36948 of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and 36949 hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, 36950 because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. 36951 36952 22:9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; 36953 and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his 36954 name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel 36955 in his days. 36956 36957 22:10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and 36958 I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom 36959 over Israel for ever. 36960 36961 22:11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build 36962 the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. 36963 36964 22:12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee 36965 charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD 36966 thy God. 36967 36968 22:13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the 36969 statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning 36970 Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed. 36971 36972 22:14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the 36973 LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand 36974 talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in 36975 abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add 36976 thereto. 36977 36978 22:15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and 36979 workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every 36980 manner of work. 36981 36982 22:16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is 36983 no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee. 36984 36985 22:17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon 36986 his son, saying, 22:18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he 36987 not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of 36988 the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and 36989 before his people. 36990 36991 22:19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; 36992 arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring 36993 the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into 36994 the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD. 36995 36996 23:1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son 36997 king over Israel. 36998 36999 23:2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the 37000 priests and the Levites. 37001 37002 23:3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and 37003 upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and 37004 eight thousand. 37005 37006 23:4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work 37007 of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges: 37008 23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised 37009 the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise 37010 therewith. 37011 37012 23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, 37013 namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 37014 37015 23:7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei. 37016 37017 23:8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, 37018 three. 37019 37020 23:9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. 37021 These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan. 37022 37023 23:10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and 37024 Beriah. 37025 37026 These four were the sons of Shimei. 37027 37028 23:11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and 37029 Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, 37030 according to their father's house. 37031 37032 23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 37033 37034 23:13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, 37035 that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for 37036 ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to 37037 bless in his name for ever. 37038 37039 23:14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the 37040 tribe of Levi. 37041 37042 23:15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. 37043 37044 23:16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. 37045 37046 23:17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer 37047 had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. 37048 37049 23:18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. 37050 37051 23:19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, 37052 Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. 37053 37054 23:20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second. 37055 37056 23:21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; 37057 Eleazar, and Kish. 37058 37059 23:22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their 37060 brethren the sons of Kish took them. 37061 37062 23:23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. 37063 37064 23:24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; 37065 even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names 37066 by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the 37067 LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. 37068 37069 23:25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his 37070 people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: 23:26 And also unto 37071 the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels 37072 of it for the service thereof. 37073 37074 23:27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from 37075 twenty years old and above: 23:28 Because their office was to wait on 37076 the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the 37077 courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, 37078 and the work of the service of the house of God; 23:29 Both for the 37079 shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the 37080 unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that 37081 which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size; 23:30 And to 37082 stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at 37083 even: 23:31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the 37084 sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, 37085 according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the 37086 LORD: 23:32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of 37087 the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of 37088 the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the 37089 LORD. 37090 37091 24:1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of 37092 Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 37093 37094 24:2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no 37095 children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. 37096 37097 24:3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, 37098 and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in 37099 their service. 37100 37101 24:4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than 37102 of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the sons of 37103 Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, 37104 and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their 37105 fathers. 37106 37107 24:5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the 37108 governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of 37109 the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. 37110 37111 24:6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, 37112 wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and 37113 Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of 37114 the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for 37115 Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. 37116 37117 24:7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, 37118 24:8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 24:9 The fifth to 37119 Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 24:10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the 37120 eighth to Abijah, 24:11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah, 37121 24:12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 24:13 The 37122 thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 24:14 The fifteenth 37123 to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 24:15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the 37124 eighteenth to Aphses, 24:16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth 37125 to Jehezekel, 24:17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and 37126 twentieth to Gamul, 24:18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four 37127 and twentieth to Maaziah. 37128 37129 24:19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come into 37130 the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their 37131 father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him. 37132 37133 24:20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of 37134 Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah. 37135 37136 24:21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was 37137 Isshiah. 37138 37139 24:22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath. 37140 37141 24:23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, 37142 Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. 37143 37144 24:24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir. 37145 37146 24:25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; 37147 Zechariah. 37148 37149 24:26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; 37150 Beno. 37151 37152 24:27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and 37153 Ibri. 37154 37155 24:28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons. 37156 37157 24:29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. 37158 37159 24:30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These 37160 were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. 37161 37162 24:31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of 37163 Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and 37164 the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the 37165 principal fathers over against their younger brethren. 37166 37167 25:1 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the 37168 service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who 37169 should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the 37170 number of the workmen according to their service was: 25:2 Of the sons 37171 of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of 37172 Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the 37173 order of the king. 37174 37175 25:3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and 37176 Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their 37177 father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to 37178 praise the LORD. 37179 37180 25:4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, 37181 and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, 37182 Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: 25:5 All these were the 37183 sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the 37184 horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 37185 37186 25:6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the 37187 house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the 37188 service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, 37189 Jeduthun, and Heman. 37190 37191 25:7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed 37192 in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred 37193 fourscore and eight. 37194 37195 25:8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the 37196 great, the teacher as the scholar. 37197 37198 25:9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to 37199 Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: 25:10 The third 37200 to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:11 The 37201 fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:12 The 37202 fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:13 37203 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 37204 25:14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were 37205 twelve: 25:15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, 37206 were twelve: 25:16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his 37207 brethren, were twelve: 25:17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and 37208 his brethren, were twelve: 25:18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his 37209 sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, 37210 he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:20 The thirteenth to 37211 Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:21 The 37212 fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 37213 25:22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were 37214 twelve: 25:23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his 37215 brethren, were twelve: 25:24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his 37216 sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:25 The eighteenth to Hanani, 37217 he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:26 The nineteenth to 37218 Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:27 The 37219 twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 37220 25:28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, 37221 were twelve: 25:29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, 37222 and his brethren, were twelve: 25:30 The three and twentieth to 37223 Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:31 The four 37224 and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were 37225 twelve. 37226 37227 26:1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was 37228 Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 37229 37230 26:2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, 37231 Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 26:3 Elam 37232 the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. 37233 37234 26:4 Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, 37235 Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and 37236 Nethaneel the fifth. 37237 37238 26:5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for 37239 God blessed him. 37240 37241 26:6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout 37242 the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour. 37243 37244 26:7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, 37245 whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. 37246 37247 26:8 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their 37248 brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and 37249 two of Obededom. 37250 37251 26:9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. 37252 37253 26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the 37254 chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him 37255 the chief;) 26:11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah 37256 the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. 37257 37258 26:12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the 37259 chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house 37260 of the LORD. 37261 37262 26:13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to 37263 the house of their fathers, for every gate. 37264 37265 26:14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his 37266 son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out 37267 northward. 37268 37269 26:15 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. 37270 37271 26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate 37272 Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward. 37273 37274 26:17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four 37275 a day, and toward Asuppim two and two. 37276 37277 26:18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar. 37278 37279 26:19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, 37280 and among the sons of Merari. 37281 37282 26:20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house 37283 of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things. 37284 37285 26:21 As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite 37286 Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli. 37287 37288 26:22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were 37289 over the treasures of the house of the LORD. 37290 37291 26:23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the 37292 Uzzielites: 26:24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, 37293 was ruler of the treasures. 37294 37295 26:25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his 37296 son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son. 37297 37298 26:26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of 37299 the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the 37300 captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, 37301 had dedicated. 37302 37303 26:27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain 37304 the house of the LORD. 37305 37306 26:28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and 37307 Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and 37308 whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, 37309 and of his brethren. 37310 37311 26:29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward 37312 business over Israel, for officers and judges. 37313 37314 26:30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of 37315 valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of 37316 Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, 37317 and in the service of the king. 37318 37319 26:31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the 37320 Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the 37321 fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there 37322 were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead. 37323 37324 26:32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven 37325 hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the 37326 Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every 37327 matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king. 37328 37329 27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief 37330 fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers 37331 that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and 37332 went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of 37333 every course were twenty and four thousand. 37334 37335 27:2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son 37336 of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 37337 37338 27:3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the 37339 host for the first month. 37340 37341 27:4 And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and 37342 of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were 37343 twenty and four thousand. 37344 37345 27:5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the 37346 son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and 37347 four thousand. 37348 37349 27:6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above 37350 the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son. 37351 37352 27:7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of 37353 Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty 37354 and four thousand. 37355 37356 27:8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: 37357 and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 37358 37359 27:9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh 37360 the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 37361 37362 27:10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the 37363 Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty 37364 and four thousand. 37365 37366 27:11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the 37367 Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four 37368 thousand. 37369 37370 27:12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the 37371 Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four 37372 thousand. 37373 37374 27:13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the 37375 Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four 37376 thousand. 37377 37378 27:14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the 37379 Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty 37380 and four thousand. 37381 37382 27:15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the 37383 Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four 37384 thousand. 37385 37386 27:16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the 37387 Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, 37388 Shephatiah the son of Maachah: 27:17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son 37389 of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok: 27:18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the 37390 brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: 27:19 Of 37391 Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of 37392 Azriel: 27:20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: 37393 of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: 27:21 Of the 37394 half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of 37395 Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: 27:22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of 37396 Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. 37397 37398 27:23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and 37399 under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the 37400 stars of the heavens. 37401 37402 27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, 37403 because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number 37404 put in the account of the chronicles of king David. 37405 37406 27:25 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and 37407 over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the 37408 villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: 27:26 37409 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground 37410 was Ezri the son of Chelub: 27:27 And over the vineyards was Shimei 37411 the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars 37412 was Zabdi the Shiphmite: 27:28 And over the olive trees and the 37413 sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: 37414 and over the cellars of oil was Joash: 27:29 And over the herds that 37415 fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were 37416 in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: 27:30 Over the camels 37417 also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the 37418 Meronothite: 27:31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All 37419 these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's. 37420 37421 27:32 Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a 37422 scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons: 27:33 37423 And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was 37424 the king's companion: 27:34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son 37425 of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab. 37426 37427 28:1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the 37428 tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king 37429 by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the 37430 hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of 37431 the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, 37432 and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem. 37433 37434 28:2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my 37435 brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an 37436 house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the 37437 footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: 28:3 But 37438 God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because 37439 thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood. 37440 37441 28:4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of 37442 my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to 37443 be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and 37444 among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all 37445 Israel: 28:5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many 37446 sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the 37447 kingdom of the LORD over Israel. 37448 37449 28:6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and 37450 my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his 37451 father. 37452 37453 28:7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant 37454 to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day. 37455 37456 28:8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the 37457 LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the 37458 commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, 37459 and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever. 37460 37461 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and 37462 serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD 37463 searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the 37464 thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou 37465 forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. 37466 37467 28:10 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house 37468 for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it. 37469 37470 28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and 37471 of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper 37472 chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place 37473 of the mercy seat, 28:12 And the pattern of all that he had by the 37474 spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the 37475 chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of 37476 the treasuries of the dedicated things: 28:13 Also for the courses of 37477 the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of 37478 the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house 37479 of the LORD. 37480 37481 28:14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all 37482 instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments 37483 of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service: 37484 28:15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their 37485 lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps 37486 thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the 37487 candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of 37488 every candlestick. 37489 37490 28:16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for 37491 every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: 28:17 Also 37492 pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the 37493 golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise 37494 silver by weight for every bason of silver: 28:18 And for the altar of 37495 incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the 37496 chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the 37497 ark of the covenant of the LORD. 37498 37499 28:19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by 37500 his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. 37501 37502 28:20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good 37503 courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even 37504 my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, 37505 until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of 37506 the LORD. 37507 37508 28:21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even 37509 they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and 37510 there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing 37511 skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the 37512 people will be wholly at thy commandment. 37513 37514 29:1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, 37515 Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, 37516 and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD 37517 God. 37518 37519 29:2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the 37520 gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of 37521 silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of 37522 iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, 37523 glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious 37524 stones, and marble stones in abundance. 37525 37526 29:3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, 37527 I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given 37528 to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for 37529 the holy house. 37530 37531 29:4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and 37532 seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the 37533 houses withal: 29:5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for 37534 things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands 37535 of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this 37536 day unto the LORD? 29:6 Then the chief of the fathers and princes of 37537 the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, 37538 with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly, 29:7 And gave 37539 for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and 37540 ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass 37541 eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. 37542 37543 29:8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the 37544 treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the 37545 Gershonite. 37546 37547 29:9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, 37548 because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and 37549 David the king also rejoiced with great joy. 37550 37551 29:10 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: 37552 and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for 37553 ever and ever. 37554 37555 29:11 Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, 37556 and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in 37557 the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted 37558 as head above all. 37559 37560 29:12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; 37561 and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make 37562 great, and to give strength unto all. 37563 37564 29:13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious 37565 name. 37566 37567 29:14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to 37568 offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and 37569 of thine own have we given thee. 37570 37571 29:15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all 37572 our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none 37573 abiding. 37574 37575 29:16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build 37576 thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all 37577 thine own. 37578 37579 29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast 37580 pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I 37581 have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy 37582 thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. 37583 37584 29:18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep 37585 this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy 37586 people, and prepare their heart unto thee: 29:19 And give unto Solomon 37587 my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and 37588 thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for 37589 the which I have made provision. 37590 37591 29:20 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your 37592 God. 37593 37594 And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and 37595 bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king. 37596 37597 29:21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt 37598 offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand 37599 bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink 37600 offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: 29:22 And did 37601 eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And 37602 they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed 37603 him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest. 37604 37605 29:23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of 37606 David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. 37607 37608 29:24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons 37609 likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. 37610 37611 29:25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all 37612 Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on 37613 any king before him in Israel. 37614 37615 29:26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 37616 37617 29:27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven 37618 years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in 37619 Jerusalem. 37620 37621 29:28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: 37622 and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. 37623 37624 29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are 37625 written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the 37626 prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, 29:30 With all his reign and 37627 his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over 37628 all the kingdoms of the countries. 37629 37630 37631 37632 37633 The Second Book of the Chronicles 37634 37635 37636 1:1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and 37637 the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. 37638 37639 1:2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands 37640 and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all 37641 Israel, the chief of the fathers. 37642 37643 1:3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high 37644 place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the 37645 congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in 37646 the wilderness. 37647 37648 1:4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the 37649 place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for 37650 it at Jerusalem. 37651 37652 1:5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son 37653 of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and 37654 Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. 37655 37656 1:6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, 37657 which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a 37658 thousand burnt offerings upon it. 37659 37660 1:7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask 37661 what I shall give thee. 37662 37663 1:8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David 37664 my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead. 37665 37666 1:9 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be 37667 established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of 37668 the earth in multitude. 37669 37670 1:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in 37671 before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so 37672 great? 1:11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, 37673 and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of 37674 thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom 37675 and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom 37676 I have made thee king: 1:12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; 37677 and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of 37678 the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any 37679 after thee have the like. 37680 37681 1:13 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at 37682 Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, 37683 and reigned over Israel. 37684 37685 1:14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand 37686 and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he 37687 placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 37688 37689 1:15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as 37690 stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the 37691 vale for abundance. 37692 37693 1:16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the 37694 king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. 37695 37696 1:17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for 37697 six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: 37698 and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and 37699 for the kings of Syria, by their means. 37700 37701 2:1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, 37702 and an house for his kingdom. 37703 37704 2:2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear 37705 burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three 37706 thousand and six hundred to oversee them. 37707 37708 2:3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst 37709 deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an 37710 house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. 37711 37712 2:4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to 37713 dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the 37714 continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, 37715 on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the 37716 LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. 37717 37718 2:5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above 37719 all gods. 37720 37721 2:6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and 37722 heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should 37723 build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? 2:7 Send 37724 me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in 37725 brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can 37726 skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in 37727 Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. 37728 37729 2:8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of 37730 Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in 37731 Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, 2:9 Even 37732 to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to 37733 build shall be wonderful great. 37734 37735 2:10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut 37736 timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand 37737 measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty 37738 thousand baths of oil. 37739 37740 2:11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to 37741 Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee 37742 king over them. 37743 37744 2:12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made 37745 heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued 37746 with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the 37747 LORD, and an house for his kingdom. 37748 37749 2:13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of 37750 Huram my father's, 2:14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, 37751 and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in 37752 silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in 37753 blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of 37754 graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with 37755 thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. 37756 37757 2:15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, 37758 which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: 2:16 And 37759 we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we 37760 will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry 37761 it up to Jerusalem. 37762 37763 2:17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of 37764 Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered 37765 them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three 37766 thousand and six hundred. 37767 37768 2:18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of 37769 burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and 37770 three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work. 37771 37772 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in 37773 mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the 37774 place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the 37775 Jebusite. 37776 37777 3:2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in 37778 the fourth year of his reign. 37779 37780 3:3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the 37781 building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first 37782 measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 37783 37784 3:4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it 37785 was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the 37786 height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure 37787 gold. 37788 37789 3:5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid 37790 with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. 37791 37792 3:6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and 37793 the gold was gold of Parvaim. 37794 37795 3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls 37796 thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the 37797 walls. 37798 37799 3:8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according 37800 to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof 37801 twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six 37802 hundred talents. 37803 37804 3:9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he 37805 overlaid the upper chambers with gold. 37806 37807 3:10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, 37808 and overlaid them with gold. 37809 37810 3:11 And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing 37811 of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: 37812 and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of 37813 the other cherub. 37814 37815 3:12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the 37816 wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to 37817 the wing of the other cherub. 37818 37819 3:13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty 37820 cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward. 37821 37822 3:14 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine 37823 linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. 37824 37825 3:15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five 37826 cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was 37827 five cubits. 37828 37829 3:16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads 37830 of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the 37831 chains. 37832 37833 3:17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right 37834 hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the 37835 right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz. 37836 37837 4:1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length 37838 thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the 37839 height thereof. 37840 37841 4:2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round 37842 in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty 37843 cubits did compass it round about. 37844 37845 4:3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it 37846 round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows 37847 of oxen were cast, when it was cast. 37848 37849 4:4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and 37850 three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and 37851 three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, 37852 and all their hinder parts were inward. 37853 37854 4:5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it 37855 like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it 37856 received and held three thousand baths. 37857 37858 4:6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five 37859 on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the 37860 burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to 37861 wash in. 37862 37863 4:7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and 37864 set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. 37865 37866 4:8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on 37867 the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of 37868 gold. 37869 37870 4:9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, 37871 and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. 37872 37873 4:10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over 37874 against the south. 37875 37876 4:11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And 37877 Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the 37878 house of God; 4:12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the 37879 chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two 37880 wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the 37881 top of the pillars; 4:13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two 37882 wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two 37883 pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars. 37884 37885 4:14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; 4:15 One 37886 sea, and twelve oxen under it. 37887 37888 4:16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their 37889 instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house 37890 of the LORD of bright brass. 37891 37892 4:17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground 37893 between Succoth and Zeredathah. 37894 37895 4:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the 37896 weight of the brass could not be found out. 37897 37898 4:19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, 37899 the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set; 37900 4:20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn 37901 after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; 4:21 And the 37902 flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that 37903 perfect gold; 4:22 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, 37904 and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner 37905 doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of 37906 the temple, were of gold. 37907 37908 5:1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was 37909 finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father 37910 had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, 37911 put he among the treasures of the house of God. 37912 37913 5:2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of 37914 the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto 37915 Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the 37916 city of David, which is Zion. 37917 37918 5:3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king 37919 in the feast which was in the seventh month. 37920 37921 5:4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the 37922 ark. 37923 37924 5:5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the 37925 congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, 37926 these did the priests and the Levites bring up. 37927 37928 5:6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were 37929 assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which 37930 could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 37931 37932 5:7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD 37933 unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, 37934 even under the wings of the cherubims: 5:8 For the cherubims spread 37935 forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered 37936 the ark and the staves thereof above. 37937 37938 5:9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the 37939 staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not 37940 seen without. And there it is unto this day. 37941 37942 5:10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put 37943 therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of 37944 Israel, when they came out of Egypt. 37945 37946 5:11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy 37947 place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did 37948 not then wait by course: 5:12 Also the Levites which were the singers, 37949 all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their 37950 brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries 37951 and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an 37952 hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 5:13 It came even 37953 to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound 37954 to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up 37955 their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, 37956 and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth 37957 for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house 37958 of the LORD; 5:14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by 37959 reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of 37960 God. 37961 37962 6:1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the 37963 thick darkness. 37964 37965 6:2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for 37966 thy dwelling for ever. 37967 37968 6:3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation 37969 of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood. 37970 37971 6:4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his 37972 hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, 37973 saying, 6:5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the 37974 land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build 37975 an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to 37976 be a ruler over my people Israel: 6:6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, 37977 that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my 37978 people Israel. 37979 37980 6:7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for 37981 the name of the LORD God of Israel. 37982 37983 6:8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine 37984 heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in 37985 thine heart: 6:9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but 37986 thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the 37987 house for my name. 37988 37989 6:10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: 37990 for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the 37991 throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for 37992 the name of the LORD God of Israel. 37993 37994 6:11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the 37995 LORD, that he made with the children of Israel. 37996 37997 6:12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all 37998 the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: 6:13 For 37999 Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five 38000 cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of 38001 the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees 38002 before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands 38003 toward heaven. 38004 38005 6:14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the 38006 heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy 38007 unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: 6:15 38008 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou 38009 hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it 38010 with thine hand, as it is this day. 38011 38012 6:16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David 38013 my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not 38014 fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so 38015 that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou 38016 hast walked before me. 38017 38018 6:17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which 38019 thou hast spoken unto thy servant David. 38020 38021 6:18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, 38022 heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less 38023 this house which I have built! 6:19 Have respect therefore to the 38024 prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to 38025 hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before 38026 thee: 6:20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, 38027 upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name 38028 there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward 38029 this place. 38030 38031 6:21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of 38032 thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou 38033 from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, 38034 forgive. 38035 38036 6:22 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him 38037 to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house; 38038 6:23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by 38039 requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and 38040 by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his 38041 righteousness. 38042 38043 6:24 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, 38044 because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess 38045 thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house; 38046 6:25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy 38047 people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to 38048 them and to their fathers. 38049 38050 6:26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they 38051 have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and 38052 confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict 38053 them; 6:27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy 38054 servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the 38055 good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which 38056 thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. 38057 38058 6:28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there 38059 be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies 38060 besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or 38061 whatsoever sickness there be: 6:29 Then what prayer or what 38062 supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people 38063 Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and 38064 shall spread forth his hands in this house: 6:30 Then hear thou from 38065 heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man 38066 according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only 38067 knowest the hearts of the children of men:) 6:31 That they may fear 38068 thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou 38069 gavest unto our fathers. 38070 38071 6:32 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people 38072 Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and 38073 thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in 38074 this house; 6:33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy 38075 dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to 38076 thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear 38077 thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I 38078 have built is called by thy name. 38079 38080 6:34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that 38081 thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which 38082 thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name; 6:35 38083 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, 38084 and maintain their cause. 38085 38086 6:36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth 38087 not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their 38088 enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or 38089 near; 6:37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are 38090 carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their 38091 captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt 38092 wickedly; 6:38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with 38093 all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have 38094 carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest 38095 unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and 38096 toward the house which I have built for thy name: 6:39 Then hear thou 38097 from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their 38098 supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which 38099 have sinned against thee. 38100 38101 6:40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let 38102 thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. 38103 38104 6:41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, 38105 and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed 38106 with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. 38107 38108 6:42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember 38109 the mercies of David thy servant. 38110 38111 7:1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down 38112 from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and 38113 the glory of the LORD filled the house. 38114 38115 7:2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, 38116 because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house. 38117 38118 7:3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, 38119 and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with 38120 their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and 38121 praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for 38122 ever. 38123 38124 7:4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the 38125 LORD. 38126 38127 7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand 38128 oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all 38129 the people dedicated the house of God. 38130 38131 7:6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with 38132 instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to 38133 praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David 38134 praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before 38135 them, and all Israel stood. 38136 38137 7:7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before 38138 the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the 38139 fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had 38140 made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat 38141 offerings, and the fat. 38142 38143 7:8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all 38144 Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of 38145 Hamath unto the river of Egypt. 38146 38147 7:9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept 38148 the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. 38149 38150 7:10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent 38151 the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the 38152 goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to 38153 Israel his people. 38154 38155 7:11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's 38156 house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of 38157 the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. 38158 38159 7:12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I 38160 have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an 38161 house of sacrifice. 38162 38163 7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the 38164 locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; 38165 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble 38166 themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked 38167 ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and 38168 will heal their land. 38169 38170 7:15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer 38171 that is made in this place. 38172 38173 7:16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may 38174 be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there 38175 perpetually. 38176 38177 7:17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father 38178 walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt 38179 observe my statutes and my judgments; 7:18 Then will I stablish the 38180 throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy 38181 father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. 38182 38183 7:19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, 38184 which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and 38185 worship them; 7:20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my 38186 land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified 38187 for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a 38188 proverb and a byword among all nations. 38189 38190 7:21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every 38191 one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done 38192 thus unto this land, and unto this house? 7:22 And it shall be 38193 answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which 38194 brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other 38195 gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought 38196 all this evil upon them. 38197 38198 8:1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon 38199 had built the house of the LORD, and his own house, 8:2 That the 38200 cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and 38201 caused the children of Israel to dwell there. 38202 38203 8:3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. 38204 38205 8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, 38206 which he built in Hamath. 38207 38208 8:5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, 38209 fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; 8:6 And Baalath, and all 38210 the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the 38211 cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in 38212 Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his 38213 dominion. 38214 38215 8:7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the 38216 Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, 38217 which were not of Israel, 8:8 But of their children, who were left 38218 after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them 38219 did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day. 38220 38221 8:9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his 38222 work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and 38223 captains of his chariots and horsemen. 38224 38225 8:10 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two 38226 hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. 38227 38228 8:11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of 38229 David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife 38230 shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the 38231 places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come. 38232 38233 8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar 38234 of the LORD, which he had built before the porch, 8:13 Even after a 38235 certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of 38236 Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn 38237 feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened 38238 bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. 38239 38240 8:14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the 38241 courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their 38242 charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of 38243 every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: 38244 for so had David the man of God commanded. 38245 38246 8:15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the 38247 priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the 38248 treasures. 38249 38250 8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the 38251 foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the 38252 house of the LORD was perfected. 38253 38254 8:17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in 38255 the land of Edom. 38256 38257 8:18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and 38258 servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the 38259 servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty 38260 talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon. 38261 38262 9:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came 38263 to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great 38264 company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and 38265 precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with 38266 him of all that was in her heart. 38267 38268 9:2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid 38269 from Solomon which he told her not. 38270 38271 9:3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and 38272 the house that he had built, 9:4 And the meat of his table, and the 38273 sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and 38274 their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent 38275 by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more 38276 spirit in her. 38277 38278 9:5 And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in 38279 mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: 9:6 Howbeit I believed 38280 not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, 38281 the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou 38282 exceedest the fame that I heard. 38283 38284 9:7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand 38285 continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. 38286 38287 9:8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee 38288 on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved 38289 Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over 38290 them, to do judgment and justice. 38291 38292 9:9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and 38293 of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any 38294 such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. 38295 38296 9:10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, 38297 which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious 38298 stones. 38299 38300 9:11 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the 38301 LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: 38302 and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah. 38303 38304 9:12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, 38305 whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. 38306 So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants. 38307 38308 9:13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six 38309 hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; 9:14 Beside that which 38310 chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and 38311 governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. 38312 38313 9:15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six 38314 hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. 38315 38316 9:16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred 38317 shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house 38318 of the forest of Lebanon. 38319 38320 9:17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it 38321 with pure gold. 38322 38323 9:18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, 38324 which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the 38325 sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays: 9:19 And twelve 38326 lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. 38327 There was not the like made in any kingdom. 38328 38329 9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and 38330 all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure 38331 gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the 38332 days of Solomon. 38333 38334 9:21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: 38335 every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and 38336 silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 38337 38338 9:22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and 38339 wisdom. 38340 38341 9:23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to 38342 hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart. 38343 38344 9:24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and 38345 vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, 38346 a rate year by year. 38347 38348 9:25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and 38349 twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and 38350 with the king at Jerusalem. 38351 38352 9:26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the 38353 land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. 38354 38355 9:27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees 38356 made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance. 38357 38358 9:28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all 38359 lands. 38360 38361 9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not 38362 written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of 38363 Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against 38364 Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 9:30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over 38365 all Israel forty years. 38366 38367 9:31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city 38368 of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. 38369 38370 10:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come 38371 to make him king. 38372 38373 10:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in 38374 Egypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard 38375 it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 38376 38377 10:3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and 38378 spake to Rehoboam, saying, 10:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now 38379 therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and 38380 his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. 38381 38382 10:5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And 38383 the people departed. 38384 38385 10:6 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood 38386 before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel 38387 give ye me to return answer to this people? 10:7 And they spake unto 38388 him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and 38389 speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever. 38390 38391 10:8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took 38392 counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood 38393 before him. 38394 38395 10:9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return 38396 answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat 38397 the yoke that thy father did put upon us? 10:10 And the young men 38398 that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou 38399 answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our 38400 yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou 38401 say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's 38402 loins. 38403 38404 10:11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more 38405 to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise 38406 you with scorpions. 38407 38408 10:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third 38409 day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day. 38410 38411 10:13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook 38412 the counsel of the old men, 10:14 And answered them after the advice 38413 of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will 38414 add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise 38415 you with scorpions. 38416 38417 10:15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of 38418 God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand 38419 of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 38420 38421 10:16 And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto 38422 them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in 38423 David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to 38424 your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all 38425 Israel went to their tents. 38426 38427 10:17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of 38428 Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 38429 38430 10:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and 38431 the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king 38432 Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to 38433 Jerusalem. 38434 38435 10:19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. 38436 38437 11:1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house 38438 of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, 38439 which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the 38440 kingdom again to Rehoboam. 38441 38442 11:2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 38443 11:3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all 38444 Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 11:4 Thus saith the LORD, Ye 38445 shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to 38446 his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of 38447 the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam. 38448 38449 11:5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in 38450 Judah. 38451 38452 11:6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 11:7 And Bethzur, 38453 and Shoco, and Adullam, 11:8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, 11:9 38454 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 11:10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, 38455 and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. 38456 38457 11:11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and 38458 store of victual, and of oil and wine. 38459 38460 11:12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made 38461 them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. 38462 38463 11:13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted 38464 to him out of all their coasts. 38465 38466 11:14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and 38467 came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them 38468 off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD: 11:15 And he 38469 ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for 38470 the calves which he had made. 38471 38472 11:16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their 38473 hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice 38474 unto the LORD God of their fathers. 38475 38476 11:17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the 38477 son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the 38478 way of David and Solomon. 38479 38480 11:18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son 38481 of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; 38482 11:19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. 38483 38484 11:20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which 38485 bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. 38486 38487 11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his 38488 wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore 38489 concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore 38490 daughters.) 11:22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the 38491 chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him 38492 king. 38493 38494 11:23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children 38495 throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced 38496 city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many 38497 wives. 38498 38499 12:1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, 38500 and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all 38501 Israel with him. 38502 38503 12:2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam 38504 Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had 38505 transgressed against the LORD, 12:3 With twelve hundred chariots, and 38506 threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that 38507 came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the 38508 Ethiopians. 38509 38510 12:4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came 38511 to Jerusalem. 38512 38513 12:5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of 38514 Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, 38515 and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and 38516 therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. 38517 38518 12:6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; 38519 and they said, The LORD is righteous. 38520 38521 12:7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of 38522 the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; 38523 therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some 38524 deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by 38525 the hand of Shishak. 38526 38527 12:8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my 38528 service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. 38529 38530 12:9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away 38531 the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the 38532 king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold 38533 which Solomon had made. 38534 38535 12:10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and 38536 committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the 38537 entrance of the king's house. 38538 38539 12:11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard 38540 came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. 38541 38542 12:12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from 38543 him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah 38544 things went well. 38545 38546 12:13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: 38547 for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and 38548 he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had 38549 chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his 38550 mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 38551 38552 12:14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the 38553 LORD. 38554 38555 12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written 38556 in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning 38557 genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam 38558 continually. 38559 38560 12:16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city 38561 of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead. 38562 38563 13:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign 38564 over Judah. 38565 38566 13:2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was 38567 Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between 38568 Abijah and Jeroboam. 38569 38570 13:3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of 38571 war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the 38572 battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, 38573 being mighty men of valour. 38574 38575 13:4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount 38576 Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; 13:5 Ought 38577 ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over 38578 Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of 38579 salt? 13:6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the 38580 son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord. 38581 38582 13:7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, 38583 and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, 38584 when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand 38585 them. 38586 38587 13:8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand 38588 of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with 38589 your golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. 38590 38591 13:9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, 38592 and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the 38593 nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself 38594 with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them 38595 that are no gods. 38596 38597 13:10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken 38598 him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of 38599 Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: 13:11 And they burn 38600 unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and 38601 sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure 38602 table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn 38603 every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have 38604 forsaken him. 38605 38606 13:12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his 38607 priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of 38608 Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye 38609 shall not prosper. 38610 38611 13:13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so 38612 they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. 38613 38614 13:14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and 38615 behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the 38616 trumpets. 38617 38618 13:15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah 38619 shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel 38620 before Abijah and Judah. 38621 38622 13:16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered 38623 them into their hand. 38624 38625 13:17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so 38626 there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. 38627 38628 13:18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and 38629 the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God 38630 of their fathers. 38631 38632 13:19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, 38633 Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, 38634 and Ephraim with the towns thereof. 38635 38636 13:20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of 38637 Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died. 38638 38639 13:21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat 38640 twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. 38641 38642 13:22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his 38643 sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo. 38644 38645 14:1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city 38646 of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land 38647 was quiet ten years. 38648 38649 14:2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD 38650 his God: 14:3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the 38651 high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: 14:4 38652 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do 38653 the law and the commandment. 38654 38655 14:5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places 38656 and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. 38657 38658 14:6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and 38659 he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest. 38660 38661 14:7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make 38662 about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet 38663 before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought 38664 him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and 38665 prospered. 38666 38667 14:8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of 38668 Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields 38669 and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were 38670 mighty men of valour. 38671 38672 14:9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host 38673 of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto 38674 Mareshah. 38675 38676 14:10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array 38677 in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. 38678 38679 14:11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is 38680 nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have 38681 no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy 38682 name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let no 38683 man prevail against thee. 38684 38685 14:12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; 38686 and the Ethiopians fled. 38687 38688 14:13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto 38689 Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover 38690 themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his 38691 host; and they carried away very much spoil. 38692 38693 14:14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of 38694 the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there 38695 was exceeding much spoil in them. 38696 38697 14:15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and 38698 camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. 38699 38700 15:1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 15:2 And 38701 he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all 38702 Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if 38703 ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will 38704 forsake you. 38705 38706 15:3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and 38707 without a teaching priest, and without law. 38708 38709 15:4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of 38710 Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. 38711 38712 15:5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor 38713 to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants 38714 of the countries. 38715 38716 15:6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did 38717 vex them with all adversity. 38718 38719 15:7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your 38720 work shall be rewarded. 38721 38722 15:8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the 38723 prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all 38724 the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had 38725 taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was 38726 before the porch of the LORD. 38727 38728 15:9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with 38729 them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to 38730 him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God 38731 was with him. 38732 38733 15:10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third 38734 month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 38735 38736 15:11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which 38737 they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. 38738 38739 15:12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their 38740 fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 15:13 That 38741 whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to 38742 death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. 38743 38744 15:14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with 38745 shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. 38746 38747 15:15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all 38748 their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found 38749 of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about. 38750 38751 15:16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he 38752 removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: 38753 and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook 38754 Kidron. 38755 38756 15:17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: 38757 nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. 38758 38759 15:18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father 38760 had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, 38761 and vessels. 38762 38763 15:19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of 38764 the reign of Asa. 38765 38766 16:1 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of 38767 Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he 38768 might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 38769 38770 16:2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the 38771 house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king 38772 of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 16:3 There is a league 38773 between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: 38774 behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with 38775 Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 38776 38777 16:4 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of 38778 his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, 38779 and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. 38780 38781 16:5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off 38782 building of Ramah, and let his work cease. 38783 38784 16:6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the 38785 stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was 38786 building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. 38787 38788 16:7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and 38789 said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not 38790 relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria 38791 escaped out of thine hand. 38792 38793 16:8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very 38794 many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, 38795 he delivered them into thine hand. 38796 38797 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole 38798 earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is 38799 perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from 38800 henceforth thou shalt have wars. 38801 38802 16:10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; 38803 for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed 38804 some of the people the same time. 38805 38806 16:11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are 38807 written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 38808 38809 16:12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased 38810 in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease 38811 he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. 38812 38813 16:13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth 38814 year of his reign. 38815 38816 16:14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for 38817 himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled 38818 with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the 38819 apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him. 38820 38821 17:1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened 38822 himself against Israel. 38823 38824 17:2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set 38825 garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which 38826 Asa his father had taken. 38827 38828 17:3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first 38829 ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; 17:4 But sought 38830 to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not 38831 after the doings of Israel. 38832 38833 17:5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all 38834 Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in 38835 abundance. 38836 38837 17:6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he 38838 took away the high places and groves out of Judah. 38839 38840 17:7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even 38841 to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to 38842 Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. 38843 38844 17:8 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and 38845 Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, 38846 and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and 38847 Jehoram, priests. 38848 38849 17:9 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD 38850 with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and 38851 taught the people. 38852 38853 17:10 And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands 38854 that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against 38855 Jehoshaphat. 38856 38857 17:11 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and 38858 tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand 38859 and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats. 38860 38861 17:12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah 38862 castles, and cities of store. 38863 38864 17:13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of 38865 war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem. 38866 38867 17:14 And these are the numbers of them according to the house of 38868 their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, 38869 and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand. 38870 38871 17:15 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two 38872 hundred and fourscore thousand. 38873 38874 17:16 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly 38875 offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand 38876 mighty men of valour. 38877 38878 17:17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him 38879 armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. 38880 38881 17:18 And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and 38882 fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war. 38883 38884 17:19 These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the 38885 fenced cities throughout all Judah. 38886 38887 18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined 38888 affinity with Ahab. 38889 38890 18:2 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab 38891 killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he 38892 had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead. 38893 38894 18:3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt 38895 thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou 38896 art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war. 38897 38898 18:4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray 38899 thee, at the word of the LORD to day. 38900 38901 18:5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four 38902 hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to 38903 battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver 38904 it into the king's hand. 38905 38906 18:6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD 38907 besides, that we might enquire of him? 18:7 And the king of Israel 38908 said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of 38909 the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but 38910 always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat 38911 said, Let not the king say so. 38912 38913 18:8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, 38914 Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. 38915 38916 18:9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either 38917 of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void 38918 place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets 38919 prophesied before them. 38920 38921 18:10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, 38922 and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until 38923 they be consumed. 38924 38925 18:11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to 38926 Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand 38927 of the king. 38928 38929 18:12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, 38930 saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king 38931 with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of 38932 their's, and speak thou good. 38933 38934 18:13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, 38935 that will I speak. 38936 38937 18:14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, 38938 Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? 38939 And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into 38940 your hand. 38941 38942 18:15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee 38943 that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? 38944 18:16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, 38945 as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no 38946 master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace. 38947 38948 18:17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee 38949 that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil? 18:18 Again he 38950 said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon 38951 his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and 38952 on his left. 38953 38954 18:19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he 38955 may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this 38956 manner, and another saying after that manner. 38957 38958 18:20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and 38959 said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? 18:21 38960 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all 38961 his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt 38962 also prevail: go out, and do even so. 38963 38964 18:22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the 38965 mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against 38966 thee. 38967 38968 18:23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah 38969 upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from 38970 me to speak unto thee? 18:24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see 38971 on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. 38972 38973 18:25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him 38974 back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; 38975 18:26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and 38976 feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until 38977 I return in peace. 38978 38979 18:27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath 38980 not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people. 38981 38982 18:28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up 38983 to Ramothgilead. 38984 38985 18:29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise 38986 myself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the 38987 king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle. 38988 38989 18:30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots 38990 that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save 38991 only with the king of Israel. 38992 38993 18:31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw 38994 Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they 38995 compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD 38996 helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. 38997 38998 18:32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots 38999 perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again 39000 from pursuing him. 39001 39002 18:33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of 39003 Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his 39004 chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the 39005 host; for I am wounded. 39006 39007 18:34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel 39008 stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: 39009 and about the time of the sun going down he died. 39010 39011 19:1 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace 39012 to Jerusalem. 39013 39014 19:2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and 39015 said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love 39016 them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the 39017 LORD. 39018 39019 19:3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou 39020 hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine 39021 heart to seek God. 39022 39023 19:4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through 39024 the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto 39025 the LORD God of their fathers. 39026 39027 19:5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of 39028 Judah, city by city, 19:6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye 39029 do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the 39030 judgment. 39031 39032 19:7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and 39033 do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of 39034 persons, nor taking of gifts. 39035 39036 19:8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of 39037 the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the 39038 judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to 39039 Jerusalem. 39040 39041 19:9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the 39042 LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. 39043 39044 19:10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that 39045 dwell in your cities, between blood and blood, between law and 39046 commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they 39047 trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon 39048 your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass. 39049 39050 19:11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters 39051 of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house 39052 of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be 39053 officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the 39054 good. 39055 39056 20:1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and 39057 the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came 39058 against Jehoshaphat to battle. 39059 39060 20:2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh 39061 a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; 39062 and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi. 39063 39064 20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and 39065 proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 39066 39067 20:4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: 39068 even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. 39069 39070 20:5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, 39071 in the house of the LORD, before the new court, 20:6 And said, O LORD 39072 God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou 39073 over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not 39074 power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? 20:7 Art not 39075 thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before 39076 thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for 39077 ever? 20:8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary 39078 therein for thy name, saying, 20:9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as 39079 the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this 39080 house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry 39081 unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. 39082 39083 20:10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, 39084 whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the 39085 land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; 39086 20:11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy 39087 possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 39088 39089 20:12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might 39090 against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we 39091 what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. 39092 39093 20:13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, 39094 their wives, and their children. 39095 39096 20:14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the 39097 son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, 39098 came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; 20:15 39099 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, 39100 and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid 39101 nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not 39102 yours, but God's. 39103 39104 20:16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the 39105 cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before 39106 the wilderness of Jeruel. 39107 39108 20:17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand 39109 ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and 39110 Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: 39111 for the LORD will be with you. 39112 39113 20:18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and 39114 all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, 39115 worshipping the LORD. 39116 39117 20:19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the 39118 children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel 39119 with a loud voice on high. 39120 39121 20:20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the 39122 wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and 39123 said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in 39124 the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, 39125 so shall ye prosper. 39126 39127 20:21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers 39128 unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they 39129 went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy 39130 endureth for ever. 39131 39132 20:22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set 39133 ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which 39134 were come against Judah; and they were smitten. 39135 39136 20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the 39137 inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when 39138 they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to 39139 destroy another. 39140 39141 20:24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, 39142 they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies 39143 fallen to the earth, and none escaped. 39144 39145 20:25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil 39146 of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead 39147 bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, 39148 more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering 39149 of the spoil, it was so much. 39150 39151 20:26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of 39152 Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the 39153 same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day. 39154 39155 20:27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and 39156 Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with 39157 joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 39158 39159 20:28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and 39160 trumpets unto the house of the LORD. 39161 39162 20:29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, 39163 when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of 39164 Israel. 39165 39166 20:30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest 39167 round about. 39168 39169 20:31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years 39170 old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in 39171 Jerusalem. 39172 39173 And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 39174 39175 20:32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not 39176 from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD. 39177 39178 20:33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the 39179 people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 39180 39181 20:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, 39182 they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is 39183 mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel. 39184 39185 20:35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with 39186 Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: 20:36 And he joined 39187 himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the 39188 ships in Eziongaber. 39189 39190 20:37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against 39191 Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, 39192 the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they 39193 were not able to go to Tarshish. 39194 39195 21:1 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his 39196 fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his 39197 stead. 39198 39199 21:2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, 39200 and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these 39201 were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. 39202 39203 21:3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, 39204 and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom 39205 gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn. 39206 39207 21:4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he 39208 strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and 39209 divers also of the princes of Israel. 39210 39211 21:5 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and 39212 he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 39213 39214 21:6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the 39215 house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought 39216 that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD. 39217 39218 21:7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of 39219 the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a 39220 light to him and to his sons for ever. 39221 39222 21:8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of 39223 Judah, and made themselves a king. 39224 39225 21:9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots 39226 with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which 39227 compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots. 39228 39229 21:10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this 39230 day. 39231 39232 The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he 39233 had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers. 39234 39235 21:11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and 39236 caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and 39237 compelled Judah thereto. 39238 39239 21:12 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, 39240 Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not 39241 walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa 39242 king of Judah, 21:13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of 39243 Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a 39244 whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast 39245 slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than 39246 thyself: 21:14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy 39247 people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: 21:15 And 39248 thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy 39249 bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day. 39250 39251 21:16 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the 39252 Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: 21:17 39253 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all 39254 the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, 39255 and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, 39256 the youngest of his sons. 39257 39258 21:18 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an 39259 incurable disease. 39260 39261 21:19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of 39262 two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died 39263 of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the 39264 burning of his fathers. 39265 39266 21:20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he 39267 reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. 39268 Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the 39269 sepulchres of the kings. 39270 39271 22:1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son 39272 king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to 39273 the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king 39274 of Judah reigned. 39275 39276 22:2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and 39277 he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah 39278 the daughter of Omri. 39279 39280 22:3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother 39281 was his counsellor to do wickedly. 39282 39283 22:4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of 39284 Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to 39285 his destruction. 39286 39287 22:5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son 39288 of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at 39289 Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram. 39290 39291 22:6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds 39292 which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of 39293 Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see 39294 Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick. 39295 39296 22:7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for 39297 when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of 39298 Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. 39299 39300 22:8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon 39301 the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the 39302 brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them. 39303 39304 22:9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in 39305 Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they 39306 buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who 39307 sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no 39308 power to keep still the kingdom. 39309 39310 22:10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was 39311 dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of 39312 Judah. 39313 39314 22:11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son 39315 of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, 39316 and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the 39317 daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she 39318 was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew 39319 him not. 39320 39321 22:12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and 39322 Athaliah reigned over the land. 39323 39324 23:1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took 39325 the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the 39326 son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of 39327 Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. 39328 39329 23:2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all 39330 the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they 39331 came to Jerusalem. 39332 39333 23:3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the 39334 house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall 39335 reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David. 39336 39337 23:4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering 39338 on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of 39339 the doors; 23:5 And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a 39340 third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be 39341 in the courts of the house of the LORD. 39342 39343 23:6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, 39344 and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are 39345 holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD. 39346 39347 23:7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man 39348 with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the 39349 house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he 39350 cometh in, and when he goeth out. 39351 39352 23:8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that 39353 Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that 39354 were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the 39355 sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. 39356 39357 23:9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of 39358 hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king 39359 David's, which were in the house of God. 39360 39361 23:10 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his 39362 hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the 39363 temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about. 39364 39365 23:11 Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the 39366 crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and 39367 his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king. 39368 39369 23:12 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and 39370 praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD: 39371 23:13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the 39372 entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the 39373 people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the 39374 singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. 39375 Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. 39376 39377 23:14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds 39378 that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the 39379 ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For 39380 the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD. 39381 39382 23:15 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering 39383 of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there. 39384 39385 23:16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the 39386 people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people. 39387 39388 23:17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it 39389 down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan 39390 the priest of Baal before the altars. 39391 39392 23:18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by 39393 the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the 39394 house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is 39395 written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it 39396 was ordained by David. 39397 39398 23:19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, 39399 that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. 39400 39401 23:20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the 39402 governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought 39403 down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the 39404 high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of 39405 the kingdom. 39406 39407 23:21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, 39408 after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword. 39409 39410 24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 39411 forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of 39412 Beersheba. 39413 39414 24:2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all 39415 the days of Jehoiada the priest. 39416 39417 24:3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and 39418 daughters. 39419 39420 24:4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair 39421 the house of the LORD. 39422 39423 24:5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to 39424 them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money 39425 to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye 39426 hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. 39427 39428 24:6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, 39429 Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and 39430 out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses 39431 the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the 39432 tabernacle of witness? 24:7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked 39433 woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated 39434 things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim. 39435 39436 24:8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it 39437 without at the gate of the house of the LORD. 39438 39439 24:9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to 39440 bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid 39441 upon Israel in the wilderness. 39442 39443 24:10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, 39444 and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. 39445 39446 24:11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought 39447 unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw 39448 that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's 39449 officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his 39450 place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in 39451 abundance. 39452 39453 24:12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the 39454 service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to 39455 repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass 39456 to mend the house of the LORD. 39457 39458 24:13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and 39459 they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it. 39460 39461 24:14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the 39462 money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the 39463 house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and 39464 spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt 39465 offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of 39466 Jehoiada. 39467 39468 24:15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an 39469 hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. 39470 39471 24:16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, 39472 because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his 39473 house. 39474 39475 24:17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and 39476 made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. 39477 39478 24:18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and 39479 served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for 39480 this their trespass. 39481 39482 24:19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; 39483 and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. 39484 39485 24:20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada 39486 the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus 39487 saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye 39488 cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also 39489 forsaken you. 39490 39491 24:21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at 39492 the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. 39493 39494 24:22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada 39495 his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he 39496 said, The LORD look upon it, and require it. 39497 39498 24:23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of 39499 Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and 39500 destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and 39501 sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. 39502 39503 24:24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, 39504 and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they 39505 had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment 39506 against Joash. 39507 39508 24:25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in 39509 great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood 39510 of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he 39511 died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him 39512 not in the sepulchres of the kings. 39513 39514 24:26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of 39515 Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. 39516 39517 24:27 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid 39518 upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are 39519 written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son 39520 reigned in his stead. 39521 39522 25:1 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and 39523 he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name 39524 was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 39525 39526 25:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not 39527 with a perfect heart. 39528 39529 25:3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, 39530 that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. 39531 39532 25:4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the 39533 law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The 39534 fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die 39535 for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin. 39536 39537 25:5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains 39538 over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of 39539 their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them 39540 from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand 39541 choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and 39542 shield. 39543 39544 25:6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of 39545 Israel for an hundred talents of silver. 39546 39547 25:7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the 39548 army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, 39549 with all the children of Ephraim. 39550 39551 25:8 But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shall 39552 make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to 39553 cast down. 39554 39555 25:9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the 39556 hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man 39557 of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this. 39558 39559 25:10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to 39560 him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was 39561 greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger. 39562 39563 25:11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and 39564 went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten 39565 thousand. 39566 39567 25:12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah 39568 carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and 39569 cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in 39570 pieces. 39571 39572 25:13 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they 39573 should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from 39574 Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and 39575 took much spoil. 39576 39577 25:14 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the 39578 slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of 39579 Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before 39580 them, and burned incense unto them. 39581 39582 25:15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and 39583 he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought 39584 after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people 39585 out of thine hand? 25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, 39586 that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? 39587 forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and 39588 said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou 39589 hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. 39590 39591 25:17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the 39592 son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us 39593 see one another in the face. 39594 39595 25:18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, 39596 The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, 39597 saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a 39598 wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. 39599 39600 25:19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart 39601 lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle 39602 to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with 39603 thee? 25:20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he 39604 might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought 39605 after the gods of Edom. 39606 39607 25:21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in 39608 the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which 39609 belongeth to Judah. 39610 39611 25:22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled 39612 every man to his tent. 39613 39614 25:23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son 39615 of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to 39616 Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of 39617 Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 39618 39619 25:24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels 39620 that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures 39621 of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. 39622 39623 25:25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death 39624 of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 39625 39626 25:26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are 39627 they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? 25:27 39628 Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD 39629 they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to 39630 Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there. 39631 39632 25:28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his 39633 fathers in the city of Judah. 39634 39635 26:1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years 39636 old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. 39637 39638 26:2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king 39639 slept with his fathers. 39640 39641 26:3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he 39642 reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was 39643 Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 39644 39645 26:4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, 39646 according to all that his father Amaziah did. 39647 39648 26:5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding 39649 in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him 39650 to prosper. 39651 39652 26:6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake 39653 down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, 39654 and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. 39655 39656 26:7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the 39657 Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims. 39658 39659 26:8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread 39660 abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself 39661 exceedingly. 39662 39663 26:9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and 39664 at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified 39665 them. 39666 39667 26:10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for 39668 he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: 39669 husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: 39670 for he loved husbandry. 39671 39672 26:11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to 39673 war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of 39674 Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, 39675 one of the king's captains. 39676 39677 26:12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men 39678 of valour were two thousand and six hundred. 39679 39680 26:13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and 39681 seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to 39682 help the king against the enemy. 39683 39684 26:14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, 39685 and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast 39686 stones. 39687 39688 26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be 39689 on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones 39690 withal. 39691 39692 And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till 39693 he was strong. 39694 39695 26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his 39696 destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went 39697 into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. 39698 39699 26:17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore 39700 priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: 26:18 And they withstood 39701 Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, 39702 Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of 39703 Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; 39704 for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from 39705 the LORD God. 39706 39707 26:19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn 39708 incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even 39709 rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, 39710 from beside the incense altar. 39711 39712 26:20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon 39713 him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him 39714 out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD 39715 had smitten him. 39716 39717 26:21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and 39718 dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the 39719 house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, 39720 judging the people of the land. 39721 39722 26:22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah 39723 the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. 39724 39725 26:23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his 39726 fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for 39727 they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. 39728 39729 27:1 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and 39730 he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was 39731 Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. 39732 39733 27:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, 39734 according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not 39735 into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly. 39736 39737 27:3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall 39738 of Ophel he built much. 39739 39740 27:4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the 39741 forests he built castles and towers. 39742 39743 27:5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed 39744 against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an 39745 hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten 39746 thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, 39747 both the second year, and the third. 39748 39749 27:6 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the 39750 LORD his God. 39751 39752 27:7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his 39753 ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and 39754 Judah. 39755 39756 27:8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and 39757 reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. 39758 39759 27:9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the 39760 city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. 39761 39762 28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 39763 sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the 39764 sight of the LORD, like David his father: 28:2 For he walked in the 39765 ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. 39766 39767 28:3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and 39768 burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen 39769 whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. 39770 39771 28:4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on 39772 the hills, and under every green tree. 39773 39774 28:5 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the 39775 king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude 39776 of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also 39777 delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a 39778 great slaughter. 39779 39780 28:6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty 39781 thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had 39782 forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. 39783 39784 28:7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's 39785 son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next 39786 to the king. 39787 39788 28:8 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren 39789 two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away 39790 much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. 39791 39792 28:9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he 39793 went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, 39794 Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he 39795 hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage 39796 that reacheth up unto heaven. 39797 39798 28:10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and 39799 Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with 39800 you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God? 28:11 Now hear me 39801 therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive 39802 of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you. 39803 39804 28:12 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah 39805 the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah 39806 the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them 39807 that came from the war, 28:13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring 39808 in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD 39809 already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for 39810 our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. 39811 39812 28:14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the 39813 princes and all the congregation. 39814 39815 28:15 And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the 39816 captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, 39817 and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, 39818 and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and 39819 brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: 39820 then they returned to Samaria. 39821 39822 28:16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to 39823 help him. 39824 39825 28:17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried 39826 away captives. 39827 39828 28:18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, 39829 and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and 39830 Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the 39831 villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt 39832 there. 39833 39834 28:19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; 39835 for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD. 39836 39837 28:20 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and 39838 distressed him, but strengthened him not. 39839 39840 28:21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and 39841 out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the 39842 king of Assyria: but he helped him not. 39843 39844 28:22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against 39845 the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. 39846 39847 28:23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: 39848 and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, 39849 therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they 39850 were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. 39851 39852 28:24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and 39853 cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors 39854 of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of 39855 Jerusalem. 39856 39857 28:25 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn 39858 incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his 39859 fathers. 39860 39861 28:26 Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, 39862 behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 39863 39864 28:27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the 39865 city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres 39866 of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. 39867 39868 29:1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, 39869 and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's 39870 name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. 39871 39872 29:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, 39873 according to all that David his father had done. 39874 39875 29:3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the 39876 doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them. 39877 39878 29:4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them 39879 together into the east street, 29:5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye 39880 Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD 39881 God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy 39882 place. 39883 39884 29:6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in 39885 the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned 39886 away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their 39887 backs. 39888 39889 29:7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the 39890 lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the 39891 holy place unto the God of Israel. 39892 39893 29:8 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and 39894 he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as 39895 ye see with your eyes. 39896 39897 29:9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and 39898 our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. 39899 39900 29:10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of 39901 Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. 39902 39903 29:11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to 39904 stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, 39905 and burn incense. 39906 39907 29:12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the 39908 son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of 39909 Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of 39910 the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah: 39911 29:13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons 39912 of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: 29:14 And of the sons of Heman; 39913 Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. 39914 39915 29:15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and 39916 came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the 39917 LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. 39918 39919 29:16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the 39920 LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they 39921 found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the 39922 LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook 39923 Kidron. 39924 39925 29:17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, 39926 and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: 39927 so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the 39928 sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. 39929 39930 29:18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have 39931 cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, 39932 with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the 39933 vessels thereof. 39934 39935 29:19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast 39936 away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, 39937 behold, they are before the altar of the LORD. 39938 39939 29:20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of 39940 the city, and went up to the house of the LORD. 39941 39942 29:21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven 39943 lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for 39944 the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of 39945 Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD. 39946 39947 29:22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, 39948 and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the 39949 rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the 39950 lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar. 39951 39952 29:23 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before 39953 the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them: 39954 29:24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with 39955 their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for 39956 the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should 39957 be made for all Israel. 39958 39959 29:25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, 39960 with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of 39961 David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was 39962 the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. 39963 39964 29:26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the 39965 priests with the trumpets. 39966 39967 29:27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the 39968 altar. 39969 39970 And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also 39971 with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of 39972 Israel. 39973 39974 29:28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and 39975 the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt 39976 offering was finished. 39977 39978 29:29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that 39979 were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped. 39980 39981 29:30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites 39982 to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the 39983 seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads 39984 and worshipped. 39985 39986 29:31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated 39987 yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank 39988 offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in 39989 sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart 39990 burnt offerings. 39991 39992 29:32 And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation 39993 brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two 39994 hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD. 39995 39996 29:33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three 39997 thousand sheep. 39998 39999 29:34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all 40000 the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help 40001 them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had 40002 sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to 40003 sanctify themselves than the priests. 40004 40005 29:35 And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of 40006 the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. 40007 So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order. 40008 40009 29:36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared 40010 the people: for the thing was done suddenly. 40011 40012 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also 40013 to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the 40014 LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel. 40015 40016 30:2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the 40017 congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month. 40018 40019 30:3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had 40020 not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people 40021 gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. 40022 40023 30:4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation. 40024 40025 30:5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all 40026 Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the 40027 passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not 40028 done it of a long time in such sort as it was written. 40029 40030 30:6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes 40031 throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of 40032 the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God 40033 of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of 40034 you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. 40035 40036 30:7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which 40037 trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave 40038 them up to desolation, as ye see. 40039 40040 30:8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield 40041 yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath 40042 sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness 40043 of his wrath may turn away from you. 40044 40045 30:9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your 40046 children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so 40047 that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is 40048 gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye 40049 return unto him. 40050 40051 30:10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of 40052 Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to 40053 scorn, and mocked them. 40054 40055 30:11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled 40056 themselves, and came to Jerusalem. 40057 40058 30:12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do 40059 the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the 40060 LORD. 40061 40062 30:13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast 40063 of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation. 40064 40065 30:14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, 40066 and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the 40067 brook Kidron. 40068 40069 30:15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the 40070 second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and 40071 sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the 40072 house of the LORD. 40073 40074 30:16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to 40075 the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, 40076 which they received of the hand of the Levites. 40077 40078 30:17 For there were many in the congregation that were not 40079 sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the 40080 passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the 40081 LORD. 40082 40083 30:18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and 40084 Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did 40085 they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah 40086 prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one 30:19 That 40087 prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though 40088 he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. 40089 40090 30:20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. 40091 40092 30:21 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept 40093 the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the 40094 Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud 40095 instruments unto the LORD. 40096 40097 30:22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught 40098 the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast 40099 seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the 40100 LORD God of their fathers. 40101 40102 30:23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: 40103 and they kept other seven days with gladness. 40104 40105 30:24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a 40106 thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to 40107 the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a 40108 great number of priests sanctified themselves. 40109 40110 30:25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the 40111 Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the 40112 strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in 40113 Judah, rejoiced. 40114 40115 30:26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of 40116 Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in 40117 Jerusalem. 40118 40119 30:27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and 40120 their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling 40121 place, even unto heaven. 40122 40123 31:1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went 40124 out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut 40125 down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of 40126 all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had 40127 utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, 40128 every man to his possession, into their own cities. 40129 40130 31:2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites 40131 after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests 40132 and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, 40133 and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the 40134 LORD. 40135 40136 31:3 He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the 40137 burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, 40138 and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and 40139 for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD. 40140 40141 31:4 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give 40142 the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be 40143 encouraged in the law of the LORD. 40144 40145 31:5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of 40146 Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, 40147 and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all 40148 things brought they in abundantly. 40149 40150 31:6 And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in 40151 the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, 40152 and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD 40153 their God, and laid them by heaps. 40154 40155 31:7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, 40156 and finished them in the seventh month. 40157 40158 31:8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they 40159 blessed the LORD, and his people Israel. 40160 40161 31:9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites 40162 concerning the heaps. 40163 40164 31:10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, 40165 and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house 40166 of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the 40167 LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great 40168 store. 40169 40170 31:11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the 40171 LORD; and they prepared them, 31:12 And brought in the offerings and 40172 the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah 40173 the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. 40174 40175 31:13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, 40176 and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were 40177 overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the 40178 commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house 40179 of God. 40180 40181 31:14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the 40182 east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the 40183 oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things. 40184 40185 31:15 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, 40186 Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set 40187 office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as 40188 to the small: 31:16 Beside their genealogy of males, from three years 40189 old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of 40190 the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges 40191 according to their courses; 31:17 Both to the genealogy of the priests 40192 by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old 40193 and upward, in their charges by their courses; 31:18 And to the 40194 genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and 40195 their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office 40196 they sanctified themselves in holiness: 31:19 Also of the sons of 40197 Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their 40198 cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to 40199 give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were 40200 reckoned by genealogies among the Levites. 40201 40202 31:20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that 40203 which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God. 40204 40205 31:21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of 40206 God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did 40207 it with all his heart, and prospered. 40208 40209 32:1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib 40210 king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the 40211 fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. 40212 40213 32:2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was 40214 purposed to fight against Jerusalem, 32:3 He took counsel with his 40215 princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which 40216 were without the city: and they did help him. 40217 40218 32:4 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the 40219 fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, 40220 saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? 40221 32:5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was 40222 broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and 40223 repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in 40224 abundance. 40225 40226 32:6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them 40227 together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake 40228 comfortably to them, saying, 32:7 Be strong and courageous, be not 40229 afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude 40230 that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: 32:8 With 40231 him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, 40232 and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the 40233 words of Hezekiah king of Judah. 40234 40235 32:9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to 40236 Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his 40237 power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that 40238 were at Jerusalem, saying, 32:10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of 40239 Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? 40240 32:11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by 40241 famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of 40242 the hand of the king of Assyria? 32:12 Hath not the same Hezekiah 40243 taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and 40244 Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense 40245 upon it? 32:13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all 40246 the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands 40247 any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand? 32:14 Who was 40248 there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly 40249 destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your 40250 God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand? 32:15 Now 40251 therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this 40252 manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom 40253 was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand 40254 of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine 40255 hand? 32:16 And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and 40256 against his servant Hezekiah. 40257 40258 32:17 He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to 40259 speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands 40260 have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God 40261 of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand. 40262 40263 32:18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the 40264 people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to 40265 trouble them; that they might take the city. 40266 40267 32:19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods 40268 of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man. 40269 40270 32:20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the 40271 son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. 40272 40273 32:21 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of 40274 valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of 40275 Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when 40276 he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own 40277 bowels slew him there with the sword. 40278 40279 32:22 Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem 40280 from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of 40281 all other, and guided them on every side. 40282 40283 32:23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents 40284 to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of 40285 all nations from thenceforth. 40286 40287 32:24 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto 40288 the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign. 40289 40290 32:25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done 40291 unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon 40292 him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. 40293 40294 32:26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his 40295 heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of 40296 the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. 40297 40298 32:27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made 40299 himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, 40300 and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant 40301 jewels; 32:28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and 40302 oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. 40303 40304 32:29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and 40305 herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much. 40306 40307 32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, 40308 and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. 40309 And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. 40310 40311 32:31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of 40312 Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in 40313 the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in 40314 his heart. 40315 40316 32:32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, 40317 they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, 40318 and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 40319 40320 32:33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the 40321 chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the 40322 inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his 40323 son reigned in his stead. 40324 40325 33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he 40326 reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: 33:2 But did that which was 40327 evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the 40328 heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. 40329 40330 33:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had 40331 broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and 40332 worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 40333 40334 33:4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD 40335 had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. 40336 40337 33:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts 40338 of the house of the LORD. 40339 40340 33:6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley 40341 of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, 40342 and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with 40343 wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him 40344 to anger. 40345 40346 33:7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the 40347 house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, 40348 In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the 40349 tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 33:8 Neither will I any 40350 more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have 40351 appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that 40352 I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and 40353 the ordinances by the hand of Moses. 40354 40355 33:9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, 40356 and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before 40357 the children of Israel. 40358 40359 33:10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they 40360 would not hearken. 40361 40362 33:11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of 40363 the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound 40364 him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 40365 40366 33:12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and 40367 humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 33:13 And 40368 prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his 40369 supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. 40370 Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God. 40371 40372 33:14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the 40373 west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish 40374 gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, 40375 and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. 40376 40377 33:15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house 40378 of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the 40379 house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. 40380 40381 33:16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon 40382 peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the 40383 LORD God of Israel. 40384 40385 33:17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, 40386 yet unto the LORD their God only. 40387 40388 33:18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his 40389 God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the 40390 LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings 40391 of Israel. 40392 40393 33:19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his 40394 sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, 40395 and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, 40396 they are written among the sayings of the seers. 40397 40398 33:20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his 40399 own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. 40400 40401 33:21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and 40402 reigned two years in Jerusalem. 40403 40404 33:22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did 40405 Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images 40406 which Manasseh his father had made, and served them; 33:23 And humbled 40407 not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled 40408 himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. 40409 40410 33:24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own 40411 house. 40412 40413 33:25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired 40414 against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king 40415 in his stead. 40416 40417 34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 40418 in Jerusalem one and thirty years. 40419 40420 34:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and 40421 walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the 40422 right hand, nor to the left. 40423 40424 34:3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he 40425 began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth 40426 year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and 40427 the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. 40428 40429 34:4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the 40430 images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and 40431 the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made 40432 dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had 40433 sacrificed unto them. 40434 40435 34:5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and 40436 cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 40437 40438 34:6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, 40439 even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. 40440 40441 34:7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had 40442 beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols 40443 throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. 40444 40445 34:8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the 40446 land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah 40447 the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to 40448 repair the house of the LORD his God. 40449 40450 34:9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the 40451 money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that 40452 kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and 40453 of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they 40454 returned to Jerusalem. 40455 40456 34:10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the 40457 oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen 40458 that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house: 40459 34:11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn 40460 stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the 40461 kings of Judah had destroyed. 40462 40463 34:12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them 40464 were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and 40465 Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it 40466 forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments 40467 of musick. 40468 40469 34:13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers 40470 of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the 40471 Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. 40472 40473 34:14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the 40474 house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the 40475 LORD given by Moses. 40476 40477 34:15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have 40478 found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah 40479 delivered the book to Shaphan. 40480 40481 34:16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king 40482 word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they 40483 do it. 40484 40485 34:17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in the 40486 house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the 40487 overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. 40488 40489 34:18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the 40490 priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. 40491 40492 34:19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the 40493 law, that he rent his clothes. 40494 40495 34:20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, 40496 and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a 40497 servant of the king's, saying, 34:21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me, 40498 and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the 40499 words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD 40500 that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word 40501 of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book. 40502 40503 34:22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to 40504 Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son 40505 of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the 40506 college:) and they spake to her to that effect. 40507 40508 34:23 And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell 40509 ye the man that sent you to me, 34:24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I 40510 will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, 40511 even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read 40512 before the king of Judah: 34:25 Because they have forsaken me, and 40513 have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to 40514 anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be 40515 poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. 40516 40517 34:26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the 40518 LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel 40519 concerning the words which thou hast heard; 34:27 Because thine heart 40520 was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou 40521 heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants 40522 thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, 40523 and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD. 40524 40525 34:28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be 40526 gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the 40527 evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of 40528 the same. So they brought the king word again. 40529 40530 34:29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah 40531 and Jerusalem. 40532 40533 34:30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men 40534 of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the 40535 Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their 40536 ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the 40537 house of the LORD. 40538 40539 34:31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the 40540 LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his 40541 testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his 40542 soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this 40543 book. 40544 40545 34:32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to 40546 stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the 40547 covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 40548 40549 34:33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the 40550 countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that 40551 were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And 40552 all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of 40553 their fathers. 40554 40555 35:1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and 40556 they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. 40557 40558 35:2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to 40559 the service of the house of the LORD, 35:3 And said unto the Levites 40560 that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy 40561 ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did 40562 build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the 40563 LORD your God, and his people Israel, 35:4 And prepare yourselves by 40564 the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the 40565 writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of 40566 Solomon his son. 40567 40568 35:5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the 40569 families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the 40570 division of the families of the Levites. 40571 40572 35:6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your 40573 brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the 40574 hand of Moses. 40575 40576 35:7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all 40577 for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number 40578 of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the 40579 king's substance. 40580 40581 35:8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, 40582 and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the 40583 house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two 40584 thousand and six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen. 40585 40586 35:9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and 40587 Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the 40588 Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five 40589 hundred oxen. 40590 40591 35:10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their 40592 place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's 40593 commandment. 40594 40595 35:11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the 40596 blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. 40597 40598 35:12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give 40599 according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer 40600 unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they 40601 with the oxen. 40602 40603 35:13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the 40604 ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in 40605 caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people. 40606 40607 35:14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the 40608 priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering 40609 of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites 40610 prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. 40611 40612 35:15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according 40613 to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the 40614 king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not 40615 depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for 40616 them. 40617 40618 35:16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to 40619 keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the 40620 LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah. 40621 40622 35:17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover 40623 at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. 40624 40625 35:18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the 40626 days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep 40627 such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and 40628 all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of 40629 Jerusalem. 40630 40631 35:19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover 40632 kept. 40633 40634 35:20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king 40635 of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah 40636 went out against him. 40637 40638 35:21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with 40639 thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but 40640 against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make 40641 haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he 40642 destroy thee not. 40643 40644 35:22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but 40645 disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not 40646 unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in 40647 the valley of Megiddo. 40648 40649 35:23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his 40650 servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. 40651 40652 35:24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him 40653 in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, 40654 and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. 40655 And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. 40656 40657 35:25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and 40658 the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, 40659 and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in 40660 the lamentations. 40661 40662 35:26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according 40663 to that which was written in the law of the LORD, 35:27 And his deeds, 40664 first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of 40665 Israel and Judah. 40666 40667 36:1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and 40668 made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. 40669 40670 36:2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, 40671 and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 40672 40673 36:3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned 40674 the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 40675 40676 36:4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah 40677 and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took 40678 Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. 40679 40680 36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, 40681 and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was 40682 evil in the sight of the LORD his God. 40683 40684 36:6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him 40685 in fetters, to carry him to Babylon. 40686 40687 36:7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the 40688 LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. 40689 40690 36:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which 40691 he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in 40692 the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son 40693 reigned in his stead. 40694 40695 36:9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he 40696 reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which 40697 was evil in the sight of the LORD. 40698 40699 36:10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and 40700 brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the 40701 LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. 40702 40703 36:11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, 40704 and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 40705 40706 36:12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, 40707 and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the 40708 mouth of the LORD. 40709 40710 36:13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made 40711 him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart 40712 from turning unto the LORD God of Israel. 40713 40714 36:14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, 40715 transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and 40716 polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. 40717 40718 36:15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his 40719 messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion 40720 on his people, and on his dwelling place: 36:16 But they mocked the 40721 messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, 40722 until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was 40723 no remedy. 40724 40725 36:17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who 40726 slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, 40727 and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that 40728 stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. 40729 40730 36:18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and 40731 the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, 40732 and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. 40733 40734 36:19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of 40735 Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed 40736 all the goodly vessels thereof. 40737 40738 36:20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to 40739 Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign 40740 of the kingdom of Persia: 36:21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the 40741 mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as 40742 long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and 40743 ten years. 40744 40745 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of 40746 the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the 40747 LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a 40748 proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, 40749 saying, 36:23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the 40750 earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to 40751 build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among 40752 you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up. 40753 40754 40755 40756 Ezra 40757 40758 40759 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of 40760 the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred 40761 up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation 40762 throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 1:2 40763 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me 40764 all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an 40765 house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 40766 40767 1:3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and 40768 let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of 40769 the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. 40770 40771 1:4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the 40772 men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, 40773 and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God 40774 that is in Jerusalem. 40775 40776 1:5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and 40777 the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had 40778 raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. 40779 40780 1:6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with 40781 vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with 40782 precious things, beside all that was willingly offered. 40783 40784 1:7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the 40785 LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had 40786 put them in the house of his gods; 1:8 Even those did Cyrus king of 40787 Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and 40788 numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 40789 40790 1:9 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a 40791 thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 1:10 Thirty 40792 basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, 40793 and other vessels a thousand. 40794 40795 1:11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four 40796 hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity 40797 that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. 40798 40799 2:1 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the 40800 captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar 40801 the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto 40802 Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 2:2 Which came with 40803 Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, 40804 Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of 40805 Israel: 2:3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy 40806 and two. 40807 40808 2:4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 40809 40810 2:5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five. 40811 40812 2:6 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, 40813 two thousand eight hundred and twelve. 40814 40815 2:7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 40816 40817 2:8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five. 40818 40819 2:9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. 40820 40821 2:10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two. 40822 40823 2:11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three. 40824 40825 2:12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two. 40826 40827 2:13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. 40828 40829 2:14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. 40830 40831 2:15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four. 40832 40833 2:16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 40834 40835 2:17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three. 40836 40837 2:18 The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve. 40838 40839 2:19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three. 40840 40841 2:20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. 40842 40843 2:21 The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three. 40844 40845 2:22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six. 40846 40847 2:23 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. 40848 40849 2:24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. 40850 40851 2:25 The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven 40852 hundred and forty and three. 40853 40854 2:26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. 40855 40856 2:27 The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two. 40857 40858 2:28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three. 40859 40860 2:29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two. 40861 40862 2:30 The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six. 40863 40864 2:31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and 40865 four. 40866 40867 2:32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. 40868 40869 2:33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and 40870 five. 40871 40872 2:34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. 40873 40874 2:35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and 40875 thirty. 40876 40877 2:36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, 40878 nine hundred seventy and three. 40879 40880 2:37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. 40881 40882 2:38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. 40883 40884 2:39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. 40885 40886 2:40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children 40887 of Hodaviah, seventy and four. 40888 40889 2:41 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight. 40890 40891 2:42 The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the 40892 children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the 40893 children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty 40894 and nine. 40895 40896 2:43 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the 40897 children of Tabbaoth, 2:44 The children of Keros, the children of 40898 Siaha, the children of Padon, 2:45 The children of Lebanah, the 40899 children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 2:46 The children of 40900 Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan, 2:47 The 40901 children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, 40902 2:48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of 40903 Gazzam, 2:49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the 40904 children of Besai, 2:50 The children of Asnah, the children of 40905 Mehunim, the children of Nephusim, 2:51 The children of Bakbuk, the 40906 children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 2:52 The children of 40907 Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 2:53 The 40908 children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah, 40909 2:54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. 40910 40911 2:55 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the 40912 children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda, 2:56 The children of 40913 Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 2:57 The 40914 children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of 40915 Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. 40916 40917 2:58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were 40918 three hundred ninety and two. 40919 40920 2:59 And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, 40921 Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's 40922 house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: 2:60 The children 40923 of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six 40924 hundred fifty and two. 40925 40926 2:61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the 40927 children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the 40928 daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name: 40929 2:62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by 40930 genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, 40931 put from the priesthood. 40932 40933 2:63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the 40934 most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with 40935 Thummim. 40936 40937 2:64 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three 40938 hundred and threescore, 2:65 Beside their servants and their maids, of 40939 whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and 40940 there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women. 40941 40942 2:66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two 40943 hundred forty and five; 2:67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and 40944 five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. 40945 40946 2:68 And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house 40947 of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God 40948 to set it up in his place: 2:69 They gave after their ability unto the 40949 treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and 40950 five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments. 40951 40952 2:70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the 40953 singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, 40954 and all Israel in their cities. 40955 40956 3:1 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel 40957 were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man 40958 to Jerusalem. 40959 40960 3:2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the 40961 priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and 40962 builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings 40963 thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. 40964 40965 3:3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them 40966 because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt 40967 offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and 40968 evening. 40969 40970 3:4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and 40971 offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, 40972 as the duty of every day required; 3:5 And afterward offered the 40973 continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set 40974 feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that 40975 willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD. 40976 40977 3:6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt 40978 offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD 40979 was not yet laid. 40980 40981 3:7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and 40982 meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to 40983 bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the 40984 grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. 40985 40986 3:8 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at 40987 Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, 40988 and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the 40989 priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the 40990 captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years 40991 old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD. 40992 40993 3:9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his 40994 sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the 40995 house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren 40996 the Levites. 40997 40998 3:10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the 40999 LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the 41000 Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the 41001 ordinance of David king of Israel. 41002 41003 3:11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks 41004 unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever 41005 toward Israel. 41006 41007 And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the 41008 LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. 41009 41010 3:12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who 41011 were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation 41012 of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and 41013 many shouted aloud for joy: 3:13 So that the people could not discern 41014 the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the 41015 people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was 41016 heard afar off. 41017 41018 4:1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the 41019 children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of 41020 Israel; 4:2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the 41021 fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your 41022 God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of 41023 Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither. 41024 41025 4:3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the 41026 fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to 41027 build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto 41028 the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath 41029 commanded us. 41030 41031 4:4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of 41032 Judah, and troubled them in building, 4:5 And hired counsellors 41033 against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king 41034 of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. 41035 41036 4:6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, 41037 wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and 41038 Jerusalem. 41039 41040 4:7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, 41041 and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and 41042 the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and 41043 interpreted in the Syrian tongue. 41044 41045 4:8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter 41046 against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: 4:9 Then wrote 41047 Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their 41048 companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the 41049 Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the 41050 Dehavites, and the Elamites, 4:10 And the rest of the nations whom the 41051 great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of 41052 Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a 41053 time. 41054 41055 4:11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto 41056 Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and 41057 at such a time. 41058 41059 4:12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee 41060 to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad 41061 city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations. 41062 41063 4:13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and 41064 the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and 41065 custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. 41066 41067 4:14 Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it 41068 was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we 41069 sent and certified the king; 4:15 That search may be made in the book 41070 of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the 41071 records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful 41072 unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the 41073 same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. 41074 41075 4:16 We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the 41076 walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this 41077 side the river. 41078 41079 4:17 Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to 41080 Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in 41081 Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a 41082 time. 41083 41084 4:18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before 41085 me. 41086 41087 4:19 And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that 41088 this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that 41089 rebellion and sedition have been made therein. 41090 41091 4:20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have 41092 ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and 41093 custom, was paid unto them. 41094 41095 4:21 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that 41096 this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given 41097 from me. 41098 41099 4:22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow 41100 to the hurt of the kings? 4:23 Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' 41101 letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their 41102 companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made 41103 them to cease by force and power. 41104 41105 4:24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. 41106 So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of 41107 Persia. 41108 41109 5:1 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of 41110 Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the 41111 name of the God of Israel, even unto them. 41112 41113 5:2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son 41114 of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: 41115 and with them were the prophets of God helping them. 41116 41117 5:3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the 41118 river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto 41119 them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this 41120 wall? 5:4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the 41121 names of the men that make this building? 5:5 But the eye of their 41122 God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to 41123 cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer 41124 by letter concerning this matter. 41125 41126 5:6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the 41127 river, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, which 41128 were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: 5:7 They sent 41129 a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all 41130 peace. 41131 41132 5:8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of 41133 Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great 41134 stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, 41135 and prospereth in their hands. 41136 41137 5:9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded 41138 you to build this house, and to make up these walls? 5:10 We asked 41139 their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of 41140 the men that were the chief of them. 41141 41142 5:11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of 41143 the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded 41144 these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up. 41145 41146 5:12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto 41147 wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of 41148 Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the 41149 people away into Babylon. 41150 41151 5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king 41152 Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. 41153 41154 5:14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, 41155 which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and 41156 brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take 41157 out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose 41158 name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; 5:15 And said unto 41159 him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in 41160 Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place. 41161 41162 5:16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the 41163 house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now 41164 hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished. 41165 41166 5:17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search 41167 made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether 41168 it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house 41169 of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us 41170 concerning this matter. 41171 41172 6:1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the 41173 house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. 41174 41175 6:2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the 41176 province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: 41177 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a 41178 decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be 41179 builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the 41180 foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore 41181 cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; 6:4 With three rows 41182 of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be 41183 given out of the king's house: 6:5 And also let the golden and silver 41184 vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of 41185 the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be 41186 restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, 41187 every one to his place, and place them in the house of God. 41188 41189 6:6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, 41190 and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be 41191 ye far from thence: 6:7 Let the work of this house of God alone; let 41192 the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house 41193 of God in his place. 41194 41195 6:8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these 41196 Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, 41197 even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto 41198 these men, that they be not hindered. 41199 41200 6:9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, 41201 and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, 41202 wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are 41203 at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: 6:10 That 41204 they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and 41205 pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. 41206 41207 6:11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, 41208 let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be 41209 hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. 41210 41211 6:12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all 41212 kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy 41213 this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; 41214 let it be done with speed. 41215 41216 6:13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and 41217 their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so 41218 they did speedily. 41219 41220 6:14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through 41221 the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. 41222 And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the 41223 God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, 41224 and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 41225 41226 6:15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, 41227 which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. 41228 41229 6:16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the 41230 rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this 41231 house of God with joy. 41232 41233 6:17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred 41234 bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering 41235 for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes 41236 of Israel. 41237 41238 6:18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in 41239 their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is 41240 written in the book of Moses. 41241 41242 6:19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the 41243 fourteenth day of the first month. 41244 41245 6:20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of 41246 them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the 41247 captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. 41248 41249 6:21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of 41250 captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the 41251 filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, 41252 did eat, 6:22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with 41253 joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the 41254 king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of 41255 the house of God, the God of Israel. 41256 41257 7:1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, 41258 Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 7:2 41259 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 7:3 The son 41260 of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 7:4 The son of 41261 Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 7:5 The son of Abishua, 41262 the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief 41263 priest: 7:6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe 41264 in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the 41265 king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD 41266 his God upon him. 41267 41268 7:7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the 41269 priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the 41270 Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. 41271 41272 7:8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the 41273 seventh year of the king. 41274 41275 7:9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from 41276 Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, 41277 according to the good hand of his God upon him. 41278 41279 7:10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and 41280 to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. 41281 41282 7:11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave 41283 unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the 41284 commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. 41285 41286 7:12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the 41287 law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. 41288 41289 7:13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of 41290 his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own 41291 freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. 41292 41293 7:14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven 41294 counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to 41295 the law of thy God which is in thine hand; 7:15 And to carry the 41296 silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely 41297 offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, 7:16 41298 And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province 41299 of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the 41300 priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in 41301 Jerusalem: 7:17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money 41302 bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink 41303 offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God 41304 which is in Jerusalem. 41305 41306 7:18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to 41307 do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of 41308 your God. 41309 41310 7:19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house 41311 of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. 41312 41313 7:20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, 41314 which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's 41315 treasure house. 41316 41317 7:21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the 41318 treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the 41319 priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of 41320 you, it be done speedily, 7:22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, and 41321 to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and 41322 to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. 41323 41324 7:23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be 41325 diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should 41326 there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? 7:24 Also 41327 we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, 41328 porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be 41329 lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. 41330 41331 7:25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine 41332 hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that 41333 are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach 41334 ye them that know them not. 41335 41336 7:26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the 41337 king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto 41338 death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to 41339 imprisonment. 41340 41341 7:27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a 41342 thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD 41343 which is in Jerusalem: 7:28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the 41344 king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. 41345 And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and 41346 I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. 41347 41348 8:1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the 41349 genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of 41350 Artaxerxes the king. 41351 41352 8:2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: 41353 of the sons of David; Hattush. 41354 41355 8:3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and 41356 with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. 41357 41358 8:4 Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with 41359 him two hundred males. 41360 41361 8:5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three 41362 hundred males. 41363 41364 8:6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him 41365 fifty males. 41366 41367 8:7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with 41368 him seventy males. 41369 41370 8:8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and 41371 with him fourscore males. 41372 41373 8:9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two 41374 hundred and eighteen males. 41375 41376 8:10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him 41377 an hundred and threescore males. 41378 41379 8:11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with 41380 him twenty and eight males. 41381 41382 8:12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with 41383 him an hundred and ten males. 41384 41385 8:13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, 41386 Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males. 41387 41388 8:14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them 41389 seventy males. 41390 41391 8:15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; 41392 and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and 41393 the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. 41394 41395 8:16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for 41396 Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for 41397 Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for 41398 Elnathan, men of understanding. 41399 41400 8:17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place 41401 Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his 41402 brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring 41403 unto us ministers for the house of our God. 41404 41405 8:18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of 41406 understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of 41407 Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; 8:19 41408 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his 41409 brethren and their sons, twenty; 8:20 Also of the Nethinims, whom 41410 David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, 41411 two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name. 41412 41413 8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we 41414 might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for 41415 us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. 41416 41417 8:22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and 41418 horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had 41419 spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for 41420 good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them 41421 that forsake him. 41422 41423 8:23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated 41424 of us. 41425 41426 8:24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, 41427 Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 8:25 And weighed unto 41428 them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of 41429 the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his 41430 lords, and all Israel there present, had offered: 8:26 I even weighed 41431 unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver 41432 vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; 8:27 Also 41433 twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine 41434 copper, precious as gold. 41435 41436 8:28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are 41437 holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto 41438 the LORD God of your fathers. 41439 41440 8:29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of 41441 the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at 41442 Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. 41443 41444 8:30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and 41445 the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house 41446 of our God. 41447 41448 8:31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of 41449 the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was 41450 upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such 41451 as lay in wait by the way. 41452 41453 8:32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. 41454 41455 8:33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels 41456 weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of 41457 Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and 41458 with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of 41459 Binnui, Levites; 8:34 By number and by weight of every one: and all 41460 the weight was written at that time. 41461 41462 8:35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were 41463 come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of 41464 Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy 41465 and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a 41466 burnt offering unto the LORD. 41467 41468 8:36 And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's 41469 lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they 41470 furthered the people, and the house of God. 41471 41472 9:1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, 41473 The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not 41474 separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to 41475 their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the 41476 Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, 41477 and the Amorites. 41478 41479 9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for 41480 their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the 41481 people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath 41482 been chief in this trespass. 41483 41484 9:3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and 41485 plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down 41486 astonied. 41487 41488 9:4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words 41489 of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had 41490 been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice. 41491 41492 9:5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and 41493 having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread 41494 out my hands unto the LORD my God, 9:6 And said, O my God, I am 41495 ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our 41496 iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up 41497 unto the heavens. 41498 41499 9:7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass 41500 unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our 41501 priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to 41502 the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as 41503 it is this day. 41504 41505 9:8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD 41506 our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his 41507 holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little 41508 reviving in our bondage. 41509 41510 9:9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our 41511 bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of 41512 Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to 41513 repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in 41514 Jerusalem. 41515 41516 9:10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have 41517 forsaken thy commandments, 9:11 Which thou hast commanded by thy 41518 servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess 41519 it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, 41520 with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another 41521 with their uncleanness. 41522 41523 9:12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither 41524 take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their 41525 wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, 41526 and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. 41527 41528 9:13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for 41529 our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less 41530 than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as 41531 this; 9:14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in 41532 affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be 41533 angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no 41534 remnant nor escaping? 9:15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: 41535 for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before 41536 thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of 41537 this. 41538 41539 10:1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and 41540 casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him 41541 out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: 41542 for the people wept very sore. 41543 41544 10:2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, 41545 answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and 41546 have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is 41547 hope in Israel concerning this thing. 41548 41549 10:3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all 41550 the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of 41551 my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and 41552 let it be done according to the law. 41553 41554 10:4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with 41555 thee: be of good courage, and do it. 41556 41557 10:5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all 41558 Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they 41559 sware. 41560 41561 10:6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the 41562 chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he 41563 did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the 41564 transgression of them that had been carried away. 41565 41566 10:7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto 41567 all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves 41568 together unto Jerusalem; 10:8 And that whosoever would not come within 41569 three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, 41570 all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the 41571 congregation of those that had been carried away. 41572 41573 10:9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves 41574 together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on 41575 the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street 41576 of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the 41577 great rain. 41578 41579 10:10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have 41580 transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass 41581 of Israel. 41582 41583 10:11 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, 41584 and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the 41585 land, and from the strange wives. 41586 41587 10:12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, 41588 As thou hast said, so must we do. 41589 41590 10:13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we 41591 are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or 41592 two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. 41593 41594 10:14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all 41595 them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed 41596 times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, 41597 until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us. 41598 41599 10:15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah 41600 were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the 41601 Levite helped them. 41602 41603 10:16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, 41604 with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, 41605 and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the 41606 first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. 41607 41608 10:17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange 41609 wives by the first day of the first month. 41610 41611 10:18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had 41612 taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, 41613 and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. 41614 41615 10:19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; 41616 and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass. 41617 41618 10:20 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah. 41619 41620 10:21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, 41621 and Jehiel, and Uzziah. 41622 41623 10:22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, 41624 Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. 41625 41626 10:23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same 41627 is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. 41628 41629 10:24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and 41630 Telem, and Uri. 41631 41632 10:25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, 41633 and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. 41634 41635 10:26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and 41636 Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. 41637 41638 10:27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and 41639 Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. 41640 41641 10:28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and 41642 Athlai. 41643 41644 10:29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, 41645 and Sheal, and Ramoth. 41646 41647 10:30 And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, 41648 Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. 41649 41650 10:31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, 41651 Shimeon, 10:32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. 41652 41653 10:33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, 41654 Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. 41655 41656 10:34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel, 10:35 Benaiah, 41657 Bedeiah, Chelluh, 10:36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 10:37 Mattaniah, 41658 Mattenai, and Jaasau, 10:38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, 10:39 And 41659 Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, 10:40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, 41660 10:41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, 10:42 Shallum, Amariah, and 41661 Joseph. 41662 41663 10:43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, 41664 and Joel, Benaiah. 41665 41666 10:44 All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by 41667 whom they had children. 41668 41669 41670 41671 The Book of Nehemiah 41672 41673 41674 1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass 41675 in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the 41676 palace, 1:2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men 41677 of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which 41678 were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. 41679 41680 1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity 41681 there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall 41682 of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned 41683 with fire. 41684 41685 1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and 41686 wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God 41687 of heaven, 1:5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the 41688 great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that 41689 love him and observe his commandments: 1:6 Let thine ear now be 41690 attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of 41691 thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the 41692 children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children 41693 of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's 41694 house have sinned. 41695 41696 1:7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the 41697 commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou 41698 commandedst thy servant Moses. 41699 41700 1:8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy 41701 servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad 41702 among the nations: 1:9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my 41703 commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the 41704 uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and 41705 will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name 41706 there. 41707 41708 1:10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast 41709 redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. 41710 41711 1:11 O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the 41712 prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire 41713 to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and 41714 grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's 41715 cupbearer. 41716 41717 2:1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of 41718 Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, 41719 and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his 41720 presence. 41721 41722 2:2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, 41723 seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. 41724 Then I was very sore afraid, 2:3 And said unto the king, Let the king 41725 live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, 41726 the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates 41727 thereof are consumed with fire? 2:4 Then the king said unto me, For 41728 what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. 41729 41730 2:5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy 41731 servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me 41732 unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build 41733 it. 41734 41735 2:6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For 41736 how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it 41737 pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. 41738 41739 2:7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters 41740 be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me 41741 over till I come into Judah; 2:8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of 41742 the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the 41743 gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall 41744 of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king 41745 granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. 41746 41747 2:9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the 41748 king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and 41749 horsemen with me. 41750 41751 2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the 41752 Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come 41753 a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. 41754 41755 2:11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. 41756 41757 2:12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither 41758 told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: 41759 neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. 41760 41761 2:13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before 41762 the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of 41763 Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed 41764 with fire. 41765 41766 2:14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's 41767 pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. 41768 41769 2:15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, 41770 and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so 41771 returned. 41772 41773 2:16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither 41774 had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the 41775 nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. 41776 41777 2:17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how 41778 Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: 41779 come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a 41780 reproach. 41781 41782 2:18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as 41783 also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let 41784 us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good 41785 work. 41786 41787 2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the 41788 Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, 41789 and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye 41790 rebel against the king? 2:20 Then answered I them, and said unto 41791 them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants 41792 will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, 41793 in Jerusalem. 41794 41795 3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the 41796 priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set 41797 up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, 41798 unto the tower of Hananeel. 41799 41800 3:2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them 41801 builded Zaccur the son of Imri. 41802 41803 3:3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid 41804 the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, 41805 and the bars thereof. 41806 41807 3:4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of 41808 Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the 41809 son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of 41810 Baana. 41811 41812 3:5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not 41813 their necks to the work of their LORD. 41814 41815 3:6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and 41816 Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set 41817 up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 41818 41819 3:7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the 41820 Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the 41821 governor on this side the river. 41822 41823 3:8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the 41824 goldsmiths. 41825 41826 Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the 41827 apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall. 41828 41829 3:9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of 41830 the half part of Jerusalem. 41831 41832 3:10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even 41833 over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of 41834 Hashabniah. 41835 41836 3:11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, 41837 repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces. 41838 41839 3:12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler 41840 of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. 41841 41842 3:13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; 41843 they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and 41844 the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung 41845 gate. 41846 41847 3:14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler 41848 of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, 41849 the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 41850 41851 3:15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of 41852 Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, 41853 and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, 41854 and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the 41855 stairs that go down from the city of David. 41856 41857 3:16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the 41858 half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of 41859 David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the 41860 mighty. 41861 41862 3:17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto 41863 him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his 41864 part. 41865 41866 3:18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the 41867 ruler of the half part of Keilah. 41868 41869 3:19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of 41870 Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the 41871 turning of the wall. 41872 41873 3:20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other 41874 piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of 41875 Eliashib the high priest. 41876 41877 3:21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz 41878 another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end 41879 of the house of Eliashib. 41880 41881 3:22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. 41882 41883 3:23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. 41884 41885 After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by 41886 his house. 41887 41888 3:24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from 41889 the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the 41890 corner. 41891 41892 3:25 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and 41893 the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the 41894 court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh. 41895 41896 3:26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over 41897 against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. 41898 41899 3:27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the 41900 great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. 41901 41902 3:28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over 41903 against his house. 41904 41905 3:29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his 41906 house. 41907 41908 After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of 41909 the east gate. 41910 41911 3:30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the 41912 sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the 41913 son of Berechiah over against his chamber. 41914 41915 3:31 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of 41916 the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, 41917 and to the going up of the corner. 41918 41919 3:32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate 41920 repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. 41921 41922 4:1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the 41923 wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 41924 41925 4:2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and 41926 said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will 41927 they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the 41928 stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? 4:3 Now 41929 Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they 41930 build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. 41931 41932 4:4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon 41933 their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: 4:5 41934 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out 41935 from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the 41936 builders. 41937 41938 4:6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto 41939 the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. 41940 41941 4:7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the 41942 Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls 41943 of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, 41944 then they were very wroth, 4:8 And conspired all of them together to 41945 come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. 41946 41947 4:9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch 41948 against them day and night, because of them. 41949 41950 4:10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is 41951 decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build 41952 the wall. 41953 41954 4:11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till 41955 we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to 41956 cease. 41957 41958 4:12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, 41959 they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return 41960 unto us they will be upon you. 41961 41962 4:13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the 41963 higher places, I even set the people after their families with their 41964 swords, their spears, and their bows. 41965 41966 4:14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the 41967 rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: 41968 remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your 41969 brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. 41970 41971 4:15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known 41972 unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned 41973 all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. 41974 41975 4:16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my 41976 servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the 41977 spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers 41978 were behind all the house of Judah. 41979 41980 4:17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with 41981 those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, 41982 and with the other hand held a weapon. 41983 41984 4:18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and 41985 so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. 41986 41987 4:19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of 41988 the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the 41989 wall, one far from another. 41990 41991 4:20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort 41992 ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. 41993 41994 4:21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from 41995 the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. 41996 41997 4:22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one 41998 with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be 41999 a guard to us, and labour on the day. 42000 42001 4:23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of 42002 the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving 42003 that every one put them off for washing. 42004 42005 5:1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against 42006 their brethren the Jews. 42007 42008 5:2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are 42009 many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. 42010 42011 5:3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, 42012 vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. 42013 42014 5:4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's 42015 tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. 42016 42017 5:5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as 42018 their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our 42019 daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto 42020 bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other 42021 men have our lands and vineyards. 42022 42023 5:6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. 42024 42025 5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the 42026 rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. 42027 And I set a great assembly against them. 42028 42029 5:8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our 42030 brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even 42031 sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they 42032 their peace, and found nothing to answer. 42033 42034 5:9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in 42035 the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our 42036 enemies? 5:10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might 42037 exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. 42038 42039 5:11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their 42040 vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part 42041 of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of 42042 them. 42043 42044 5:12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of 42045 them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and 42046 took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. 42047 42048 5:13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from 42049 his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even 42050 thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, 42051 Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this 42052 promise. 42053 42054 5:14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor 42055 in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and 42056 thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my 42057 brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. 42058 42059 5:15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable 42060 unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty 42061 shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: 42062 but so did not I, because of the fear of God. 42063 42064 5:16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we 42065 any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work. 42066 42067 5:17 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews 42068 and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that 42069 are about us. 42070 42071 5:18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six 42072 choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days 42073 store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread 42074 of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. 42075 42076 5:19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have 42077 done for this people. 42078 42079 6:1 Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the 42080 Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the 42081 wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time 42082 I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) 6:2 That Sanballat and 42083 Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of 42084 the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. 42085 42086 6:3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, 42087 so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave 42088 it, and come down to you? 6:4 Yet they sent unto me four times after 42089 this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. 42090 42091 6:5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth 42092 time with an open letter in his hand; 6:6 Wherein was written, It is 42093 reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the 42094 Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou 42095 mayest be their king, according to these words. 42096 42097 6:7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at 42098 Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be 42099 reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and 42100 let us take counsel together. 42101 42102 6:8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as 42103 thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. 42104 42105 6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened 42106 from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen 42107 my hands. 42108 42109 6:10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah 42110 the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet 42111 together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the 42112 doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the 42113 night will they come to slay thee. 42114 42115 6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, 42116 being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not 42117 go in. 42118 42119 6:12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he 42120 pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had 42121 hired him. 42122 42123 6:13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and 42124 sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they 42125 might reproach me. 42126 42127 6:14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these 42128 their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the 42129 prophets, that would have put me in fear. 42130 42131 6:15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month 42132 Elul, in fifty and two days. 42133 42134 6:16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and 42135 all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much 42136 cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was 42137 wrought of our God. 42138 42139 6:17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto 42140 Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. 42141 42142 6:18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the 42143 son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had 42144 taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. 42145 42146 6:19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words 42147 to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. 42148 42149 7:1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the 42150 doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, 42151 7:2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the 42152 palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared 42153 God above many. 42154 42155 7:3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened 42156 until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the 42157 doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of 42158 Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against 42159 his house. 42160 42161 7:4 Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, 42162 and the houses were not builded. 42163 42164 7:5 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and 42165 the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. 42166 And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the 42167 first, and found written therein, 7:6 These are the children of the 42168 province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been 42169 carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried 42170 away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his 42171 city; 7:7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, 42172 Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, 42173 Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was 42174 this; 7:8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and 42175 two. 42176 42177 7:9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 42178 42179 7:10 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two. 42180 42181 7:11 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, 42182 two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. 42183 42184 7:12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 42185 42186 7:13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. 42187 42188 7:14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. 42189 42190 7:15 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight. 42191 42192 7:16 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight. 42193 42194 7:17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two. 42195 42196 7:18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. 42197 42198 7:19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. 42199 42200 7:20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five. 42201 42202 7:21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 42203 42204 7:22 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight. 42205 42206 7:23 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four. 42207 42208 7:24 The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve. 42209 42210 7:25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. 42211 42212 7:26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and 42213 eight. 42214 42215 7:27 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. 42216 42217 7:28 The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two. 42218 42219 7:29 The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred 42220 forty and three. 42221 42222 7:30 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. 42223 42224 7:31 The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two. 42225 42226 7:32 The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three. 42227 42228 7:33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. 42229 42230 7:34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and 42231 four. 42232 42233 7:35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. 42234 42235 7:36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. 42236 42237 7:37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and 42238 one. 42239 42240 7:38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. 42241 42242 7:39 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, 42243 nine hundred seventy and three. 42244 42245 7:40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. 42246 42247 7:41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. 42248 42249 7:42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. 42250 42251 7:43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the 42252 children of Hodevah, seventy and four. 42253 42254 7:44 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight. 42255 42256 7:45 The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the 42257 children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the 42258 children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight. 42259 42260 7:46 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, 42261 the children of Tabbaoth, 7:47 The children of Keros, the children of 42262 Sia, the children of Padon, 7:48 The children of Lebana, the children 42263 of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, 7:49 The children of Hanan, the 42264 children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, 7:50 The children of 42265 Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, 7:51 The 42266 children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah, 42267 7:52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of 42268 Nephishesim, 7:53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the 42269 children of Harhur, 7:54 The children of Bazlith, the children of 42270 Mehida, the children of Harsha, 7:55 The children of Barkos, the 42271 children of Sisera, the children of Tamah, 7:56 The children of 42272 Neziah, the children of Hatipha. 42273 42274 7:57 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the 42275 children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, 7:58 The children of 42276 Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 7:59 The 42277 children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of 42278 Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon. 42279 42280 7:60 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were 42281 three hundred ninety and two. 42282 42283 7:61 And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, 42284 Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's 42285 house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. 42286 42287 7:62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of 42288 Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. 42289 42290 7:63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, 42291 the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of 42292 Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name. 42293 42294 7:64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by 42295 genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put 42296 from the priesthood. 42297 42298 7:65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the 42299 most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim. 42300 42301 7:66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three 42302 hundred and threescore, 7:67 Beside their manservants and their 42303 maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty 42304 and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and 42305 singing women. 42306 42307 7:68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two 42308 hundred forty and five: 7:69 Their camels, four hundred thirty and 42309 five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. 42310 42311 7:70 And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The 42312 Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, 42313 five hundred and thirty priests' garments. 42314 42315 7:71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the 42316 work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred 42317 pound of silver. 42318 42319 7:72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand 42320 drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and 42321 seven priests' garments. 42322 42323 7:73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the 42324 singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, 42325 dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children 42326 of Israel were in their cities. 42327 42328 8:1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into 42329 the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra 42330 the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had 42331 commanded to Israel. 42332 42333 8:2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both 42334 of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the 42335 first day of the seventh month. 42336 42337 8:3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water 42338 gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and 42339 those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were 42340 attentive unto the book of the law. 42341 42342 8:4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had 42343 made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and 42344 Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and 42345 on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and 42346 Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. 42347 42348 8:5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he 42349 was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood 42350 up: 8:6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people 42351 answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed 42352 their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground. 42353 42354 8:7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, 42355 Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the 42356 Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood 42357 in their place. 42358 42359 8:8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave 42360 the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. 42361 42362 8:9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the 42363 scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the 42364 people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. 42365 For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. 42366 42367 8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the 42368 sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for 42369 this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of 42370 the LORD is your strength. 42371 42372 8:11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, 42373 for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. 42374 42375 8:12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to 42376 send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood 42377 the words that were declared unto them. 42378 42379 8:13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the 42380 fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the 42381 scribe, even to understand the words of the law. 42382 42383 8:14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by 42384 Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast 42385 of the seventh month: 8:15 And that they should publish and proclaim 42386 in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the 42387 mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle 42388 branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make 42389 booths, as it is written. 42390 42391 8:16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves 42392 booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and 42393 in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water 42394 gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. 42395 42396 8:17 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the 42397 captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of 42398 Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel 42399 done so. And there was very great gladness. 42400 42401 8:18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in 42402 the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on 42403 the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner. 42404 42405 9:1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of 42406 Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth 42407 upon them. 42408 42409 9:2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, 42410 and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their 42411 fathers. 42412 42413 9:3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law 42414 of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth 42415 part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God. 42416 42417 9:4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, 42418 Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried 42419 with a loud voice unto the LORD their God. 42420 42421 9:5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, 42422 Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless 42423 the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, 42424 which is exalted above all blessing and praise. 42425 42426 9:6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven 42427 of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are 42428 therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them 42429 all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. 42430 42431 9:7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest 42432 him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of 42433 Abraham; 9:8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a 42434 covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, 42435 the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the 42436 Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy 42437 words; for thou art righteous: 9:9 And didst see the affliction of our 42438 fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; 9:10 And 42439 shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and 42440 on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt 42441 proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this 42442 day. 42443 42444 9:11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went 42445 through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors 42446 thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. 42447 42448 9:12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in 42449 the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein 42450 they should go. 42451 42452 9:13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them 42453 from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good 42454 statutes and commandments: 9:14 And madest known unto them thy holy 42455 sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the 42456 hand of Moses thy servant: 9:15 And gavest them bread from heaven for 42457 their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for 42458 their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess 42459 the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. 42460 42461 9:16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, 42462 and hearkened not to thy commandments, 9:17 And refused to obey, 42463 neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but 42464 hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to 42465 return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious 42466 and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest 42467 them not. 42468 42469 9:18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy 42470 God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great 42471 provocations; 9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them 42472 not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them 42473 by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, 42474 to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. 42475 42476 9:20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and 42477 withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for 42478 their thirst. 42479 42480 9:21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so 42481 that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet 42482 swelled not. 42483 42484 9:22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide 42485 them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land 42486 of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. 42487 42488 9:23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and 42489 broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to 42490 their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. 42491 42492 9:24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou 42493 subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and 42494 gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the 42495 land, that they might do with them as they would. 42496 42497 9:25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses 42498 full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit 42499 trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, 42500 and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. 42501 42502 9:26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, 42503 and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which 42504 testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great 42505 provocations. 42506 42507 9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, 42508 who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto 42509 thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold 42510 mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of 42511 their enemies. 42512 42513 9:28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: 42514 therefore leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that they 42515 had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto 42516 thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou 42517 deliver them according to thy mercies; 9:29 And testifiedst against 42518 them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt 42519 proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against 42520 thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and 42521 withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. 42522 42523 9:30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against 42524 them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: 42525 therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. 42526 42527 9:31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly 42528 consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful 42529 God. 42530 42531 9:32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible 42532 God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem 42533 little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our 42534 princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, 42535 and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto 42536 this day. 42537 42538 9:33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou 42539 hast done right, but we have done wickedly: 9:34 Neither have our 42540 kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor 42541 hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou 42542 didst testify against them. 42543 42544 9:35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great 42545 goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which 42546 thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. 42547 42548 9:36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou 42549 gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, 42550 behold, we are servants in it: 9:37 And it yieldeth much increase unto 42551 the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they 42552 have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, 42553 and we are in great distress. 42554 42555 9:38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; 42556 and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it. 42557 42558 10:1 Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of 42559 Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, 10:2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 10:3 Pashur, 42560 Amariah, Malchijah, 10:4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 10:5 Harim, 42561 Meremoth, Obadiah, 10:6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 10:7 Meshullam, 42562 Abijah, Mijamin, 10:8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the 42563 priests. 42564 42565 10:9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the 42566 sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; 10:10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, 42567 Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 10:11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 10:12 42568 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 10:13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. 42569 42570 10:14 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, 42571 10:15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 10:16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 10:17 Ater, 42572 Hizkijah, Azzur, 10:18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, 10:19 Hariph, Anathoth, 42573 Nebai, 10:20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 10:21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, 42574 Jaddua, 10:22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 10:23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, 42575 10:24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, 10:25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 42576 10:26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 10:27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah. 42577 42578 10:28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the 42579 porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated 42580 themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their 42581 wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, 42582 and having understanding; 10:29 They clave to their brethren, their 42583 nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's 42584 law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and 42585 do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and 42586 his statutes; 10:30 And that we would not give our daughters unto the 42587 people of the land, not take their daughters for our sons: 10:31 And 42588 if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath 42589 day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on 42590 the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the 42591 exaction of every debt. 42592 42593 10:32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with 42594 the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; 42595 10:33 For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for 42596 the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for 42597 the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to 42598 make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our 42599 God. 42600 42601 10:34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the 42602 people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, 42603 after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to 42604 burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law: 42605 10:35 And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits 42606 of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD: 42607 10:36 Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is 42608 written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, 42609 to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in 42610 the house of our God: 10:37 And that we should bring the firstfruits 42611 of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, 42612 of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of 42613 our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same 42614 Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. 42615 42616 10:38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when 42617 the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of 42618 the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the 42619 treasure house. 42620 42621 10:39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring 42622 the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the 42623 chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that 42624 minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake 42625 the house of our God. 42626 42627 11:1 And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the 42628 people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the 42629 holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. 42630 42631 11:2 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered 42632 themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. 42633 42634 11:3 Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: 42635 but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their 42636 cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the 42637 Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants. 42638 42639 11:4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of 42640 the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of 42641 Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of 42642 Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; 11:5 And 42643 Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, 42644 the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son 42645 of Shiloni. 42646 42647 11:6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred 42648 threescore and eight valiant men. 42649 42650 11:7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, 42651 the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of 42652 Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. 42653 42654 11:8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. 42655 42656 11:9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son 42657 of Senuah was second over the city. 42658 42659 11:10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin. 42660 42661 11:11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of 42662 Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the 42663 house of God. 42664 42665 11:12 And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight 42666 hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of 42667 Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, 42668 the son of Malchiah. 42669 42670 11:13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and 42671 two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of 42672 Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 11:14 And their brethren, mighty men 42673 of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was 42674 Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men. 42675 42676 11:15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of 42677 Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 11:16 And Shabbethai 42678 and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the 42679 outward business of the house of God. 42680 42681 11:17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of 42682 Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and 42683 Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, 42684 the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 42685 42686 11:18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and 42687 four. 42688 42689 11:19 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that 42690 kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. 42691 42692 11:20 And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were 42693 in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. 42694 42695 11:21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over 42696 the Nethinims. 42697 42698 11:22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son 42699 of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. 42700 Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house 42701 of God. 42702 42703 11:23 For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a 42704 certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. 42705 42706 11:24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah 42707 the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the 42708 people. 42709 42710 11:25 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of 42711 Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, 42712 and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages 42713 thereof, 11:26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet, 11:27 42714 And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof, 42715 11:28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, 42716 11:29 And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth, 11:30 Zanoah, 42717 Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at 42718 Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba 42719 unto the valley of Hinnom. 42720 42721 11:31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and 42722 Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages. 42723 42724 11:32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 11:33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, 42725 11:34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 11:35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of 42726 craftsmen. 42727 42728 11:36 And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. 42729 42730 12:1 Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with 42731 Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 42732 12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 12:3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 12:4 42733 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, 12:5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 12:6 Shemaiah, 42734 and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were 42735 the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. 42736 42737 12:8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, 42738 and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. 42739 42740 12:9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them 42741 in the watches. 42742 42743 12:10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and 42744 Eliashib begat Joiada, 12:11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan 42745 begat Jaddua. 42746 42747 12:12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the 42748 fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; 12:13 Of Ezra, 42749 Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; 12:14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of 42750 Shebaniah, Joseph; 12:15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; 12:16 Of 42751 Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; 12:17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of 42752 Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai: 12:18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, 42753 Jehonathan; 12:19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; 12:20 Of 42754 Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; 12:21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of 42755 Jedaiah, Nethaneel. 42756 42757 12:22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and 42758 Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the 42759 reign of Darius the Persian. 42760 42761 12:23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the 42762 book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of 42763 Eliashib. 42764 42765 12:24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua 42766 the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise 42767 and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of 42768 God, ward over against ward. 42769 42770 12:25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, 42771 were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. 42772 42773 12:26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of 42774 Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the 42775 priest, the scribe. 42776 42777 12:27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the 42778 Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep 42779 the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with 42780 singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. 42781 42782 12:28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both 42783 out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages 42784 of Netophathi; 12:29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the 42785 fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages 42786 round about Jerusalem. 42787 42788 12:30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and 42789 purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. 42790 42791 12:31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and 42792 appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one 42793 went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: 12:32 And 42794 after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, 12:33 And 42795 Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 12:34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, 42796 and Jeremiah, 12:35 And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; 42797 namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of 42798 Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: 42799 12:36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, 42800 Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David 42801 the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them. 42802 42803 12:37 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went 42804 up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, 42805 above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward. 42806 42807 12:38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against 42808 them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from 42809 beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall; 12:39 And 42810 from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the 42811 fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto 42812 the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. 42813 42814 12:40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house 42815 of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: 12:41 And the 42816 priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, 42817 and Hananiah, with trumpets; 12:42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and 42818 Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. 42819 And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. 42820 42821 12:43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for 42822 God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the 42823 children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar 42824 off. 42825 42826 12:44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the 42827 treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, 42828 to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of 42829 the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the 42830 priests and for the Levites that waited. 42831 42832 12:45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, 42833 and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of 42834 David, and of Solomon his son. 42835 42836 12:46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of 42837 the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. 42838 42839 12:47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of 42840 Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day 42841 his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the 42842 Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron. 42843 42844 13:1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the 42845 people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the 42846 Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; 13:2 42847 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, 42848 but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our 42849 God turned the curse into a blessing. 42850 42851 13:3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they 42852 separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. 42853 42854 13:4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the 42855 chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: 13:5 And he 42856 had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the 42857 meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of 42858 the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given 42859 to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of 42860 the priests. 42861 42862 13:6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and 42863 thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and 42864 after certain days obtained I leave of the king: 13:7 And I came to 42865 Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in 42866 preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. 42867 42868 13:8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household 42869 stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber. 42870 42871 13:9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither 42872 brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat 42873 offering and the frankincense. 42874 42875 13:10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been 42876 given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were 42877 fled every one to his field. 42878 42879 13:11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of 42880 God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their 42881 place. 42882 42883 13:12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine 42884 and the oil unto the treasuries. 42885 42886 13:13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, 42887 and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them 42888 was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were 42889 counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their 42890 brethren. 42891 42892 13:14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good 42893 deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices 42894 thereof. 42895 42896 13:15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the 42897 sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, 42898 grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into 42899 Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day 42900 wherein they sold victuals. 42901 42902 13:16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and 42903 all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of 42904 Judah, and in Jerusalem. 42905 42906 13:17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, 42907 What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? 42908 13:18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this 42909 evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel 42910 by profaning the sabbath. 42911 42912 13:19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to 42913 be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, 42914 and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and 42915 some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be 42916 brought in on the sabbath day. 42917 42918 13:20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without 42919 Jerusalem once or twice. 42920 42921 13:21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye 42922 about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that 42923 time forth came they no more on the sabbath. 42924 42925 13:22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, 42926 and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath 42927 day. 42928 42929 Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to 42930 the greatness of thy mercy. 42931 42932 13:23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, 42933 of Ammon, and of Moab: 13:24 And their children spake half in the 42934 speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but 42935 according to the language of each people. 42936 42937 13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of 42938 them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, 42939 Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their 42940 daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. 42941 42942 13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among 42943 many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, 42944 and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did 42945 outlandish women cause to sin. 42946 42947 13:27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to 42948 transgress against our God in marrying strange wives? 13:28 And one 42949 of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in 42950 law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me. 42951 42952 13:29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the 42953 priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. 42954 42955 13:30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards 42956 of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; 13:31 And 42957 for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. 42958 Remember me, O my God, for good. 42959 42960 42961 42962 42963 The Book of Esther 42964 42965 42966 1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus 42967 which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and 42968 seven and twenty provinces:) 1:2 That in those days, when the king 42969 Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the 42970 palace, 1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all 42971 his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the 42972 nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: 1:4 When he 42973 shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his 42974 excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. 42975 42976 1:5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all 42977 the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great 42978 and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's 42979 palace; 1:6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with 42980 cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: 42981 the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, 42982 and white, and black, marble. 42983 42984 1:7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being 42985 diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to 42986 the state of the king. 42987 42988 1:8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so 42989 the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they 42990 should do according to every man's pleasure. 42991 42992 1:9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal 42993 house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. 42994 42995 1:10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with 42996 wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, 42997 Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence 42998 of Ahasuerus the king, 1:11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king 42999 with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: 43000 for she was fair to look on. 43001 43002 1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by 43003 his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger 43004 burned in him. 43005 43006 1:13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so 43007 was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment: 1:14 And 43008 the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, 43009 Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw 43010 the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;) 1:15 What 43011 shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath 43012 not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the 43013 chamberlains? 1:16 And Memucan answered before the king and the 43014 princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but 43015 also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the 43016 provinces of the king Ahasuerus. 43017 43018 1:17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so 43019 that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be 43020 reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought 43021 in before him, but she came not. 43022 43023 1:18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto 43024 all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. 43025 Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath. 43026 43027 1:19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, 43028 and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, 43029 that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king 43030 Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is 43031 better than she. 43032 43033 1:20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published 43034 throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give 43035 to their husbands honour, both to great and small. 43036 43037 1:21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did 43038 according to the word of Memucan: 1:22 For he sent letters into all 43039 the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing 43040 thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man 43041 should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published 43042 according to the language of every people. 43043 43044 2:1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, 43045 he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed 43046 against her. 43047 43048 2:2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there 43049 be fair young virgins sought for the king: 2:3 And let the king 43050 appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may 43051 gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to 43052 the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's 43053 chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for 43054 purification be given them: 2:4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the 43055 king be queen instead of Vashti. 43056 43057 And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. 43058 43059 2:5 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was 43060 Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a 43061 Benjamite; 2:6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the 43062 captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, 43063 whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. 43064 43065 2:7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: 43066 for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and 43067 beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took 43068 for his own daughter. 43069 43070 2:8 So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was 43071 heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the 43072 palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the 43073 king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. 43074 43075 2:9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and 43076 he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as 43077 belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, 43078 out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the 43079 best place of the house of the women. 43080 43081 2:10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai 43082 had charged her that she should not shew it. 43083 43084 2:11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's 43085 house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. 43086 43087 2:12 Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, 43088 after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the 43089 women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to 43090 wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, 43091 and with other things for the purifying of the women;) 2:13 Then thus 43092 came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her 43093 to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. 43094 43095 2:14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the 43096 second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's 43097 chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no 43098 more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by 43099 name. 43100 43101 2:15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of 43102 Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto 43103 the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, 43104 the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the 43105 sight of all them that looked upon her. 43106 43107 2:16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in 43108 the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his 43109 reign. 43110 43111 2:17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained 43112 grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he 43113 set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of 43114 Vashti. 43115 43116 2:18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his 43117 servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, 43118 and gave gifts, according to the state of the king. 43119 43120 2:19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then 43121 Mordecai sat in the king's gate. 43122 43123 2:20 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai 43124 had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as 43125 when she was brought up with him. 43126 43127 2:21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the 43128 king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, 43129 were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus. 43130 43131 2:22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the 43132 queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name. 43133 43134 2:23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; 43135 therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the 43136 book of the chronicles before the king. 43137 43138 3:1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of 43139 Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all 43140 the princes that were with him. 43141 43142 3:2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, 43143 and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. 43144 But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. 43145 43146 3:3 Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto 43147 Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment? 3:4 Now it 43148 came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not 43149 unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters 43150 would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. 43151 43152 3:5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, 43153 then was Haman full of wrath. 43154 43155 3:6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had 43156 shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy 43157 all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even 43158 the people of Mordecai. 43159 43160 3:7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year 43161 of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from 43162 day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, 43163 the month Adar. 43164 43165 3:8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people 43166 scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces 43167 of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither 43168 keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit 43169 to suffer them. 43170 43171 3:9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be 43172 destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands 43173 of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the 43174 king's treasuries. 43175 43176 3:10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman 43177 the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. 43178 43179 3:11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the 43180 people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee. 43181 43182 3:12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the 43183 first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had 43184 commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were 43185 over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every 43186 province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after 43187 their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and 43188 sealed with the king's ring. 43189 43190 3:13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, 43191 to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and 43192 old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth 43193 day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the 43194 spoil of them for a prey. 43195 43196 3:14 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every 43197 province was published unto all people, that they should be ready 43198 against that day. 43199 43200 3:15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and 43201 the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat 43202 down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed. 43203 43204 4:1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his 43205 clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst 43206 of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; 4:2 And came even 43207 before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate 43208 clothed with sackcloth. 43209 43210 4:3 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and 43211 his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, 43212 and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. 43213 43214 4:4 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then 43215 was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe 43216 Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it 43217 not. 43218 43219 4:5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, 43220 whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment 43221 to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. 43222 43223 4:6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, 43224 which was before the king's gate. 43225 43226 4:7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of 43227 the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's 43228 treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them. 43229 43230 4:8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was 43231 given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to 43232 declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the 43233 king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him 43234 for her people. 43235 43236 4:9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. 43237 43238 4:10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto 43239 Mordecai; 4:11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's 43240 provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or women, shall come 43241 unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one 43242 law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall 43243 hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been 43244 called to come in unto the king these thirty days. 43245 43246 4:12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words. 43247 43248 4:13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself 43249 that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. 43250 43251 4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall 43252 there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another 43253 place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who 43254 knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? 43255 4:15 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, 4:16 Go, 43256 gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye 43257 for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and 43258 my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, 43259 which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. 43260 43261 4:17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther 43262 had commanded him. 43263 43264 5:1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal 43265 apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over 43266 against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in 43267 the royal house, over against the gate of the house. 43268 43269 5:2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the 43270 court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to 43271 Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, 43272 and touched the top of the sceptre. 43273 43274 5:3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and 43275 what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the 43276 kingdom. 43277 43278 5:4 And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king 43279 and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. 43280 43281 5:5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as 43282 Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that 43283 Esther had prepared. 43284 43285 5:6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy 43286 petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even 43287 to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. 43288 43289 5:7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; 5:8 43290 If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the 43291 king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and 43292 Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do 43293 to morrow as the king hath said. 43294 43295 5:9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but 43296 when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor 43297 moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. 43298 43299 5:10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he 43300 sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. 43301 43302 5:11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude 43303 of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, 43304 and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the 43305 king. 43306 43307 5:12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in 43308 with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and 43309 to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. 43310 43311 5:13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the 43312 Jew sitting at the king's gate. 43313 43314 5:14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a 43315 gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto 43316 the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily 43317 with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he 43318 caused the gallows to be made. 43319 43320 6:1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring 43321 the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the 43322 king. 43323 43324 6:2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and 43325 Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who 43326 sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. 43327 43328 6:3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to 43329 Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto 43330 him, There is nothing done for him. 43331 43332 6:4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into 43333 the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang 43334 Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. 43335 43336 6:5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in 43337 the court. And the king said, Let him come in. 43338 43339 6:6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done 43340 unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in 43341 his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to 43342 myself? 6:7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king 43343 delighteth to honour, 6:8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the 43344 king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the 43345 crown royal which is set upon his head: 6:9 And let this apparel and 43346 horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble 43347 princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth 43348 to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, 43349 and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the 43350 king delighteth to honour. 43351 43352 6:10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and 43353 the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that 43354 sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast 43355 spoken. 43356 43357 6:11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, 43358 and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and 43359 proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the 43360 king delighteth to honour. 43361 43362 6:12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to 43363 his house mourning, and having his head covered. 43364 43365 6:13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing 43366 that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto 43367 him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast 43368 begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely 43369 fall before him. 43370 43371 6:14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's 43372 chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther 43373 had prepared. 43374 43375 7:1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. 43376 43377 7:2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the 43378 banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be 43379 granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even 43380 to the half of the kingdom. 43381 43382 7:3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in 43383 thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me 43384 at my petition, and my people at my request: 7:4 For we are sold, I 43385 and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we 43386 had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, 43387 although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. 43388 43389 7:5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, 43390 Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? 43391 7:6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. 43392 Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. 43393 43394 7:7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went 43395 into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his 43396 life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined 43397 against him by the king. 43398 43399 7:8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of 43400 the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther 43401 was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the 43402 house? As the word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman's 43403 face. 43404 43405 7:9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, 43406 Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for 43407 Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of 43408 Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. 43409 43410 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for 43411 Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. 43412 43413 8:1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the 43414 Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; 43415 for Esther had told what he was unto her. 43416 43417 8:2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and 43418 gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of 43419 Haman. 43420 43421 8:3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his 43422 feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman 43423 the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. 43424 43425 8:4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther 43426 arose, and stood before the king, 8:5 And said, If it please the king, 43427 and if I have favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the 43428 king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the 43429 letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he 43430 wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces: 8:6 43431 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? 43432 or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? 8:7 Then 43433 the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, 43434 Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have 43435 hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. 43436 43437 8:8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, 43438 and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in 43439 the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse. 43440 43441 8:9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third 43442 month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day 43443 thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded 43444 unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of 43445 the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty 43446 and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing 43447 thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews 43448 according to their writing, and according to their language. 43449 43450 8:10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the 43451 king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on 43452 mules, camels, and young dromedaries: 8:11 Wherein the king granted 43453 the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and 43454 to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, 43455 all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both 43456 little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, 8:12 43457 Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the 43458 thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. 43459 43460 8:13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every 43461 province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be 43462 ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. 43463 43464 8:14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being 43465 hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was 43466 given at Shushan the palace. 43467 43468 8:15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal 43469 apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a 43470 garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and 43471 was glad. 43472 43473 8:16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. 43474 43475 8:17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the 43476 king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, 43477 a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became 43478 Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them. 43479 43480 9:1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the 43481 thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree 43482 drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the 43483 Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the 43484 contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) 9:2 The 43485 Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the 43486 provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their 43487 hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon 43488 all people. 43489 43490 9:3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the 43491 deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear 43492 of Mordecai fell upon them. 43493 43494 9:4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out 43495 throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and 43496 greater. 43497 43498 9:5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the 43499 sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto 43500 those that hated them. 43501 43502 9:6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred 43503 men. 43504 43505 9:7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, 9:8 And Poratha, and 43506 Adalia, and Aridatha, 9:9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and 43507 Vajezatha, 9:10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy 43508 of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand. 43509 43510 9:11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the 43511 palace was brought before the king. 43512 43513 9:12 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and 43514 destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of 43515 Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now 43516 what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy 43517 request further? and it shall be done. 43518 43519 9:13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the 43520 Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this 43521 day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. 43522 43523 9:14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given 43524 at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons. 43525 43526 9:15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on 43527 the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men 43528 at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand. 43529 43530 9:16 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered 43531 themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from 43532 their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but 43533 they laid not their hands on the prey, 9:17 On the thirteenth day of 43534 the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and 43535 made it a day of feasting and gladness. 43536 43537 9:18 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the 43538 thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the 43539 fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting 43540 and gladness. 43541 43542 9:19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled 43543 towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and 43544 feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another. 43545 43546 9:20 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the 43547 Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh 43548 and far, 9:21 To stablish this among them, that they should keep the 43549 fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, 43550 yearly, 9:22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, 43551 and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from 43552 mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting 43553 and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the 43554 poor. 43555 43556 9:23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai 43557 had written unto them; 9:24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the 43558 Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to 43559 destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and 43560 to destroy them; 9:25 But when Esther came before the king, he 43561 commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against 43562 the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons 43563 should be hanged on the gallows. 43564 43565 9:26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. 43566 43567 Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had 43568 seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them, 9:27 The 43569 Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all 43570 such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that 43571 they would keep these two days according to their writing, and 43572 according to their appointed time every year; 9:28 And that these days 43573 should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every 43574 family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim 43575 should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish 43576 from their seed. 43577 43578 9:29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the 43579 Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim. 43580 43581 9:30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty 43582 and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace 43583 and truth, 9:31 To confirm these days of Purim in their times 43584 appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had 43585 enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their 43586 seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry. 43587 43588 9:32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it 43589 was written in the book. 43590 43591 10:1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the 43592 isles of the sea. 43593 43594 10:2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the 43595 declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced 43596 him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings 43597 of Media and Persia? 10:3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king 43598 Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of 43599 his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to 43600 all his seed. 43601 43602 43603 43604 43605 The Book of Job 43606 43607 43608 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that 43609 man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. 43610 43611 1:2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. 43612 43613 1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand 43614 camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and 43615 a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the 43616 men of the east. 43617 43618 1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; 43619 and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with 43620 them. 43621 43622 1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, 43623 that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, 43624 and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for 43625 Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their 43626 hearts. Thus did Job continually. 43627 43628 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present 43629 themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. 43630 43631 1:7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan 43632 answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and 43633 from walking up and down in it. 43634 43635 1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, 43636 that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright 43637 man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? 1:9 Then Satan 43638 answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? 1:10 Hast 43639 not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all 43640 that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, 43641 and his substance is increased in the land. 43642 43643 1:11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he 43644 will curse thee to thy face. 43645 43646 1:12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy 43647 power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth 43648 from the presence of the LORD. 43649 43650 1:13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating 43651 and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 1:14 And there came 43652 a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses 43653 feeding beside them: 1:15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took 43654 them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the 43655 sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 43656 43657 1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The 43658 fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and 43659 the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell 43660 thee. 43661 43662 1:17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The 43663 Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have 43664 carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the 43665 sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 43666 43667 1:18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy 43668 sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest 43669 brother's house: 1:19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the 43670 wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon 43671 the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell 43672 thee. 43673 43674 1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and 43675 fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 1:21 And said, Naked came I 43676 out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD 43677 gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. 43678 43679 1:22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. 43680 43681 2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present 43682 themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present 43683 himself before the LORD. 43684 43685 2:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan 43686 answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and 43687 from walking up and down in it. 43688 43689 2:3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, 43690 that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright 43691 man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth 43692 fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy 43693 him without cause. 43694 43695 2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all 43696 that a man hath will he give for his life. 43697 43698 2:5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, 43699 and he will curse thee to thy face. 43700 43701 2:6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but 43702 save his life. 43703 43704 2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job 43705 with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. 43706 43707 2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat 43708 down among the ashes. 43709 43710 2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine 43711 integrity? curse God, and die. 43712 43713 2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women 43714 speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we 43715 not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. 43716 43717 2:11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come 43718 upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the 43719 Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they 43720 had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to 43721 comfort him. 43722 43723 2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, 43724 they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his 43725 mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. 43726 43727 2:13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven 43728 nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief 43729 was very great. 43730 43731 3:1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 43732 43733 3:2 And Job spake, and said, 3:3 Let the day perish wherein I was 43734 born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child 43735 conceived. 43736 43737 3:4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, 43738 neither let the light shine upon it. 43739 43740 3:5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell 43741 upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. 43742 43743 3:6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be 43744 joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of 43745 the months. 43746 43747 3:7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. 43748 43749 3:8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up 43750 their mourning. 43751 43752 3:9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for 43753 light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: 3:10 43754 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow 43755 from mine eyes. 43756 43757 3:11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost 43758 when I came out of the belly? 3:12 Why did the knees prevent me? or 43759 why the breasts that I should suck? 3:13 For now should I have lain 43760 still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, 43761 3:14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate 43762 places for themselves; 3:15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled 43763 their houses with silver: 3:16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had 43764 not been; as infants which never saw light. 43765 43766 3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at 43767 rest. 43768 43769 3:18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the 43770 oppressor. 43771 43772 3:19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his 43773 master. 43774 43775 3:20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto 43776 the bitter in soul; 3:21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and 43777 dig for it more than for hid treasures; 3:22 Which rejoice 43778 exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? 3:23 Why is 43779 light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? 43780 3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured 43781 out like the waters. 43782 43783 3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that 43784 which I was afraid of is come unto me. 43785 43786 3:26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet 43787 trouble came. 43788 43789 4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 4:2 If we assay to 43790 commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself 43791 from speaking? 4:3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast 43792 strengthened the weak hands. 43793 43794 4:4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast 43795 strengthened the feeble knees. 43796 43797 4:5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, 43798 and thou art troubled. 43799 43800 4:6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the 43801 uprightness of thy ways? 4:7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever 43802 perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? 4:8 43803 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap 43804 the same. 43805 43806 4:9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils 43807 are they consumed. 43808 43809 4:10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and 43810 the teeth of the young lions, are broken. 43811 43812 4:11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's 43813 whelps are scattered abroad. 43814 43815 4:12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a 43816 little thereof. 43817 43818 4:13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep 43819 falleth on men, 4:14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all 43820 my bones to shake. 43821 43822 4:15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood 43823 up: 4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an 43824 image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, 43825 saying, 4:17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be 43826 more pure than his maker? 4:18 Behold, he put no trust in his 43827 servants; and his angels he charged with folly: 4:19 How much less in 43828 them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, 43829 which are crushed before the moth? 4:20 They are destroyed from 43830 morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it. 43831 43832 4:21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, 43833 even without wisdom. 43834 43835 5:1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of 43836 the saints wilt thou turn? 5:2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and 43837 envy slayeth the silly one. 43838 43839 5:3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his 43840 habitation. 43841 43842 5:4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the 43843 gate, neither is there any to deliver them. 43844 43845 5:5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the 43846 thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. 43847 43848 5:6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth 43849 trouble spring out of the ground; 5:7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as 43850 the sparks fly upward. 43851 43852 5:8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 5:9 43853 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without 43854 number: 5:10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon 43855 the fields: 5:11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which 43856 mourn may be exalted to safety. 43857 43858 5:12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands 43859 cannot perform their enterprise. 43860 43861 5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of 43862 the froward is carried headlong. 43863 43864 5:14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday 43865 as in the night. 43866 43867 5:15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from 43868 the hand of the mighty. 43869 43870 5:16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 43871 43872 5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise 43873 not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 5:18 For he maketh sore, and 43874 bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 43875 43876 5:19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall 43877 no evil touch thee. 43878 43879 5:20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the 43880 power of the sword. 43881 43882 5:21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt 43883 thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 43884 43885 5:22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be 43886 afraid of the beasts of the earth. 43887 43888 5:23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the 43889 beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. 43890 43891 5:24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and 43892 thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. 43893 43894 5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine 43895 offspring as the grass of the earth. 43896 43897 5:26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of 43898 corn cometh in in his season. 43899 43900 5:27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it 43901 for thy good. 43902 43903 6:1 But Job answered and said, 6:2 Oh that my grief were throughly 43904 weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 6:3 For now 43905 it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are 43906 swallowed up. 43907 43908 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof 43909 drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array 43910 against me. 43911 43912 6:5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over 43913 his fodder? 6:6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or 43914 is there any taste in the white of an egg? 6:7 The things that my 43915 soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. 43916 43917 6:8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the 43918 thing that I long for! 6:9 Even that it would please God to destroy 43919 me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 6:10 Then 43920 should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let 43921 him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. 43922 43923 6:11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, 43924 that I should prolong my life? 6:12 Is my strength the strength of 43925 stones? or is my flesh of brass? 6:13 Is not my help in me? and is 43926 wisdom driven quite from me? 6:14 To him that is afflicted pity 43927 should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the 43928 Almighty. 43929 43930 6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream 43931 of brooks they pass away; 6:16 Which are blackish by reason of the 43932 ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 6:17 What time they wax warm, they 43933 vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 43934 43935 6:18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and 43936 perish. 43937 43938 6:19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for 43939 them. 43940 43941 6:20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, 43942 and were ashamed. 43943 43944 6:21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. 43945 43946 6:22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your 43947 substance? 6:23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me 43948 from the hand of the mighty? 6:24 Teach me, and I will hold my 43949 tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 43950 43951 6:25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? 43952 6:26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is 43953 desperate, which are as wind? 6:27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, 43954 and ye dig a pit for your friend. 43955 43956 6:28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto 43957 you if I lie. 43958 43959 6:29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my 43960 righteousness is in it. 43961 43962 6:30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse 43963 things? 7:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not 43964 his days also like the days of an hireling? 7:2 As a servant 43965 earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the 43966 reward of his work: 7:3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and 43967 wearisome nights are appointed to me. 43968 43969 7:4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? 43970 and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. 43971 43972 7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is 43973 broken, and become loathsome. 43974 43975 7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without 43976 hope. 43977 43978 7:7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. 43979 43980 7:8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes 43981 are upon me, and I am not. 43982 43983 7:9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down 43984 to the grave shall come up no more. 43985 43986 7:10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place 43987 know him any more. 43988 43989 7:11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the 43990 anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 43991 43992 7:12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? 7:13 43993 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my 43994 complaints; 7:14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me 43995 through visions: 7:15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death 43996 rather than my life. 43997 43998 7:16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days 43999 are vanity. 44000 44001 7:17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou 44002 shouldest set thine heart upon him? 7:18 And that thou shouldest 44003 visit him every morning, and try him every moment? 7:19 How long wilt 44004 thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my 44005 spittle? 7:20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou 44006 preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so 44007 that I am a burden to myself? 7:21 And why dost thou not pardon my 44008 transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the 44009 dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. 44010 44011 8:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 8:2 How long wilt thou 44012 speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like 44013 a strong wind? 8:3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty 44014 pervert justice? 8:4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he 44015 have cast them away for their transgression; 8:5 If thou wouldest seek 44016 unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 8:6 If 44017 thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and 44018 make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. 44019 44020 8:7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly 44021 increase. 44022 44023 8:8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself 44024 to the search of their fathers: 8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, and 44025 know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 8:10 Shall 44026 not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their 44027 heart? 8:11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow 44028 without water? 8:12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut 44029 down, it withereth before any other herb. 44030 44031 8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope 44032 shall perish: 8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall 44033 be a spider's web. 44034 44035 8:15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall 44036 hold it fast, but it shall not endure. 44037 44038 8:16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his 44039 garden. 44040 44041 8:17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of 44042 stones. 44043 44044 8:18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, 44045 I have not seen thee. 44046 44047 8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall 44048 others grow. 44049 44050 8:20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he 44051 help the evil doers: 8:21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and 44052 thy lips with rejoicing. 44053 44054 8:22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling 44055 place of the wicked shall come to nought. 44056 44057 9:1 Then Job answered and said, 9:2 I know it is so of a truth: but 44058 how should man be just with God? 9:3 If he will contend with him, he 44059 cannot answer him one of a thousand. 44060 44061 9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened 44062 himself against him, and hath prospered? 9:5 Which removeth the 44063 mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. 44064 44065 9:6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof 44066 tremble. 44067 44068 9:7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the 44069 stars. 44070 44071 9:8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves 44072 of the sea. 44073 44074 9:9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of 44075 the south. 44076 44077 9:10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders 44078 without number. 44079 44080 9:11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I 44081 perceive him not. 44082 44083 9:12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto 44084 him, What doest thou? 9:13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the 44085 proud helpers do stoop under him. 44086 44087 9:14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to 44088 reason with him? 9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not 44089 answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. 44090 44091 9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe 44092 that he had hearkened unto my voice. 44093 44094 9:17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds 44095 without cause. 44096 44097 9:18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with 44098 bitterness. 44099 44100 9:19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who 44101 shall set me a time to plead? 9:20 If I justify myself, mine own 44102 mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me 44103 perverse. 44104 44105 9:21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would 44106 despise my life. 44107 44108 9:22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect 44109 and the wicked. 44110 44111 9:23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the 44112 innocent. 44113 44114 9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the 44115 faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? 9:25 Now 44116 my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. 44117 44118 9:26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that 44119 hasteth to the prey. 44120 44121 9:27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my 44122 heaviness, and comfort myself: 9:28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I 44123 know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. 44124 44125 9:29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? 9:30 If I wash myself 44126 with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 9:31 Yet shalt thou 44127 plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. 44128 44129 9:32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we 44130 should come together in judgment. 44131 44132 9:33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand 44133 upon us both. 44134 44135 9:34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify 44136 me: 9:35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with 44137 me. 44138 44139 10:1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon 44140 myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. 44141 44142 10:2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou 44143 contendest with me. 44144 44145 10:3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou 44146 shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel 44147 of the wicked? 10:4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man 44148 seeth? 10:5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's 44149 days, 10:6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest 44150 after my sin? 10:7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is 44151 none that can deliver out of thine hand. 44152 44153 10:8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; 44154 yet thou dost destroy me. 44155 44156 10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and 44157 wilt thou bring me into dust again? 10:10 Hast thou not poured me out 44158 as milk, and curdled me like cheese? 10:11 Thou hast clothed me with 44159 skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. 44160 44161 10:12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath 44162 preserved my spirit. 44163 44164 10:13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this 44165 is with thee. 44166 44167 10:14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from 44168 mine iniquity. 44169 44170 10:15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I 44171 not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine 44172 affliction; 10:16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: 44173 and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. 44174 44175 10:17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine 44176 indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. 44177 44178 10:18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh 44179 that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! 10:19 I should 44180 have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from 44181 the womb to the grave. 44182 44183 10:20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may 44184 take comfort a little, 10:21 Before I go whence I shall not return, 44185 even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; 10:22 A land of 44186 darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any 44187 order, and where the light is as darkness. 44188 44189 11:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 11:2 Should not 44190 the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be 44191 justified? 11:3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when 44192 thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? 11:4 For thou hast 44193 said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. 44194 44195 11:5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 11:6 44196 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are 44197 double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less 44198 than thine iniquity deserveth. 44199 44200 11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the 44201 Almighty unto perfection? 11:8 It is as high as heaven; what canst 44202 thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? 11:9 The measure 44203 thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. 44204 44205 11:10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can 44206 hinder him? 11:11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; 44207 will he not then consider it? 11:12 For vain men would be wise, 44208 though man be born like a wild ass's colt. 44209 44210 11:13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward 44211 him; 11:14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not 44212 wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. 44213 44214 11:15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou 44215 shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 11:16 Because thou shalt forget 44216 thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: 11:17 And thine 44217 age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou 44218 shalt be as the morning. 44219 44220 11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt 44221 dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. 44222 44223 11:19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, 44224 many shall make suit unto thee. 44225 44226 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not 44227 escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. 44228 44229 12:1 And Job answered and said, 12:2 No doubt but ye are the people, 44230 and wisdom shall die with you. 44231 44232 12:3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to 44233 you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? 12:4 I am as one 44234 mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: 44235 the just upright man is laughed to scorn. 44236 44237 12:5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in 44238 the thought of him that is at ease. 44239 44240 12:6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are 44241 secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. 44242 44243 12:7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls 44244 of the air, and they shall tell thee: 12:8 Or speak to the earth, and 44245 it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto 44246 thee. 44247 44248 12:9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath 44249 wrought this? 12:10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, 44250 and the breath of all mankind. 44251 44252 12:11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? 12:12 44253 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 44254 44255 12:13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and 44256 understanding. 44257 44258 12:14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he 44259 shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. 44260 44261 12:15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he 44262 sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 44263 44264 12:16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver 44265 are his. 44266 44267 12:17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges 44268 fools. 44269 44270 12:18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a 44271 girdle. 44272 44273 12:19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. 44274 44275 12:20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the 44276 understanding of the aged. 44277 44278 12:21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of 44279 the mighty. 44280 44281 12:22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to 44282 light the shadow of death. 44283 44284 12:23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the 44285 nations, and straiteneth them again. 44286 44287 12:24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the 44288 earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no 44289 way. 44290 44291 12:25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to 44292 stagger like a drunken man. 44293 44294 13:1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and 44295 understood it. 44296 44297 13:2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto 44298 you. 44299 44300 13:3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with 44301 God. 44302 44303 13:4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. 44304 44305 13:5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your 44306 wisdom. 44307 44308 13:6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. 44309 44310 13:7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? 44311 13:8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? 13:9 Is it 44312 good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do 44313 ye so mock him? 13:10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly 44314 accept persons. 44315 44316 13:11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall 44317 upon you? 13:12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to 44318 bodies of clay. 44319 44320 13:13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on 44321 me what will. 44322 44323 13:14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in 44324 mine hand? 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I 44325 will maintain mine own ways before him. 44326 44327 13:16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come 44328 before him. 44329 44330 13:17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. 44331 44332 13:18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be 44333 justified. 44334 44335 13:19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, 44336 I shall give up the ghost. 44337 44338 13:20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from 44339 thee. 44340 44341 13:21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me 44342 afraid. 44343 44344 13:22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer 44345 thou me. 44346 44347 13:23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my 44348 transgression and my sin. 44349 44350 13:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? 44351 13:25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue 44352 the dry stubble? 13:26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and 44353 makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. 44354 44355 13:27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly 44356 unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. 44357 44358 13:28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth 44359 eaten. 44360 44361 14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. 44362 44363 14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as 44364 a shadow, and continueth not. 44365 44366 14:3 And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me 44367 into judgment with thee? 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an 44368 unclean? not one. 44369 44370 14:5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with 44371 thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 14:6 Turn 44372 from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, 44373 his day. 44374 44375 14:7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will 44376 sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 44377 44378 14:8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock 44379 thereof die in the ground; 14:9 Yet through the scent of water it will 44380 bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 44381 44382 14:10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, 44383 and where is he? 14:11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood 44384 decayeth and drieth up: 14:12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till 44385 the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of 44386 their sleep. 44387 44388 14:13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest 44389 keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me 44390 a set time, and remember me! 14:14 If a man die, shall he live again? 44391 all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. 44392 44393 14:15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire 44394 to the work of thine hands. 44395 44396 14:16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my 44397 sin? 14:17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up 44398 mine iniquity. 44399 44400 14:18 And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock 44401 is removed out of his place. 44402 44403 14:19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which 44404 grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of 44405 man. 44406 44407 14:20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou 44408 changest his countenance, and sendest him away. 44409 44410 14:21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are 44411 brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. 44412 44413 14:22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him 44414 shall mourn. 44415 44416 15:1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 15:2 Should a wise 44417 man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 15:3 44418 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he 44419 can do no good? 15:4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest 44420 prayer before God. 44421 44422 15:5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the 44423 tongue of the crafty. 44424 44425 15:6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips 44426 testify against thee. 44427 44428 15:7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before 44429 the hills? 15:8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou 44430 restrain wisdom to thyself? 15:9 What knowest thou, that we know not? 44431 what understandest thou, which is not in us? 15:10 With us are both 44432 the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father. 44433 44434 15:11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret 44435 thing with thee? 15:12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what 44436 do thy eyes wink at, 15:13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, 44437 and lettest such words go out of thy mouth? 15:14 What is man, that 44438 he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be 44439 righteous? 15:15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the 44440 heavens are not clean in his sight. 44441 44442 15:16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh 44443 iniquity like water? 15:17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which 44444 I have seen I will declare; 15:18 Which wise men have told from their 44445 fathers, and have not hid it: 15:19 Unto whom alone the earth was 44446 given, and no stranger passed among them. 44447 44448 15:20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number 44449 of years is hidden to the oppressor. 44450 44451 15:21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer 44452 shall come upon him. 44453 44454 15:22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is 44455 waited for of the sword. 44456 44457 15:23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth 44458 that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. 44459 44460 15:24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail 44461 against him, as a king ready to the battle. 44462 44463 15:25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth 44464 himself against the Almighty. 44465 44466 15:26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of 44467 his bucklers: 15:27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and 44468 maketh collops of fat on his flanks. 44469 44470 15:28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man 44471 inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. 44472 44473 15:29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, 44474 neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. 44475 44476 15:30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his 44477 branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. 44478 44479 15:31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall 44480 be his recompence. 44481 44482 15:32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall 44483 not be green. 44484 44485 15:33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast 44486 off his flower as the olive. 44487 44488 15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire 44489 shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. 44490 44491 15:35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly 44492 prepareth deceit. 44493 44494 16:1 Then Job answered and said, 16:2 I have heard many such things: 44495 miserable comforters are ye all. 44496 44497 16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou 44498 answerest? 16:4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my 44499 soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head 44500 at you. 44501 44502 16:5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my 44503 lips should asswage your grief. 44504 44505 16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, 44506 what am I eased? 16:7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made 44507 desolate all my company. 44508 44509 16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against 44510 me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. 44511 44512 16:9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me 44513 with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. 44514 44515 16:10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me 44516 upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together 44517 against me. 44518 44519 16:11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into 44520 the hands of the wicked. 44521 44522 16:12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken 44523 me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. 44524 44525 16:13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins 44526 asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. 44527 44528 16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like 44529 a giant. 44530 44531 16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the 44532 dust. 44533 44534 16:16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of 44535 death; 16:17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is 44536 pure. 44537 44538 16:18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place. 44539 44540 16:19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on 44541 high. 44542 44543 16:20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. 44544 44545 16:21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for 44546 his neighbour! 16:22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the 44547 way whence I shall not return. 44548 44549 17:1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready 44550 for me. 44551 44552 17:2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in 44553 their provocation? 17:3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; 44554 who is he that will strike hands with me? 17:4 For thou hast hid 44555 their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 44556 44557 17:5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his 44558 children shall fail. 44559 44560 17:6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was 44561 as a tabret. 44562 44563 17:7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are 44564 as a shadow. 44565 44566 17:8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall 44567 stir up himself against the hypocrite. 44568 44569 17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean 44570 hands shall be stronger and stronger. 44571 44572 17:10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot 44573 find one wise man among you. 44574 44575 17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts 44576 of my heart. 44577 44578 17:12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of 44579 darkness. 44580 44581 17:13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the 44582 darkness. 44583 44584 17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou 44585 art my mother, and my sister. 44586 44587 17:15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? 44588 17:16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest 44589 together is in the dust. 44590 44591 18:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 18:2 How long will it 44592 be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. 44593 44594 18:3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your 44595 sight? 18:4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be 44596 forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? 44597 18:5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of 44598 his fire shall not shine. 44599 44600 18:6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall 44601 be put out with him. 44602 44603 18:7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own 44604 counsel shall cast him down. 44605 44606 18:8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a 44607 snare. 44608 44609 18:9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail 44610 against him. 44611 44612 18:10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in 44613 the way. 44614 44615 18:11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him 44616 to his feet. 44617 44618 18:12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be 44619 ready at his side. 44620 44621 18:13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of 44622 death shall devour his strength. 44623 44624 18:14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it 44625 shall bring him to the king of terrors. 44626 44627 18:15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: 44628 brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. 44629 44630 18:16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch 44631 be cut off. 44632 44633 18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have 44634 no name in the street. 44635 44636 18:18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of 44637 the world. 44638 44639 18:19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any 44640 remaining in his dwellings. 44641 44642 18:20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they 44643 that went before were affrighted. 44644 44645 18:21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the 44646 place of him that knoweth not God. 44647 44648 19:1 Then Job answered and said, 19:2 How long will ye vex my soul, 44649 and break me in pieces with words? 19:3 These ten times have ye 44650 reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to 44651 me. 44652 44653 19:4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with 44654 myself. 44655 44656 19:5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead 44657 against me my reproach: 19:6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and 44658 hath compassed me with his net. 44659 44660 19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but 44661 there is no judgment. 44662 44663 19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set 44664 darkness in my paths. 44665 44666 19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my 44667 head. 44668 44669 19:10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope 44670 hath he removed like a tree. 44671 44672 19:11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me 44673 unto him as one of his enemies. 44674 44675 19:12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and 44676 encamp round about my tabernacle. 44677 44678 19:13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are 44679 verily estranged from me. 44680 44681 19:14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten 44682 me. 44683 44684 19:15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a 44685 stranger: I am an alien in their sight. 44686 44687 19:16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him 44688 with my mouth. 44689 44690 19:17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the 44691 children's sake of mine own body. 44692 44693 19:18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against 44694 me. 44695 44696 19:19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are 44697 turned against me. 44698 44699 19:20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped 44700 with the skin of my teeth. 44701 44702 19:21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the 44703 hand of God hath touched me. 44704 44705 19:22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my 44706 flesh? 19:23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were 44707 printed in a book! 19:24 That they were graven with an iron pen and 44708 lead in the rock for ever! 19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, 44709 and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 19:26 And 44710 though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I 44711 see God: 19:27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall 44712 behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. 44713 44714 19:28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the 44715 matter is found in me? 19:29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath 44716 bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a 44717 judgment. 44718 44719 20:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 20:2 Therefore do 44720 my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. 44721 44722 20:3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my 44723 understanding causeth me to answer. 44724 44725 20:4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 44726 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the 44727 hypocrite but for a moment? 20:6 Though his excellency mount up to 44728 the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; 20:7 Yet he shall 44729 perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, 44730 Where is he? 20:8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be 44731 found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 44732 44733 20:9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall 44734 his place any more behold him. 44735 44736 20:10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall 44737 restore their goods. 44738 44739 20:11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down 44740 with him in the dust. 44741 44742 20:12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under 44743 his tongue; 20:13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it 44744 still within his mouth: 20:14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it 44745 is the gall of asps within him. 44746 44747 20:15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: 44748 God shall cast them out of his belly. 44749 44750 20:16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay 44751 him. 44752 44753 20:17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and 44754 butter. 44755 44756 20:18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not 44757 swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, 44758 and he shall not rejoice therein. 44759 44760 20:19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he 44761 hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; 20:20 Surely 44762 he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that 44763 which he desired. 44764 44765 20:21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man 44766 look for his goods. 44767 44768 20:22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every 44769 hand of the wicked shall come upon him. 44770 44771 20:23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of 44772 his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 44773 44774 20:24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall 44775 strike him through. 44776 44777 20:25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering 44778 sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. 44779 44780 20:26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown 44781 shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his 44782 tabernacle. 44783 44784 20:27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise 44785 up against him. 44786 44787 20:28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow 44788 away in the day of his wrath. 44789 44790 20:29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage 44791 appointed unto him by God. 44792 44793 21:1 But Job answered and said, 21:2 Hear diligently my speech, and 44794 let this be your consolations. 44795 44796 21:3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock 44797 on. 44798 44799 21:4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should 44800 not my spirit be troubled? 21:5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay 44801 your hand upon your mouth. 44802 44803 21:6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my 44804 flesh. 44805 44806 21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in 44807 power? 21:8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and 44808 their offspring before their eyes. 44809 44810 21:9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon 44811 them. 44812 44813 21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and 44814 casteth not her calf. 44815 44816 21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their 44817 children dance. 44818 44819 21:12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the 44820 organ. 44821 44822 21:13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the 44823 grave. 44824 44825 21:14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not 44826 the knowledge of thy ways. 44827 44828 21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit 44829 should we have, if we pray unto him? 21:16 Lo, their good is not in 44830 their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 44831 44832 21:17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh 44833 their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 44834 44835 21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm 44836 carrieth away. 44837 44838 21:19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, 44839 and he shall know it. 44840 44841 21:20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the 44842 wrath of the Almighty. 44843 44844 21:21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the 44845 number of his months is cut off in the midst? 21:22 Shall any teach 44846 God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. 44847 44848 21:23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. 44849 44850 21:24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with 44851 marrow. 44852 44853 21:25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never 44854 eateth with pleasure. 44855 44856 21:26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover 44857 them. 44858 44859 21:27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye 44860 wrongfully imagine against me. 44861 44862 21:28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the 44863 dwelling places of the wicked? 21:29 Have ye not asked them that go 44864 by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 21:30 That the wicked is 44865 reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the 44866 day of wrath. 44867 44868 21:31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him 44869 what he hath done? 21:32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and 44870 shall remain in the tomb. 44871 44872 21:33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man 44873 shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. 44874 44875 21:34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there 44876 remaineth falsehood? 22:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and 44877 said, 22:2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be 44878 profitable unto himself? 22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, 44879 that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy 44880 ways perfect? 22:4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he 44881 enter with thee into judgment? 22:5 Is not thy wickedness great? and 44882 thine iniquities infinite? 22:6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy 44883 brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 44884 44885 22:7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast 44886 withholden bread from the hungry. 44887 44888 22:8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable 44889 man dwelt in it. 44890 44891 22:9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless 44892 have been broken. 44893 44894 22:10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth 44895 thee; 22:11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of 44896 waters cover thee. 44897 44898 22:12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the 44899 stars, how high they are! 22:13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? 44900 can he judge through the dark cloud? 22:14 Thick clouds are a 44901 covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of 44902 heaven. 44903 44904 22:15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 44905 22:16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown 44906 with a flood: 22:17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can 44907 the Almighty do for them? 22:18 Yet he filled their houses with good 44908 things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 44909 44910 22:19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them 44911 to scorn. 44912 44913 22:20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them 44914 the fire consumeth. 44915 44916 22:21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good 44917 shall come unto thee. 44918 44919 22:22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his 44920 words in thine heart. 44921 44922 22:23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou 44923 shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 44924 44925 22:24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as 44926 the stones of the brooks. 44927 44928 22:25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have 44929 plenty of silver. 44930 44931 22:26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt 44932 lift up thy face unto God. 44933 44934 22:27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and 44935 thou shalt pay thy vows. 44936 44937 22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto 44938 thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. 44939 44940 22:29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting 44941 up; and he shall save the humble person. 44942 44943 22:30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered 44944 by the pureness of thine hands. 44945 44946 23:1 Then Job answered and said, 23:2 Even to day is my complaint 44947 bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 44948 44949 23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to 44950 his seat! 23:4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth 44951 with arguments. 44952 44953 23:5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand 44954 what he would say unto me. 44955 44956 23:6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would 44957 put strength in me. 44958 44959 23:7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be 44960 delivered for ever from my judge. 44961 44962 23:8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I 44963 cannot perceive him: 23:9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I 44964 cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot 44965 see him: 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried 44966 me, I shall come forth as gold. 44967 44968 23:11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not 44969 declined. 44970 44971 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I 44972 have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. 44973 44974 23:13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul 44975 desireth, even that he doeth. 44976 44977 23:14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many 44978 such things are with him. 44979 44980 23:15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am 44981 afraid of him. 44982 44983 23:16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: 44984 23:17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he 44985 covered the darkness from my face. 44986 44987 24:1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that 44988 know him not see his days? 24:2 Some remove the landmarks; they 44989 violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. 44990 44991 24:3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's 44992 ox for a pledge. 44993 44994 24:4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide 44995 themselves together. 44996 44997 24:5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; 44998 rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and 44999 for their children. 45000 45001 24:6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the 45002 vintage of the wicked. 45003 45004 24:7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no 45005 covering in the cold. 45006 45007 24:8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the 45008 rock for want of a shelter. 45009 45010 24:9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of 45011 the poor. 45012 45013 24:10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away 45014 the sheaf from the hungry; 24:11 Which make oil within their walls, 45015 and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. 45016 45017 24:12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded 45018 crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them. 45019 45020 24:13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not 45021 the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 45022 45023 24:14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, 45024 and in the night is as a thief. 45025 45026 24:15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, 45027 No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. 45028 45029 24:16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for 45030 themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. 45031 45032 24:17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one 45033 know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. 45034 45035 24:18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: 45036 he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. 45037 45038 24:19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave 45039 those which have sinned. 45040 45041 24:20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; 45042 he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a 45043 tree. 45044 45045 24:21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not 45046 good to the widow. 45047 45048 24:22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no 45049 man is sure of life. 45050 45051 24:23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet 45052 his eyes are upon their ways. 45053 45054 24:24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought 45055 low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the 45056 tops of the ears of corn. 45057 45058 24:25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my 45059 speech nothing worth? 25:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and 45060 said, 25:2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high 45061 places. 45062 45063 25:3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his 45064 light arise? 25:4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can 45065 he be clean that is born of a woman? 25:5 Behold even to the moon, 45066 and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. 45067 45068 25:6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a 45069 worm? 26:1 But Job answered and said, 26:2 How hast thou helped him 45070 that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? 45071 26:3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast 45072 thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? 26:4 To whom hast thou 45073 uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? 26:5 Dead things are 45074 formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 45075 45076 26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 45077 45078 26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the 45079 earth upon nothing. 45080 45081 26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is 45082 not rent under them. 45083 45084 26:9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud 45085 upon it. 45086 45087 26:10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and 45088 night come to an end. 45089 45090 26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. 45091 45092 26:12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he 45093 smiteth through the proud. 45094 45095 26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath 45096 formed the crooked serpent. 45097 45098 26:14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is 45099 heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand? 27:1 45100 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 27:2 As God liveth, who 45101 hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; 45102 27:3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my 45103 nostrils; 27:4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter 45104 deceit. 45105 45106 27:5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not 45107 remove mine integrity from me. 45108 45109 27:6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart 45110 shall not reproach me so long as I live. 45111 45112 27:7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me 45113 as the unrighteous. 45114 45115 27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, 45116 when God taketh away his soul? 27:9 Will God hear his cry when 45117 trouble cometh upon him? 27:10 Will he delight himself in the 45118 Almighty? will he always call upon God? 27:11 I will teach you by the 45119 hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. 45120 45121 27:12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus 45122 altogether vain? 27:13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, 45123 and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the 45124 Almighty. 45125 45126 27:14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his 45127 offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 45128 45129 27:15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his 45130 widows shall not weep. 45131 45132 27:16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the 45133 clay; 27:17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the 45134 innocent shall divide the silver. 45135 45136 27:18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper 45137 maketh. 45138 45139 27:19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he 45140 openeth his eyes, and he is not. 45141 45142 27:20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away 45143 in the night. 45144 45145 27:21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a 45146 storm hurleth him out of his place. 45147 45148 27:22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee 45149 out of his hand. 45150 45151 27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his 45152 place. 45153 45154 28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where 45155 they fine it. 45156 45157 28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the 45158 stone. 45159 45160 28:3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: 45161 the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. 45162 45163 28:4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters 45164 forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. 45165 45166 28:5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned 45167 up as it were fire. 45168 45169 28:6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of 45170 gold. 45171 45172 28:7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's 45173 eye hath not seen: 28:8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the 45174 fierce lion passed by it. 45175 45176 28:9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the 45177 mountains by the roots. 45178 45179 28:10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every 45180 precious thing. 45181 45182 28:11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is 45183 hid bringeth he forth to light. 45184 45185 28:12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of 45186 understanding? 28:13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it 45187 found in the land of the living. 45188 45189 28:14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not 45190 with me. 45191 45192 28:15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed 45193 for the price thereof. 45194 45195 28:16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious 45196 onyx, or the sapphire. 45197 45198 28:17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it 45199 shall not be for jewels of fine gold. 45200 45201 28:18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price 45202 of wisdom is above rubies. 45203 45204 28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be 45205 valued with pure gold. 45206 45207 28:20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of 45208 understanding? 28:21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, 45209 and kept close from the fowls of the air. 45210 45211 28:22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with 45212 our ears. 45213 45214 28:23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place 45215 thereof. 45216 45217 28:24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the 45218 whole heaven; 28:25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth 45219 the waters by measure. 45220 45221 28:26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning 45222 of the thunder: 28:27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared 45223 it, yea, and searched it out. 45224 45225 28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is 45226 wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. 45227 45228 29:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 29:2 Oh that I were 45229 as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; 29:3 When his 45230 candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through 45231 darkness; 29:4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of 45232 God was upon my tabernacle; 29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me, 45233 when my children were about me; 29:6 When I washed my steps with 45234 butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; 29:7 When I went out 45235 to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! 45236 29:8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and 45237 stood up. 45238 45239 29:9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their 45240 mouth. 45241 45242 29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the 45243 roof of their mouth. 45244 45245 29:11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw 45246 me, it gave witness to me: 29:12 Because I delivered the poor that 45247 cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 45248 45249 29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I 45250 caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 45251 45252 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a 45253 robe and a diadem. 45254 45255 29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. 45256 45257 29:16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I 45258 searched out. 45259 45260 29:17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of 45261 his teeth. 45262 45263 29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my 45264 days as the sand. 45265 45266 29:19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night 45267 upon my branch. 45268 45269 29:20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. 45270 45271 29:21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my 45272 counsel. 45273 45274 29:22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon 45275 them. 45276 45277 29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their 45278 mouth wide as for the latter rain. 45279 45280 29:24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my 45281 countenance they cast not down. 45282 45283 29:25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the 45284 army, as one that comforteth the mourners. 45285 45286 30:1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose 45287 fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. 45288 45289 30:2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom 45290 old age was perished? 30:3 For want and famine they were solitary; 45291 fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. 45292 45293 30:4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their 45294 meat. 45295 45296 30:5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as 45297 after a thief;) 30:6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves 45298 of the earth, and in the rocks. 45299 45300 30:7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were 45301 gathered together. 45302 45303 30:8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were 45304 viler than the earth. 45305 45306 30:9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. 45307 45308 30:10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in 45309 my face. 45310 45311 30:11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also 45312 let loose the bridle before me. 45313 45314 30:12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and 45315 they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. 45316 45317 30:13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no 45318 helper. 45319 45320 30:14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the 45321 desolation they rolled themselves upon me. 45322 45323 30:15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and 45324 my welfare passeth away as a cloud. 45325 45326 30:16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction 45327 have taken hold upon me. 45328 45329 30:17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews 45330 take no rest. 45331 45332 30:18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it 45333 bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. 45334 45335 30:19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and 45336 ashes. 45337 45338 30:20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou 45339 regardest me not. 45340 45341 30:21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest 45342 thyself against me. 45343 45344 30:22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, 45345 and dissolvest my substance. 45346 45347 30:23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house 45348 appointed for all living. 45349 45350 30:24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though 45351 they cry in his destruction. 45352 45353 30:25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul 45354 grieved for the poor? 30:26 When I looked for good, then evil came 45355 unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. 45356 45357 30:27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction 45358 prevented me. 45359 45360 30:28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the 45361 congregation. 45362 45363 30:29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. 45364 45365 30:30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. 45366 45367 30:31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice 45368 of them that weep. 45369 45370 31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a 45371 maid? 31:2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what 45372 inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 31:3 Is not destruction to 45373 the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? 31:4 45374 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 31:5 If I have 45375 walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 31:6 Let me 45376 be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity. 45377 45378 31:7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked 45379 after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; 31:8 Then 45380 let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. 45381 45382 31:9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid 45383 wait at my neighbour's door; 31:10 Then let my wife grind unto 45384 another, and let others bow down upon her. 45385 45386 31:11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be 45387 punished by the judges. 45388 45389 31:12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root 45390 out all mine increase. 45391 45392 31:13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my 45393 maidservant, when they contended with me; 31:14 What then shall I do 45394 when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? 45395 31:15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one 45396 fashion us in the womb? 31:16 If I have withheld the poor from their 45397 desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 31:17 Or have 45398 eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten 45399 thereof; 31:18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a 45400 father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 31:19 If I have 45401 seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 45402 31:20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with 45403 the fleece of my sheep; 31:21 If I have lifted up my hand against the 45404 fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: 31:22 Then let mine arm 45405 fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. 45406 45407 31:23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of 45408 his highness I could not endure. 45409 45410 31:24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou 45411 art my confidence; 31:25 If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and 45412 because mine hand had gotten much; 31:26 If I beheld the sun when it 45413 shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 31:27 And my heart hath 45414 been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 31:28 This 45415 also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have 45416 denied the God that is above. 45417 45418 31:29 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted 45419 up myself when evil found him: 31:30 Neither have I suffered my mouth 45420 to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. 45421 45422 31:31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his 45423 flesh! we cannot be satisfied. 45424 45425 31:32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors 45426 to the traveller. 45427 45428 31:33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity 45429 in my bosom: 31:34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt 45430 of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the 45431 door? 31:35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the 45432 Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. 45433 45434 31:36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown 45435 to me. 45436 45437 31:37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince 45438 would I go near unto him. 45439 45440 31:38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof 45441 complain; 31:39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or 45442 have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: 31:40 Let thistles 45443 grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. 45444 45445 The words of Job are ended. 45446 45447 32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous 45448 in his own eyes. 45449 45450 32:2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the 45451 Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, 45452 because he justified himself rather than God. 45453 45454 32:3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because 45455 they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. 45456 45457 32:4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder 45458 than he. 45459 45460 32:5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these 45461 three men, then his wrath was kindled. 45462 45463 32:6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am 45464 young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew 45465 you mine opinion. 45466 45467 32:7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach 45468 wisdom. 45469 45470 32:8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty 45471 giveth them understanding. 45472 45473 32:9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand 45474 judgment. 45475 45476 32:10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion. 45477 45478 32:11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, 45479 whilst ye searched out what to say. 45480 45481 32:12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you 45482 that convinced Job, or that answered his words: 32:13 Lest ye should 45483 say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. 45484 45485 32:14 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I 45486 answer him with your speeches. 45487 45488 32:15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. 45489 45490 32:16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and 45491 answered no more;) 32:17 I said, I will answer also my part, I also 45492 will shew mine opinion. 45493 45494 32:18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. 45495 45496 32:19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to 45497 burst like new bottles. 45498 45499 32:20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and 45500 answer. 45501 45502 32:21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me 45503 give flattering titles unto man. 45504 45505 32:22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker 45506 would soon take me away. 45507 45508 33:1 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all 45509 my words. 45510 45511 33:2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my 45512 mouth. 45513 45514 33:3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips 45515 shall utter knowledge clearly. 45516 45517 33:4 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty 45518 hath given me life. 45519 45520 33:5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand 45521 up. 45522 45523 33:6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am 45524 formed out of the clay. 45525 45526 33:7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my 45527 hand be heavy upon thee. 45528 45529 33:8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the 45530 voice of thy words, saying, 33:9 I am clean without transgression, I 45531 am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. 45532 45533 33:10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his 45534 enemy, 33:11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my 45535 paths. 45536 45537 33:12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God 45538 is greater than man. 45539 45540 33:13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of 45541 any of his matters. 45542 45543 33:14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 45544 45545 33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth 45546 upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 33:16 Then he openeth the ears 45547 of men, and sealeth their instruction, 33:17 That he may withdraw man 45548 from his purpose, and hide pride from man. 45549 45550 33:18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from 45551 perishing by the sword. 45552 45553 33:19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude 45554 of his bones with strong pain: 33:20 So that his life abhorreth bread, 45555 and his soul dainty meat. 45556 45557 33:21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his 45558 bones that were not seen stick out. 45559 45560 33:22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the 45561 destroyers. 45562 45563 33:23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a 45564 thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: 33:24 Then he is gracious 45565 unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have 45566 found a ransom. 45567 45568 33:25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to 45569 the days of his youth: 33:26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be 45570 favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will 45571 render unto man his righteousness. 45572 45573 33:27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and 45574 perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; 33:28 He will 45575 deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the 45576 light. 45577 45578 33:29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, 33:30 To 45579 bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of 45580 the living. 45581 45582 33:31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will 45583 speak. 45584 45585 33:32 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to 45586 justify thee. 45587 45588 33:33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee 45589 wisdom. 45590 45591 34:1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said, 34:2 Hear my words, O ye 45592 wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. 45593 45594 34:3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. 45595 45596 34:4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is 45597 good. 45598 45599 34:5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my 45600 judgment. 45601 45602 34:6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without 45603 transgression. 45604 45605 34:7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? 34:8 45606 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with 45607 wicked men. 45608 45609 34:9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should 45610 delight himself with God. 45611 45612 34:10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it 45613 from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he 45614 should commit iniquity. 45615 45616 34:11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every 45617 man to find according to his ways. 45618 45619 34:12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty 45620 pervert judgment. 45621 45622 34:13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed 45623 the whole world? 34:14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather 45624 unto himself his spirit and his breath; 34:15 All flesh shall perish 45625 together, and man shall turn again unto dust. 45626 45627 34:16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice 45628 of my words. 45629 45630 34:17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn 45631 him that is most just? 34:18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art 45632 wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? 34:19 How much less to him 45633 that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more 45634 than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. 45635 45636 34:20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at 45637 midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without 45638 hand. 45639 45640 34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his 45641 goings. 45642 45643 34:22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of 45644 iniquity may hide themselves. 45645 45646 34:23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should 45647 enter into judgment with God. 45648 45649 34:24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set 45650 others in their stead. 45651 45652 34:25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the 45653 night, so that they are destroyed. 45654 45655 34:26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; 45656 34:27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of 45657 his ways: 34:28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto 45658 him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. 45659 45660 34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he 45661 hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a 45662 nation, or against a man only: 34:30 That the hypocrite reign not, 45663 lest the people be ensnared. 45664 45665 34:31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne 45666 chastisement, I will not offend any more: 34:32 That which I see not 45667 teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. 45668 45669 34:33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, 45670 whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore 45671 speak what thou knowest. 45672 45673 34:34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken 45674 unto me. 45675 45676 34:35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without 45677 wisdom. 45678 45679 34:36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his 45680 answers for wicked men. 45681 45682 34:37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands 45683 among us, and multiplieth his words against God. 45684 45685 35:1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 35:2 Thinkest thou this to be 45686 right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 35:3 45687 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit 45688 shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 35:4 I will answer thee, 45689 and thy companions with thee. 45690 45691 35:5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are 45692 higher than thou. 45693 45694 35:6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy 45695 transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? 35:7 If thou 45696 be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine 45697 hand? 35:8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy 45698 righteousness may profit the son of man. 45699 45700 35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed 45701 to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. 45702 45703 35:10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the 45704 night; 35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and 45705 maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? 35:12 There they cry, but 45706 none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. 45707 45708 35:13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty 45709 regard it. 45710 45711 35:14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is 45712 before him; therefore trust thou in him. 45713 45714 35:15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet 45715 he knoweth it not in great extremity: 35:16 Therefore doth Job open 45716 his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. 45717 45718 36:1 Elihu also proceeded, and said, 36:2 Suffer me a little, and I 45719 will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf. 45720 45721 36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe 45722 righteousness to my Maker. 45723 45724 36:4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in 45725 knowledge is with thee. 45726 45727 36:5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in 45728 strength and wisdom. 45729 45730 36:6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the 45731 poor. 45732 45733 36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings 45734 are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they 45735 are exalted. 45736 45737 36:8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of 45738 affliction; 36:9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their 45739 transgressions that they have exceeded. 45740 45741 36:10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that 45742 they return from iniquity. 45743 45744 36:11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in 45745 prosperity, and their years in pleasures. 45746 45747 36:12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they 45748 shall die without knowledge. 45749 45750 36:13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he 45751 bindeth them. 45752 45753 36:14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. 45754 45755 36:15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears 45756 in oppression. 45757 45758 36:16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a 45759 broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be 45760 set on thy table should be full of fatness. 45761 45762 36:17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and 45763 justice take hold on thee. 45764 45765 36:18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his 45766 stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. 45767 45768 36:19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of 45769 strength. 45770 45771 36:20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. 45772 45773 36:21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather 45774 than affliction. 45775 45776 36:22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? 36:23 45777 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought 45778 iniquity? 36:24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men 45779 behold. 45780 45781 36:25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. 45782 45783 36:26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the 45784 number of his years be searched out. 45785 45786 36:27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain 45787 according to the vapour thereof: 36:28 Which the clouds do drop and 45788 distil upon man abundantly. 45789 45790 36:29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the 45791 noise of his tabernacle? 36:30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon 45792 it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. 45793 45794 36:31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. 45795 45796 36:32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to 45797 shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. 45798 45799 36:33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also 45800 concerning the vapour. 45801 45802 37:1 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. 45803 45804 37:2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth 45805 out of his mouth. 45806 45807 37:3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto 45808 the ends of the earth. 45809 45810 37:4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his 45811 excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. 45812 45813 37:5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth 45814 he, which we cannot comprehend. 45815 45816 37:6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the 45817 small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. 45818 45819 37:7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his 45820 work. 45821 45822 37:8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. 45823 45824 37:9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. 45825 45826 37:10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the 45827 waters is straitened. 45828 45829 37:11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his 45830 bright cloud: 37:12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that 45831 they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world 45832 in the earth. 45833 45834 37:13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, 45835 or for mercy. 45836 45837 37:14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous 45838 works of God. 45839 45840 37:15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of 45841 his cloud to shine? 37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of the 45842 clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? 45843 37:17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the 45844 south wind? 37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is 45845 strong, and as a molten looking glass? 37:19 Teach us what we shall 45846 say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness. 45847 45848 37:20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he 45849 shall be swallowed up. 45850 45851 37:21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but 45852 the wind passeth, and cleanseth them. 45853 45854 37:22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible 45855 majesty. 45856 45857 37:23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent 45858 in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not 45859 afflict. 45860 45861 37:24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise 45862 of heart. 45863 45864 38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 38:2 45865 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? 38:3 45866 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and 45867 answer thou me. 45868 45869 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? 45870 declare, if thou hast understanding. 45871 45872 38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath 45873 stretched the line upon it? 38:6 Whereupon are the foundations 45874 thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 38:7 When the 45875 morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 45876 38:8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it 45877 had issued out of the womb? 38:9 When I made the cloud the garment 45878 thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 38:10 And brake up 45879 for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 38:11 And said, 45880 Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud 45881 waves be stayed? 38:12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy 45882 days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 38:13 That it might 45883 take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken 45884 out of it? 38:14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as 45885 a garment. 45886 45887 38:15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm 45888 shall be broken. 45889 45890 38:16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou 45891 walked in the search of the depth? 38:17 Have the gates of death been 45892 opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? 45893 38:18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou 45894 knowest it all. 45895 45896 38:19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, 45897 where is the place thereof, 38:20 That thou shouldest take it to the 45898 bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house 45899 thereof? 38:21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or 45900 because the number of thy days is great? 38:22 Hast thou entered into 45901 the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the 45902 hail, 38:23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against 45903 the day of battle and war? 38:24 By what way is the light parted, 45904 which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? 38:25 Who hath divided 45905 a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the 45906 lightning of thunder; 38:26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no 45907 man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 38:27 To satisfy 45908 the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb 45909 to spring forth? 38:28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten 45910 the drops of dew? 38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary 45911 frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 38:30 The waters are hid as 45912 with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. 45913 45914 38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the 45915 bands of Orion? 38:32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? 45916 or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? 38:33 Knowest thou the 45917 ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the 45918 earth? 38:34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that 45919 abundance of waters may cover thee? 38:35 Canst thou send lightnings, 45920 that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are? 38:36 Who hath put 45921 wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the 45922 heart? 38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the 45923 bottles of heaven, 38:38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the 45924 clods cleave fast together? 38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the 45925 lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, 38:40 When they couch 45926 in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? 38:41 Who 45927 provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, 45928 they wander for lack of meat. 45929 45930 39:1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring 45931 forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 39:2 Canst thou 45932 number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they 45933 bring forth? 39:3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young 45934 ones, they cast out their sorrows. 45935 45936 39:4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they 45937 go forth, and return not unto them. 45938 45939 39:5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands 45940 of the wild ass? 39:6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the 45941 barren land his dwellings. 45942 45943 39:7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the 45944 crying of the driver. 45945 45946 39:8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after 45947 every green thing. 45948 45949 39:9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? 45950 39:10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will 45951 he harrow the valleys after thee? 39:11 Wilt thou trust him, because 45952 his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? 39:12 45953 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it 45954 into thy barn? 39:13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? 45955 or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? 39:14 Which leaveth her eggs 45956 in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, 39:15 And forgetteth that the 45957 foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 45958 45959 39:16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not 45960 her's: her labour is in vain without fear; 39:17 Because God hath 45961 deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. 45962 45963 39:18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse 45964 and his rider. 45965 45966 39:19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck 45967 with thunder? 39:20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the 45968 glory of his nostrils is terrible. 45969 45970 39:21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth 45971 on to meet the armed men. 45972 45973 39:22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he 45974 back from the sword. 45975 45976 39:23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the 45977 shield. 45978 45979 39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither 45980 believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. 45981 45982 39:25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle 45983 afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. 45984 45985 39:26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward 45986 the south? 39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her 45987 nest on high? 39:28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the 45988 crag of the rock, and the strong place. 45989 45990 39:29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. 45991 45992 39:30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, 45993 there is she. 45994 45995 40:1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, 40:2 Shall he that 45996 contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let 45997 him answer it. 45998 45999 40:3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 40:4 Behold, I am vile; 46000 what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 46001 46002 40:5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will 46003 proceed no further. 46004 46005 40:6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 46006 40:7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and 46007 declare thou unto me. 46008 46009 40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that 46010 thou mayest be righteous? 40:9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst 46011 thou thunder with a voice like him? 40:10 Deck thyself now with 46012 majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. 46013 46014 40:11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is 46015 proud, and abase him. 46016 46017 40:12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread 46018 down the wicked in their place. 46019 46020 40:13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. 46021 46022 40:14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can 46023 save thee. 46024 46025 40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as 46026 an ox. 46027 46028 40:16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the 46029 navel of his belly. 46030 46031 40:17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are 46032 wrapped together. 46033 46034 40:18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars 46035 of iron. 46036 46037 40:19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make 46038 his sword to approach unto him. 46039 46040 40:20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts 46041 of the field play. 46042 46043 40:21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and 46044 fens. 46045 46046 40:22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the 46047 brook compass him about. 46048 46049 40:23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth 46050 that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. 46051 46052 40:24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. 46053 46054 41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a 46055 cord which thou lettest down? 41:2 Canst thou put an hook into his 46056 nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 41:3 Will he make many 46057 supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 41:4 46058 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant 46059 for ever? 41:5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou 46060 bind him for thy maidens? 41:6 Shall the companions make a banquet of 46061 him? shall they part him among the merchants? 41:7 Canst thou fill 46062 his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? 41:8 Lay 46063 thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. 46064 46065 41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down 46066 even at the sight of him? 41:10 None is so fierce that dare stir him 46067 up: who then is able to stand before me? 41:11 Who hath prevented me, 46068 that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. 46069 46070 41:12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely 46071 proportion. 46072 46073 41:13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him 46074 with his double bridle? 41:14 Who can open the doors of his face? his 46075 teeth are terrible round about. 46076 46077 41:15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. 46078 46079 41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. 46080 46081 41:17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they 46082 cannot be sundered. 46083 46084 41:18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the 46085 eyelids of the morning. 46086 46087 41:19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. 46088 46089 41:20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or 46090 caldron. 46091 46092 41:21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. 46093 46094 41:22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy 46095 before him. 46096 46097 41:23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in 46098 themselves; they cannot be moved. 46099 46100 41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the 46101 nether millstone. 46102 46103 41:25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of 46104 breakings they purify themselves. 46105 46106 41:26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the 46107 dart, nor the habergeon. 46108 46109 41:27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. 46110 46111 41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him 46112 into stubble. 46113 46114 41:29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a 46115 spear. 46116 46117 41:30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things 46118 upon the mire. 46119 46120 41:31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a 46121 pot of ointment. 46122 46123 41:32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to 46124 be hoary. 46125 46126 41:33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. 46127 46128 41:34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children 46129 of pride. 46130 46131 42:1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 42:2 I know that thou canst 46132 do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. 46133 46134 42:3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I 46135 uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I 46136 knew not. 46137 46138 42:4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, 46139 and declare thou unto me. 46140 46141 42:5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye 46142 seeth thee. 46143 46144 42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. 46145 46146 42:7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto 46147 Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled 46148 against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of 46149 me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. 46150 46151 42:8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go 46152 to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and 46153 my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal 46154 with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing 46155 which is right, like my servant Job. 46156 46157 42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the 46158 Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the 46159 LORD also accepted Job. 46160 46161 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his 46162 friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. 46163 46164 42:11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, 46165 and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat 46166 bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him 46167 over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also 46168 gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. 46169 46170 42:12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his 46171 beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand 46172 camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. 46173 46174 42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters. 46175 46176 42:14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the 46177 second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. 46178 46179 42:15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters 46180 of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. 46181 46182 42:16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his 46183 sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. 46184 46185 42:17 So Job died, being old and full of days. 46186 46187 46188 46189 46190 The Book of Psalms 46191 46192 46193 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, 46194 nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the 46195 scornful. 46196 46197 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he 46198 meditate day and night. 46199 46200 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that 46201 bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not 46202 wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 46203 46204 1:4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind 46205 driveth away. 46206 46207 1:5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners 46208 in the congregation of the righteous. 46209 46210 1:6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the 46211 ungodly shall perish. 46212 46213 46214 46215 2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 46216 46217 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel 46218 together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 46219 46220 2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from 46221 us. 46222 46223 2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have 46224 them in derision. 46225 46226 2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his 46227 sore displeasure. 46228 46229 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. 46230 46231 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my 46232 Son; this day have I begotten thee. 46233 46234 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine 46235 inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 46236 46237 2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in 46238 pieces like a potter's vessel. 46239 46240 2:10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of 46241 the earth. 46242 46243 2:11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 46244 46245 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when 46246 his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their 46247 trust in him. 46248 46249 46250 46251 3:1 Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that 46252 rise up against me. 46253 46254 3:2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in 46255 God. 46256 46257 Selah. 46258 46259 3:3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up 46260 of mine head. 46261 46262 3:4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his 46263 holy hill. Selah. 46264 46265 3:5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. 46266 46267 3:6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set 46268 themselves against me round about. 46269 46270 3:7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine 46271 enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the 46272 ungodly. 46273 46274 3:8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy 46275 people. 46276 46277 Selah. 46278 46279 46280 46281 4:1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged 46282 me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 46283 46284 4:2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how 46285 long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. 46286 46287 4:3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for 46288 himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. 46289 46290 4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your 46291 bed, and be still. Selah. 46292 46293 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the 46294 LORD. 46295 46296 4:6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou 46297 up the light of thy countenance upon us. 46298 46299 4:7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that 46300 their corn and their wine increased. 46301 46302 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only 46303 makest me dwell in safety. 46304 46305 46306 46307 5:1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. 46308 46309 5:2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto 46310 thee will I pray. 46311 46312 5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning 46313 will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 46314 46315 5:4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither 46316 shall evil dwell with thee. 46317 46318 5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers 46319 of iniquity. 46320 46321 5:6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor 46322 the bloody and deceitful man. 46323 46324 5:7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy 46325 mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. 46326 46327 5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; 46328 make thy way straight before my face. 46329 46330 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is 46331 very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with 46332 their tongue. 46333 46334 5:10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; 46335 cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have 46336 rebelled against thee. 46337 46338 5:11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them 46339 ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that 46340 love thy name be joyful in thee. 46341 46342 5:12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou 46343 compass him as with a shield. 46344 46345 46346 46347 6:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy 46348 hot displeasure. 46349 46350 6:2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my 46351 bones are vexed. 46352 46353 6:3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? 46354 46355 6:4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. 46356 46357 6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who 46358 shall give thee thanks? 46359 46360 6:6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; 46361 I water my couch with my tears. 46362 46363 6:7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of 46364 all mine enemies. 46365 46366 6:8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath 46367 heard the voice of my weeping. 46368 46369 6:9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my 46370 prayer. 46371 46372 6:10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return 46373 and be ashamed suddenly. 46374 46375 46376 46377 7:1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them 46378 that persecute me, and deliver me: 46379 46380 7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while 46381 there is none to deliver. 46382 46383 7:3 O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my 46384 hands; 46385 46386 7:4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, 46387 I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) 46388 46389 7:5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread 46390 down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. 46391 46392 7:6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage 46393 of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast 46394 commanded. 46395 46396 7:7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for 46397 their sakes therefore return thou on high. 46398 46399 7:8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my 46400 righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. 46401 46402 7:9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish 46403 the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. 46404 46405 7:10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. 46406 46407 7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every 46408 day. 46409 46410 7:12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and 46411 made it ready. 46412 46413 7:13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he 46414 ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. 46415 46416 7:14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, 46417 and brought forth falsehood. 46418 46419 7:15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which 46420 he made. 46421 46422 7:16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent 46423 dealing shall come down upon his own pate. 46424 46425 7:17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will 46426 sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. 46427 46428 46429 46430 8:1 O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who 46431 hast set thy glory above the heavens. 46432 46433 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained 46434 strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy 46435 and the avenger. 46436 46437 8:3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and 46438 the stars, which thou hast ordained; 46439 46440 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, 46441 that thou visitest him? 46442 46443 8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast 46444 crowned him with glory and honour. 46445 46446 8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou 46447 hast put all things under his feet: 46448 46449 8:7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 46450 46451 8:8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever 46452 passeth through the paths of the seas. 46453 46454 8:9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! 46455 46456 46457 46458 46459 46460 9:1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth 46461 all thy marvellous works. 46462 46463 9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy 46464 name, O thou most High. 46465 46466 9:3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at 46467 thy presence. 46468 46469 9:4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the 46470 throne judging right. 46471 46472 9:5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, 46473 thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. 46474 46475 9:6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou 46476 hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. 46477 46478 9:7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne 46479 for judgment. 46480 46481 9:8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister 46482 judgment to the people in uprightness. 46483 46484 9:9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in 46485 times of trouble. 46486 46487 9:10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for 46488 thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. 46489 46490 9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among 46491 the people his doings. 46492 46493 9:12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he 46494 forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 46495 46496 9:13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of 46497 them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 46498 46499 9:14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter 46500 of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. 46501 46502 9:15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net 46503 which they hid is their own foot taken. 46504 46505 9:16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked 46506 is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. 46507 46508 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that 46509 forget God. 46510 46511 9:18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of 46512 the poor shall not perish for ever. 46513 46514 9:19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in 46515 thy sight. 46516 46517 9:20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to 46518 be but men. Selah. 46519 46520 46521 46522 10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in 46523 times of trouble? 46524 46525 10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be 46526 taken in the devices that they have imagined. 46527 46528 10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the 46529 covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. 46530 46531 10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek 46532 after God: God is not in all his thoughts. 46533 46534 10:5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of 46535 his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. 46536 46537 10:6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall 46538 never be in adversity. 46539 46540 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his 46541 tongue is mischief and vanity. 46542 46543 10:8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret 46544 places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against 46545 the poor. 46546 46547 10:9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait 46548 to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into 46549 his net. 46550 46551 10:10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by 46552 his strong ones. 46553 46554 10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his 46555 face; he will never see it. 46556 46557 10:12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. 46558 46559 10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his 46560 heart, Thou wilt not require it. 46561 46562 10:14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to 46563 requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou 46564 art the helper of the fatherless. 46565 46566 10:15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his 46567 wickedness till thou find none. 46568 46569 10:16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out 46570 of his land. 46571 46572 10:17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt 46573 prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 46574 46575 10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the 46576 earth may no more oppress. 46577 46578 46579 46580 11:1 In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird 46581 to your mountain? 46582 46583 11:2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow 46584 upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. 46585 46586 11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? 46587 46588 11:4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: 46589 his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. 46590 46591 11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth 46592 violence his soul hateth. 46593 46594 11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an 46595 horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. 46596 46597 11:7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth 46598 behold the upright. 46599 46600 46601 46602 12:1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from 46603 among the children of men. 46604 46605 12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering 46606 lips and with a double heart do they speak. 46607 46608 12:3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that 46609 speaketh proud things: 46610 46611 12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our 46612 own: who is lord over us? 46613 46614 12:5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now 46615 will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that 46616 puffeth at him. 46617 46618 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a 46619 furnace of earth, purified seven times. 46620 46621 12:7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this 46622 generation for ever. 46623 46624 12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. 46625 46626 46627 46628 13:1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt 46629 thou hide thy face from me? 46630 46631 13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my 46632 heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? 46633 46634 13:3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I 46635 sleep the sleep of death; 46636 46637 13:4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that 46638 trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 46639 46640 13:5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy 46641 salvation. 46642 46643 13:6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with 46644 me. 46645 46646 46647 46648 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are 46649 corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth 46650 good. 46651 46652 14:2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see 46653 if there were any that did understand, and seek God. 46654 46655 14:3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: 46656 there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 46657 46658 14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my 46659 people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. 46660 46661 14:5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of 46662 the righteous. 46663 46664 14:6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his 46665 refuge. 46666 46667 14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the 46668 LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, 46669 and Israel shall be glad. 46670 46671 46672 46673 15:1 Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy 46674 holy hill? 46675 46676 15:2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and 46677 speaketh the truth in his heart. 46678 46679 15:3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his 46680 neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. 46681 46682 15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them 46683 that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth 46684 not. 46685 46686 15:5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward 46687 against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. 46688 46689 46690 46691 16:1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. 46692 46693 16:2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my 46694 goodness extendeth not to thee; 46695 46696 16:3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in 46697 whom is all my delight. 46698 46699 16:4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: 46700 their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their 46701 names into my lips. 46702 46703 16:5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou 46704 maintainest my lot. 46705 46706 16:6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a 46707 goodly heritage. 46708 46709 16:7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also 46710 instruct me in the night seasons. 46711 46712 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right 46713 hand, I shall not be moved. 46714 46715 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also 46716 shall rest in hope. 46717 46718 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou 46719 suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 46720 46721 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness 46722 of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. 46723 46724 46725 46726 17:1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my 46727 prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. 46728 46729 17:2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes 46730 behold the things that are equal. 46731 46732 17:3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; 46733 thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my 46734 mouth shall not transgress. 46735 46736 17:4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept 46737 me from the paths of the destroyer. 46738 46739 17:5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. 46740 46741 17:6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline 46742 thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. 46743 46744 17:7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy 46745 right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up 46746 against them. 46747 46748 17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy 46749 wings, 46750 46751 17:9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who 46752 compass me about. 46753 46754 17:10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak 46755 proudly. 46756 46757 17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their 46758 eyes bowing down to the earth; 46759 46760 17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a 46761 young lion lurking in secret places. 46762 46763 17:13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul 46764 from the wicked, which is thy sword: 46765 46766 17:14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, 46767 which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest 46768 with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest 46769 of their substance to their babes. 46770 46771 17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be 46772 satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. 46773 46774 46775 46776 18:1 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. 46777 46778 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, 46779 my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my 46780 salvation, and my high tower. 46781 46782 18:3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall 46783 I be saved from mine enemies. 46784 46785 18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men 46786 made me afraid. 46787 46788 18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death 46789 prevented me. 46790 46791 18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he 46792 heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even 46793 into his ears. 46794 46795 18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the 46796 hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. 46797 46798 18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his 46799 mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 46800 46801 18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under 46802 his feet. 46803 46804 18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the 46805 wings of the wind. 46806 46807 18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him 46808 were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 46809 46810 18:12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, 46811 hail stones and coals of fire. 46812 46813 18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his 46814 voice; hail stones and coals of fire. 46815 46816 18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out 46817 lightnings, and discomfited them. 46818 46819 18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of 46820 the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the 46821 breath of thy nostrils. 46822 46823 18:16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. 46824 46825 18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated 46826 me: for they were too strong for me. 46827 46828 18:18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my 46829 stay. 46830 46831 18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, 46832 because he delighted in me. 46833 46834 18:20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to 46835 the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 46836 46837 18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly 46838 departed from my God. 46839 46840 18:22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his 46841 statutes from me. 46842 46843 18:23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine 46844 iniquity. 46845 46846 18:24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my 46847 righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. 46848 46849 18:25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an 46850 upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; 46851 46852 18:26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward 46853 thou wilt shew thyself froward. 46854 46855 18:27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down 46856 high looks. 46857 46858 18:28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my 46859 darkness. 46860 46861 18:29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I 46862 leaped over a wall. 46863 46864 18:30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: 46865 he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. 46866 46867 18:31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? 46868 46869 18:32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way 46870 perfect. 46871 46872 18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high 46873 places. 46874 46875 18:34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by 46876 mine arms. 46877 46878 18:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy 46879 right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. 46880 46881 18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. 46882 46883 18:37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I 46884 turn again till they were consumed. 46885 46886 18:38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are 46887 fallen under my feet. 46888 46889 18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast 46890 subdued under me those that rose up against me. 46891 46892 18:40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might 46893 destroy them that hate me. 46894 46895 18:41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, 46896 but he answered them not. 46897 46898 18:42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did 46899 cast them out as the dirt in the streets. 46900 46901 18:43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and 46902 thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not 46903 known shall serve me. 46904 46905 18:44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers 46906 shall submit themselves unto me. 46907 46908 18:45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close 46909 places. 46910 46911 18:46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my 46912 salvation be exalted. 46913 46914 18:47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. 46915 46916 18:48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up 46917 above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the 46918 violent man. 46919 46920 18:49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the 46921 heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. 46922 46923 18:50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to 46924 his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore. 46925 46926 46927 46928 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth 46929 his handywork. 46930 46931 19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth 46932 knowledge. 46933 46934 19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. 46935 46936 19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to 46937 the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, 46938 46939 19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth 46940 as a strong man to run a race. 46941 46942 19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit 46943 unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 46944 46945 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the 46946 testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 46947 46948 19:8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the 46949 commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. 46950 46951 19:9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments 46952 of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. 46953 46954 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: 46955 sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. 46956 46957 19:11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them 46958 there is great reward. 46959 46960 19:12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret 46961 faults. 46962 46963 19:13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not 46964 have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be 46965 innocent from the great transgression. 46966 46967 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be 46968 acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. 46969 46970 46971 46972 20:1 The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of 46973 Jacob defend thee; 46974 46975 20:2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of 46976 Zion; 46977 46978 20:3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; 46979 Selah. 46980 46981 20:4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy 46982 counsel. 46983 46984 20:5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we 46985 will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. 46986 46987 20:6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him 46988 from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. 46989 46990 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember 46991 the name of the LORD our God. 46992 46993 20:8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand 46994 upright. 46995 46996 20:9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. 46997 46998 46999 47000 21:1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation 47001 how greatly shall he rejoice! 47002 47003 21:2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden 47004 the request of his lips. Selah. 47005 47006 21:3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou 47007 settest a crown of pure gold on his head. 47008 47009 21:4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of 47010 days for ever and ever. 47011 47012 21:5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou 47013 laid upon him. 47014 47015 21:6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him 47016 exceeding glad with thy countenance. 47017 47018 21:7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the 47019 most High he shall not be moved. 47020 47021 21:8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall 47022 find out those that hate thee. 47023 47024 21:9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: 47025 the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour 47026 them. 47027 47028 21:10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed 47029 from among the children of men. 47030 47031 21:11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous 47032 device, which they are not able to perform. 47033 47034 21:12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt 47035 make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. 47036 47037 21:13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing 47038 and praise thy power. 47039 47040 47041 47042 22:1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far 47043 from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 47044 47045 22:2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the 47046 night season, and am not silent. 47047 47048 22:3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 47049 47050 22:4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver 47051 them. 47052 47053 22:5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, 47054 and were not confounded. 47055 47056 22:6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of 47057 the people. 47058 47059 22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, 47060 they shake the head, saying, 47061 47062 22:8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver 47063 him, seeing he delighted in him. 47064 47065 22:9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me 47066 hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. 47067 47068 22:10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my 47069 mother's belly. 47070 47071 22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to 47072 help. 47073 47074 22:12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset 47075 me round. 47076 47077 22:13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a 47078 roaring lion. 47079 47080 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: 47081 my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 47082 47083 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth 47084 to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 47085 47086 22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have 47087 inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 47088 47089 22:17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. 47090 47091 22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 47092 47093 22:19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee 47094 to help me. 47095 47096 22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the 47097 dog. 47098 47099 22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the 47100 horns of the unicorns. 47101 47102 22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the 47103 congregation will I praise thee. 47104 47105 22:23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, 47106 glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. 47107 47108 22:24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the 47109 afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried 47110 unto him, he heard. 47111 47112 22:25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay 47113 my vows before them that fear him. 47114 47115 22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD 47116 that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. 47117 47118 22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: 47119 and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 47120 47121 22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the 47122 nations. 47123 47124 22:29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they 47125 that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive 47126 his own soul. 47127 47128 22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a 47129 generation. 47130 47131 22:31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a 47132 people that shall be born, that he hath done this. 47133 47134 47135 47136 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 47137 47138 23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside 47139 the still waters. 47140 47141 23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness 47142 for his name's sake. 47143 47144 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I 47145 will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they 47146 comfort me. 47147 47148 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: 47149 thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 47150 47151 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my 47152 life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. 47153 47154 47155 47156 24:1 The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and 47157 they that dwell therein. 47158 47159 24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the 47160 floods. 47161 47162 24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in 47163 his holy place? 47164 47165 24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted 47166 up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 47167 47168 24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness 47169 from the God of his salvation. 47170 47171 24:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, 47172 O Jacob. Selah. 47173 47174 24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting 47175 doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 47176 47177 24:8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD 47178 mighty in battle. 47179 47180 24:9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting 47181 doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 47182 47183 24:10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of 47184 glory. Selah. 47185 47186 47187 47188 25:1 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. 47189 47190 25:2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine 47191 enemies triumph over me. 47192 47193 25:3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed 47194 which transgress without cause. 47195 47196 25:4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. 47197 47198 25:5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my 47199 salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. 47200 47201 25:6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; 47202 for they have been ever of old. 47203 47204 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: 47205 according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O 47206 LORD. 47207 47208 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in 47209 the way. 47210 47211 25:9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach 47212 his way. 47213 47214 25:10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep 47215 his covenant and his testimonies. 47216 47217 25:11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is 47218 great. 47219 47220 25:12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the 47221 way that he shall choose. 47222 47223 25:13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the 47224 earth. 47225 47226 25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will 47227 shew them his covenant. 47228 47229 25:15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet 47230 out of the net. 47231 47232 25:16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and 47233 afflicted. 47234 47235 25:17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my 47236 distresses. 47237 47238 25:18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. 47239 47240 25:19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with 47241 cruel hatred. 47242 47243 25:20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put 47244 my trust in thee. 47245 47246 25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. 47247 47248 25:22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. 47249 47250 47251 47252 26:1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have 47253 trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. 47254 47255 26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. 47256 47257 26:3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in 47258 thy truth. 47259 47260 26:4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with 47261 dissemblers. 47262 47263 26:5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit 47264 with the wicked. 47265 47266 26:6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine 47267 altar, O LORD: 47268 47269 26:7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of 47270 all thy wondrous works. 47271 47272 26:8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place 47273 where thine honour dwelleth. 47274 47275 26:9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: 47276 47277 26:10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of 47278 bribes. 47279 47280 26:11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be 47281 merciful unto me. 47282 47283 26:12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I 47284 bless the LORD. 47285 47286 47287 47288 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the 47289 LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 47290 47291 27:2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to 47292 eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 47293 47294 27:3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: 47295 though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. 47296 47297 27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; 47298 that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to 47299 behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. 47300 47301 27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in 47302 the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon 47303 a rock. 47304 47305 27:6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round 47306 about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; 47307 I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. 47308 47309 27:7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, 47310 and answer me. 47311 47312 27:8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy 47313 face, LORD, will I seek. 47314 47315 27:9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: 47316 thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my 47317 salvation. 47318 47319 27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take 47320 me up. 47321 47322 27:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because 47323 of mine enemies. 47324 47325 27:12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false 47326 witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. 47327 47328 27:13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the 47329 LORD in the land of the living. 47330 47331 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen 47332 thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. 47333 47334 47335 47336 28:1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, 47337 if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. 47338 47339 28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I 47340 lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. 47341 47342 28:3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of 47343 iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in 47344 their hearts. 47345 47346 28:4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the 47347 wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their 47348 hands; render to them their desert. 47349 47350 28:5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation 47351 of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. 47352 47353 28:6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my 47354 supplications. 47355 47356 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, 47357 and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my 47358 song will I praise him. 47359 47360 28:8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his 47361 anointed. 47362 47363 28:9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and 47364 lift them up for ever. 47365 47366 47367 47368 29:1 Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and 47369 strength. 47370 47371 29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD 47372 in the beauty of holiness. 47373 47374 29:3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory 47375 thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. 47376 47377 29:4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full 47378 of majesty. 47379 47380 29:5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh 47381 the cedars of Lebanon. 47382 47383 29:6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like 47384 a young unicorn. 47385 47386 29:7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. 47387 47388 29:8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh 47389 the wilderness of Kadesh. 47390 47391 29:9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth 47392 the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory. 47393 47394 29:10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for 47395 ever. 47396 47397 29:11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless 47398 his people with peace. 47399 47400 47401 47402 30:1 I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast 47403 not made my foes to rejoice over me. 47404 47405 30:2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 47406 47407 30:3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast 47408 kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. 47409 47410 30:4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the 47411 remembrance of his holiness. 47412 47413 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: 47414 weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. 47415 47416 30:6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 47417 47418 30:7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: 47419 thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. 47420 47421 30:8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. 47422 47423 30:9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? 47424 Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? 47425 47426 30:10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. 47427 47428 30:11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put 47429 off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; 47430 47431 30:12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be 47432 silent. 47433 47434 O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. 47435 47436 47437 47438 31:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: 47439 deliver me in thy righteousness. 47440 47441 31:2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong 47442 rock, for an house of defence to save me. 47443 47444 31:3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's 47445 sake lead me, and guide me. 47446 47447 31:4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for 47448 thou art my strength. 47449 47450 31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD 47451 God of truth. 47452 47453 31:6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the 47454 LORD. 47455 47456 31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered 47457 my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; 47458 47459 31:8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set 47460 my feet in a large room. 47461 47462 31:9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is 47463 consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 47464 47465 31:10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my 47466 strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 47467 47468 31:11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my 47469 neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me 47470 without fled from me. 47471 47472 31:12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken 47473 vessel. 47474 47475 31:13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: 47476 while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away 47477 my life. 47478 47479 31:14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God. 47480 47481 31:15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine 47482 enemies, and from them that persecute me. 47483 47484 31:16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy 47485 mercies' sake. 47486 47487 31:17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let 47488 the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. 47489 47490 31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous 47491 things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. 47492 47493 31:19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them 47494 that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee 47495 before the sons of men! 47496 47497 31:20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the 47498 pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the 47499 strife of tongues. 47500 47501 31:21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous 47502 kindness in a strong city. 47503 47504 31:22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: 47505 nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried 47506 unto thee. 47507 47508 31:23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the 47509 faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. 47510 47511 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye 47512 that hope in the LORD. 47513 47514 47515 47516 32:1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is 47517 covered. 47518 47519 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and 47520 in whose spirit there is no guile. 47521 47522 32:3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all 47523 the day long. 47524 47525 32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is 47526 turned into the drought of summer. Selah. 47527 47528 32:5 I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. 47529 I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou 47530 forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. 47531 47532 32:6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time 47533 when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they 47534 shall not come nigh unto him. 47535 47536 32:7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; 47537 thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. 47538 47539 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt 47540 go: I will guide thee with mine eye. 47541 47542 32:9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no 47543 understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest 47544 they come near unto thee. 47545 47546 32:10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the 47547 LORD, mercy shall compass him about. 47548 47549 32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for 47550 joy, all ye that are upright in heart. 47551 47552 47553 47554 33:1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the 47555 upright. 47556 47557 33:2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an 47558 instrument of ten strings. 47559 47560 33:3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. 47561 47562 33:4 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in 47563 truth. 47564 47565 33:5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the 47566 goodness of the LORD. 47567 47568 33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host 47569 of them by the breath of his mouth. 47570 47571 33:7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth 47572 up the depth in storehouses. 47573 47574 33:8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the 47575 world stand in awe of him. 47576 47577 33:9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. 47578 47579 33:10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he 47580 maketh the devices of the people of none effect. 47581 47582 33:11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his 47583 heart to all generations. 47584 47585 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom 47586 he hath chosen for his own inheritance. 47587 47588 33:13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. 47589 47590 33:14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the 47591 inhabitants of the earth. 47592 47593 33:15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their 47594 works. 47595 47596 33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man 47597 is not delivered by much strength. 47598 47599 33:17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver 47600 any by his great strength. 47601 47602 33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon 47603 them that hope in his mercy; 47604 47605 33:19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in 47606 famine. 47607 47608 33:20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. 47609 47610 33:21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in 47611 his holy name. 47612 47613 33:22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. 47614 47615 47616 47617 34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually 47618 be in my mouth. 47619 47620 34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear 47621 thereof, and be glad. 47622 47623 34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. 47624 47625 34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my 47626 fears. 47627 47628 34:5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were 47629 not ashamed. 47630 47631 34:6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of 47632 all his troubles. 47633 47634 34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, 47635 and delivereth them. 47636 47637 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that 47638 trusteth in him. 47639 47640 34:9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that 47641 fear him. 47642 47643 34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek 47644 the LORD shall not want any good thing. 47645 47646 34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of 47647 the LORD. 47648 47649 34:12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he 47650 may see good? 47651 47652 34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 47653 47654 34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 47655 47656 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are 47657 open unto their cry. 47658 47659 34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off 47660 the remembrance of them from the earth. 47661 47662 34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out 47663 of all their troubles. 47664 47665 34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and 47666 saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 47667 47668 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD 47669 delivereth him out of them all. 47670 47671 34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. 47672 47673 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous 47674 shall be desolate. 47675 47676 34:22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them 47677 that trust in him shall be desolate. 47678 47679 47680 47681 35:1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight 47682 against them that fight against me. 47683 47684 35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. 47685 47686 35:3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that 47687 persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 47688 47689 35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: 47690 let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. 47691 47692 35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the 47693 LORD chase them. 47694 47695 35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD 47696 persecute them. 47697 47698 35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which 47699 without cause they have digged for my soul. 47700 47701 35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that 47702 he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. 47703 47704 35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his 47705 salvation. 47706 47707 35:10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which 47708 deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor 47709 and the needy from him that spoileth him? 47710 47711 35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that 47712 I knew not. 47713 47714 35:12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. 47715 47716 35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I 47717 humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own 47718 bosom. 47719 47720 35:14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I 47721 bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. 47722 47723 35:15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves 47724 together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, 47725 and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: 47726 47727 35:16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with 47728 their teeth. 47729 47730 35:17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their 47731 destructions, my darling from the lions. 47732 47733 35:18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise 47734 thee among much people. 47735 47736 35:19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: 47737 neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. 47738 47739 35:20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters 47740 against them that are quiet in the land. 47741 47742 35:21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, 47743 aha, our eye hath seen it. 47744 47745 35:22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not 47746 far from me. 47747 47748 35:23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, 47749 my God and my Lord. 47750 47751 35:24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let 47752 them not rejoice over me. 47753 47754 35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let 47755 them not say, We have swallowed him up. 47756 47757 35:26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that 47758 rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour 47759 that magnify themselves against me. 47760 47761 35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous 47762 cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which 47763 hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. 47764 47765 35:28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise 47766 all the day long. 47767 47768 47769 47770 36:1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there 47771 is no fear of God before his eyes. 47772 47773 36:2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be 47774 found to be hateful. 47775 47776 36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off 47777 to be wise, and to do good. 47778 47779 36:4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way 47780 that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. 47781 47782 36:5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness 47783 reacheth unto the clouds. 47784 47785 36:6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are 47786 a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. 47787 47788 36:7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the 47789 children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 47790 47791 36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; 47792 and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. 47793 47794 36:9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see 47795 light. 47796 47797 36:10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy 47798 righteousness to the upright in heart. 47799 47800 36:11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand 47801 of the wicked remove me. 47802 47803 36:12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, 47804 and shall not be able to rise. 47805 47806 47807 47808 37:1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious 47809 against the workers of iniquity. 47810 47811 37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the 47812 green herb. 47813 47814 37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, 47815 and verily thou shalt be fed. 47816 47817 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the 47818 desires of thine heart. 47819 47820 37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall 47821 bring it to pass. 47822 47823 37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy 47824 judgment as the noonday. 47825 47826 37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself 47827 because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who 47828 bringeth wicked devices to pass. 47829 47830 37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise 47831 to do evil. 47832 47833 37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the 47834 LORD, they shall inherit the earth. 47835 47836 37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou 47837 shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. 47838 47839 37:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight 47840 themselves in the abundance of peace. 47841 47842 37:12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with 47843 his teeth. 47844 47845 37:13 The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is 47846 coming. 47847 47848 37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to 47849 cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright 47850 conversation. 47851 47852 37:15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows 47853 shall be broken. 47854 47855 37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of 47856 many wicked. 47857 47858 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD 47859 upholdeth the righteous. 47860 47861 37:18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance 47862 shall be for ever. 47863 47864 37:19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of 47865 famine they shall be satisfied. 47866 47867 37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall 47868 be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they 47869 consume away. 47870 47871 37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous 47872 sheweth mercy, and giveth. 47873 47874 37:22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they 47875 that be cursed of him shall be cut off. 47876 47877 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he 47878 delighteth in his way. 47879 47880 37:24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD 47881 upholdeth him with his hand. 47882 47883 37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the 47884 righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 47885 47886 37:26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. 47887 47888 37:27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. 47889 47890 37:28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they 47891 are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 47892 47893 37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for 47894 ever. 47895 47896 37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue 47897 talketh of judgment. 47898 47899 37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall 47900 slide. 47901 47902 37:32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. 47903 47904 37:33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he 47905 is judged. 47906 47907 37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to 47908 inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 47909 47910 37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself 47911 like a green bay tree. 47912 47913 37:36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but 47914 he could not be found. 47915 47916 37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of 47917 that man is peace. 47918 47919 37:38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of 47920 the wicked shall be cut off. 47921 47922 37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their 47923 strength in the time of trouble. 47924 47925 37:40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver 47926 them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. 47927 47928 47929 47930 38:1 O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot 47931 displeasure. 47932 47933 38:2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 47934 47935 38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither 47936 is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 47937 47938 38:4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden 47939 they are too heavy for me. 47940 47941 38:5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 47942 47943 38:6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day 47944 long. 47945 47946 38:7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no 47947 soundness in my flesh. 47948 47949 38:8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the 47950 disquietness of my heart. 47951 47952 38:9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid 47953 from thee. 47954 47955 38:10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of 47956 mine eyes, it also is gone from me. 47957 47958 38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my 47959 kinsmen stand afar off. 47960 47961 38:12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they 47962 that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all 47963 the day long. 47964 47965 38:13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that 47966 openeth not his mouth. 47967 47968 38:14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no 47969 reproofs. 47970 47971 38:15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 47972 47973 38:16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: 47974 when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. 47975 47976 38:17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. 47977 47978 38:18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. 47979 47980 38:19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that 47981 hate me wrongfully are multiplied. 47982 47983 38:20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; 47984 because I follow the thing that good is. 47985 47986 38:21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. 47987 47988 38:22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. 47989 47990 47991 47992 39:1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my 47993 tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before 47994 me. 47995 47996 39:2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my 47997 sorrow was stirred. 47998 47999 39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: 48000 then spake I with my tongue, 48001 48002 39:4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what 48003 it is: that I may know how frail I am. 48004 48005 39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is 48006 as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is 48007 altogether vanity. 48008 48009 Selah. 48010 48011 39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are 48012 disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall 48013 gather them. 48014 48015 39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. 48016 48017 39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach 48018 of the foolish. 48019 48020 39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. 48021 48022 39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of 48023 thine hand. 48024 48025 39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou 48026 makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is 48027 vanity. Selah. 48028 48029 39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy 48030 peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as 48031 all my fathers were. 48032 48033 39:13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and 48034 be no more. 48035 48036 48037 48038 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and 48039 heard my cry. 48040 48041 40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry 48042 clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 48043 48044 40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: 48045 many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. 48046 48047 40:4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and 48048 respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 48049 48050 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast 48051 done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned 48052 up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are 48053 more than can be numbered. 48054 48055 40:6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou 48056 opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 48057 48058 40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written 48059 of me, 48060 48061 40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my 48062 heart. 48063 48064 40:9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I 48065 have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. 48066 48067 40:10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have 48068 declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy 48069 lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. 48070 48071 40:11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy 48072 lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. 48073 48074 40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities 48075 have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are 48076 more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. 48077 48078 40:13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help 48079 me. 48080 48081 40:14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my 48082 soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that 48083 wish me evil. 48084 48085 40:15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto 48086 me, Aha, aha. 48087 48088 40:16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let 48089 such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. 48090 48091 40:17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art 48092 my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. 48093 48094 48095 48096 41:1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver 48097 him in time of trouble. 48098 48099 41:2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be 48100 blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of 48101 his enemies. 48102 48103 41:3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou 48104 wilt make all his bed in his sickness. 48105 48106 41:4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have 48107 sinned against thee. 48108 48109 41:5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name 48110 perish? 48111 48112 41:6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth 48113 iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. 48114 48115 41:7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they 48116 devise my hurt. 48117 48118 41:8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that 48119 he lieth he shall rise up no more. 48120 48121 41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat 48122 of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. 48123 48124 41:10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I 48125 may requite them. 48126 48127 41:11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth 48128 not triumph over me. 48129 48130 41:12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest 48131 me before thy face for ever. 48132 48133 41:13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to 48134 everlasting. Amen, and Amen. 48135 48136 48137 48138 42:1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul 48139 after thee, O God. 48140 48141 42:2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come 48142 and appear before God? 48143 48144 42:3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually 48145 say unto me, Where is thy God? 48146 48147 42:4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had 48148 gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with 48149 the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. 48150 48151 42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in 48152 me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his 48153 countenance. 48154 48155 42:6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I 48156 remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the 48157 hill Mizar. 48158 48159 42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy 48160 waves and thy billows are gone over me. 48161 48162 42:8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and 48163 in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of 48164 my life. 48165 48166 42:9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I 48167 mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 48168 48169 42:10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while 48170 they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? 48171 48172 42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted 48173 within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the 48174 health of my countenance, and my God. 48175 48176 48177 48178 43:1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O 48179 deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. 48180 48181 43:2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? 48182 why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 48183 48184 43:3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them 48185 bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 48186 48187 43:4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: 48188 yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. 48189 48190 43:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted 48191 within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health 48192 of my countenance, and my God. 48193 48194 48195 48196 44:1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, 48197 what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. 48198 48199 44:2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst 48200 them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. 48201 48202 44:3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, 48203 neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine 48204 arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour 48205 unto them. 48206 48207 44:4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. 48208 48209 44:5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will 48210 we tread them under that rise up against us. 48211 48212 44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. 48213 48214 44:7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to 48215 shame that hated us. 48216 48217 44:8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. 48218 48219 Selah. 48220 48221 44:9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth 48222 with our armies. 48223 48224 44:10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate 48225 us spoil for themselves. 48226 48227 44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast 48228 scattered us among the heathen. 48229 48230 44:12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy 48231 wealth by their price. 48232 48233 44:13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a 48234 derision to them that are round about us. 48235 48236 44:14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head 48237 among the people. 48238 48239 44:15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face 48240 hath covered me, 48241 48242 44:16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason 48243 of the enemy and avenger. 48244 48245 44:17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, 48246 neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 48247 48248 44:18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined 48249 from thy way; 48250 48251 44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and 48252 covered us with the shadow of death. 48253 48254 44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our 48255 hands to a strange god; 48256 48257 44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the 48258 heart. 48259 48260 44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted 48261 as sheep for the slaughter. 48262 48263 44:23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for 48264 ever. 48265 48266 44:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction 48267 and our oppression? 48268 48269 44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto 48270 the earth. 48271 48272 44:26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. 48273 48274 48275 48276 45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I 48277 have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 48278 48279 45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into 48280 thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. 48281 48282 45:3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and 48283 thy majesty. 48284 48285 45:4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and 48286 meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee 48287 terrible things. 48288 48289 45:5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; 48290 whereby the people fall under thee. 48291 48292 45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy 48293 kingdom is a right sceptre. 48294 48295 45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, 48296 thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy 48297 fellows. 48298 48299 45:8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of 48300 the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. 48301 48302 45:9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right 48303 hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. 48304 48305 45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget 48306 also thine own people, and thy father's house; 48307 48308 45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; 48309 and worship thou him. 48310 48311 45:12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the 48312 rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. 48313 48314 45:13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of 48315 wrought gold. 48316 48317 45:14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the 48318 virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. 48319 48320 45:15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall 48321 enter into the king's palace. 48322 48323 45:16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest 48324 make princes in all the earth. 48325 48326 45:17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: 48327 therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. 48328 48329 48330 48331 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 48332 48333 46:2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and 48334 though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 48335 48336 46:3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the 48337 mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. 48338 48339 46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of 48340 God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. 48341 48342 46:5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall 48343 help her, and that right early. 48344 48345 46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, 48346 the earth melted. 48347 48348 46:7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. 48349 Selah. 48350 48351 46:8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made 48352 in the earth. 48353 48354 46:9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh 48355 the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in 48356 the fire. 48357 48358 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the 48359 heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 48360 48361 46:11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. 48362 Selah. 48363 48364 48365 48366 47:1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice 48367 of triumph. 48368 48369 47:2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all 48370 the earth. 48371 48372 47:3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our 48373 feet. 48374 48375 47:4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob 48376 whom he loved. Selah. 48377 48378 47:5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a 48379 trumpet. 48380 48381 47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, 48382 sing praises. 48383 48384 47:7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with 48385 understanding. 48386 48387 47:8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his 48388 holiness. 48389 48390 47:9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people 48391 of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: 48392 he is greatly exalted. 48393 48394 48395 48396 48:1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our 48397 God, in the mountain of his holiness. 48398 48399 48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount 48400 Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. 48401 48402 48:3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 48403 48404 48:4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. 48405 48406 48:5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and 48407 hasted away. 48408 48409 48:6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in 48410 travail. 48411 48412 48:7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. 48413 48414 48:8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of 48415 hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah. 48416 48417 48:9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy 48418 temple. 48419 48420 48:10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of 48421 the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. 48422 48423 48:11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, 48424 because of thy judgments. 48425 48426 48:12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers 48427 thereof. 48428 48429 48:13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may 48430 tell it to the generation following. 48431 48432 48:14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide 48433 even unto death. 48434 48435 48436 48437 49:1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the 48438 world: 48439 48440 49:2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together. 48441 48442 49:3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart 48443 shall be of understanding. 48444 48445 49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying 48446 upon the harp. 48447 48448 49:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of 48449 my heels shall compass me about? 48450 48451 49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the 48452 multitude of their riches; 48453 48454 49:7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God 48455 a ransom for him: 48456 48457 49:8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for 48458 ever:) 48459 48460 49:9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. 48461 48462 49:10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the 48463 brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. 48464 48465 49:11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for 48466 ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their 48467 lands after their own names. 48468 48469 49:12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the 48470 beasts that perish. 48471 48472 49:13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their 48473 sayings. Selah. 48474 48475 49:14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; 48476 and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and 48477 their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. 48478 48479 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he 48480 shall receive me. Selah. 48481 48482 49:16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his 48483 house is increased; 48484 48485 49:17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall 48486 not descend after him. 48487 48488 49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise 48489 thee, when thou doest well to thyself. 48490 48491 49:19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never 48492 see light. 48493 48494 49:20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts 48495 that perish. 48496 48497 48498 48499 50:1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth 48500 from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. 48501 48502 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. 48503 48504 50:3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall 48505 devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. 48506 48507 50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that 48508 he may judge his people. 48509 48510 50:5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a 48511 covenant with me by sacrifice. 48512 48513 50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge 48514 himself. Selah. 48515 48516 50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify 48517 against thee: I am God, even thy God. 48518 48519 50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt 48520 offerings, to have been continually before me. 48521 48522 50:9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy 48523 folds. 48524 48525 50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a 48526 thousand hills. 48527 48528 50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of 48529 the field are mine. 48530 48531 50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, 48532 and the fulness thereof. 48533 48534 50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? 48535 48536 50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most 48537 High: 48538 48539 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and 48540 thou shalt glorify me. 48541 48542 50:16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare 48543 my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? 48544 48545 50:17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind 48546 thee. 48547 48548 50:18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and 48549 hast been partaker with adulterers. 48550 48551 50:19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. 48552 48553 50:20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest 48554 thine own mother's son. 48555 48556 50:21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest 48557 that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, 48558 and set them in order before thine eyes. 48559 48560 50:22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in 48561 pieces, and there be none to deliver. 48562 48563 50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth 48564 his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. 48565 48566 48567 48568 51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: 48569 according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my 48570 transgressions. 48571 48572 51:2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 48573 48574 51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before 48575 me. 48576 48577 51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy 48578 sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be 48579 clear when thou judgest. 48580 48581 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother 48582 conceive me. 48583 48584 51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the 48585 hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 48586 48587 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall 48588 be whiter than snow. 48589 48590 51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast 48591 broken may rejoice. 48592 48593 51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 48594 48595 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit 48596 within me. 48597 48598 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit 48599 from me. 48600 48601 51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy 48602 free spirit. 48603 48604 51:13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be 48605 converted unto thee. 48606 48607 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my 48608 salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 48609 48610 51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy 48611 praise. 48612 48613 51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou 48614 delightest not in burnt offering. 48615 48616 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a 48617 contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 48618 48619 51:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of 48620 Jerusalem. 48621 48622 51:19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, 48623 with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer 48624 bullocks upon thine altar. 48625 48626 48627 48628 52:1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness 48629 of God endureth continually. 48630 48631 52:2 The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working 48632 deceitfully. 48633 48634 52:3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak 48635 righteousness. Selah. 48636 48637 52:4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. 48638 48639 52:5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee 48640 away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of 48641 the land of the living. Selah. 48642 48643 52:6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: 48644 48645 52:7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted 48646 in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his 48647 wickedness. 48648 48649 52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in 48650 the mercy of God for ever and ever. 48651 48652 52:9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I 48653 will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints. 48654 48655 48656 48657 53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are 48658 they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth 48659 good. 48660 48661 53:2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if 48662 there were any that did understand, that did seek God. 48663 48664 53:3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become 48665 filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 48666 48667 53:4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people 48668 as they eat bread: they have not called upon God. 48669 48670 53:5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath 48671 scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put 48672 them to shame, because God hath despised them. 48673 48674 53:6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God 48675 bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and 48676 Israel shall be glad. 48677 48678 48679 48680 54:1 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. 48681 48682 54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. 48683 48684 54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after 48685 my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah. 48686 48687 54:4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my 48688 soul. 48689 48690 54:5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy 48691 truth. 48692 48693 54:6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O 48694 LORD; for it is good. 48695 48696 54:7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath 48697 seen his desire upon mine enemies. 48698 48699 48700 48701 55:1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my 48702 supplication. 48703 48704 55:2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a 48705 noise; 48706 48707 55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of 48708 the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. 48709 48710 55:4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are 48711 fallen upon me. 48712 48713 55:5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath 48714 overwhelmed me. 48715 48716 55:6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly 48717 away, and be at rest. 48718 48719 55:7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. 48720 Selah. 48721 48722 55:8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. 48723 48724 55:9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen 48725 violence and strife in the city. 48726 48727 55:10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief 48728 also and sorrow are in the midst of it. 48729 48730 55:11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not 48731 from her streets. 48732 48733 55:12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have 48734 borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself 48735 against me; then I would have hid myself from him: 48736 48737 55:13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine 48738 acquaintance. 48739 48740 55:14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God 48741 in company. 48742 48743 55:15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: 48744 for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. 48745 48746 55:16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. 48747 48748 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: 48749 and he shall hear my voice. 48750 48751 55:18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was 48752 against me: for there were many with me. 48753 48754 55:19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. 48755 48756 Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. 48757 48758 55:20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with 48759 him: he hath broken his covenant. 48760 48761 55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in 48762 his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. 48763 48764 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he 48765 shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. 48766 48767 55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of 48768 destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their 48769 days; but I will trust in thee. 48770 48771 48772 48773 56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he 48774 fighting daily oppresseth me. 48775 48776 56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that 48777 fight against me, O thou most High. 48778 48779 56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. 48780 48781 56:4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will 48782 not fear what flesh can do unto me. 48783 48784 56:5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me 48785 for evil. 48786 48787 56:6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark 48788 my steps, when they wait for my soul. 48789 48790 56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the 48791 people, O God. 48792 48793 56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: 48794 are they not in thy book? 48795 48796 56:9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I 48797 know; for God is for me. 48798 48799 56:10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his 48800 word. 48801 48802 56:11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do 48803 unto me. 48804 48805 56:12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. 48806 48807 56:13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou 48808 deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light 48809 of the living? 48810 48811 48812 48813 57:1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul 48814 trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my 48815 refuge, until these calamities be overpast. 48816 48817 57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all 48818 things for me. 48819 48820 57:3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him 48821 that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and 48822 his truth. 48823 48824 57:4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on 48825 fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and 48826 their tongue a sharp sword. 48827 48828 57:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above 48829 all the earth. 48830 48831 57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: 48832 they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are 48833 fallen themselves. Selah. 48834 48835 57:7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give 48836 praise. 48837 48838 57:8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake 48839 early. 48840 48841 57:9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto 48842 thee among the nations. 48843 48844 57:10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the 48845 clouds. 48846 48847 57:11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be 48848 above all the earth. 48849 48850 48851 48852 58:1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge 48853 uprightly, O ye sons of men? 48854 48855 58:2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your 48856 hands in the earth. 48857 48858 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as 48859 they be born, speaking lies. 48860 48861 58:4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the 48862 deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 48863 48864 58:5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never 48865 so wisely. 48866 48867 58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great 48868 teeth of the young lions, O LORD. 48869 48870 58:7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he 48871 bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. 48872 48873 58:8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like 48874 the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. 48875 48876 58:9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as 48877 with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. 48878 48879 58:10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he 48880 shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 48881 48882 58:11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the 48883 righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. 48884 48885 48886 48887 59:1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that 48888 rise up against me. 48889 48890 59:2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody 48891 men. 48892 48893 59:3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered 48894 against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. 48895 48896 59:4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help 48897 me, and behold. 48898 48899 59:5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to 48900 visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. 48901 Selah. 48902 48903 59:6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go 48904 round about the city. 48905 48906 59:7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their 48907 lips: for who, say they, doth hear? 48908 48909 59:8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the 48910 heathen in derision. 48911 48912 59:9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my 48913 defence. 48914 48915 59:10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my 48916 desire upon mine enemies. 48917 48918 59:11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; 48919 and bring them down, O Lord our shield. 48920 48921 59:12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them 48922 even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they 48923 speak. 48924 48925 59:13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and 48926 let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. 48927 Selah. 48928 48929 59:14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a 48930 dog, and go round about the city. 48931 48932 59:15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not 48933 satisfied. 48934 48935 59:16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy 48936 mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the 48937 day of my trouble. 48938 48939 59:17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, 48940 and the God of my mercy. 48941 48942 48943 48944 60:1 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast 48945 been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. 48946 48947 60:2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal 48948 the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. 48949 48950 60:3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to 48951 drink the wine of astonishment. 48952 48953 60:4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be 48954 displayed because of the truth. Selah. 48955 48956 60:5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and 48957 hear me. 48958 48959 60:6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide 48960 Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 48961 48962 60:7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the 48963 strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; 48964 48965 60:8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, 48966 triumph thou because of me. 48967 48968 60:9 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into 48969 Edom? 48970 48971 60:10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, 48972 which didst not go out with our armies? 48973 48974 60:11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. 48975 48976 60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread 48977 down our enemies. 48978 48979 48980 48981 61:1 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. 48982 48983 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is 48984 overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 48985 48986 61:3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the 48987 enemy. 48988 48989 61:4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the 48990 covert of thy wings. Selah. 48991 48992 61:5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the 48993 heritage of those that fear thy name. 48994 48995 61:6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many 48996 generations. 48997 48998 61:7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, 48999 which may preserve him. 49000 49001 61:8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily 49002 perform my vows. 49003 49004 49005 49006 62:1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. 49007 49008 62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall 49009 not be greatly moved. 49010 49011 62:3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be 49012 slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering 49013 fence. 49014 49015 62:4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they 49016 delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. 49017 Selah. 49018 49019 62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. 49020 49021 62:6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall 49022 not be moved. 49023 49024 62:7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and 49025 my refuge, is in God. 49026 49027 62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before 49028 him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. 49029 49030 62:9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a 49031 lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than 49032 vanity. 49033 49034 62:10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if 49035 riches increase, set not your heart upon them. 49036 49037 62:11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power 49038 belongeth unto God. 49039 49040 62:12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to 49041 every man according to his work. 49042 49043 49044 49045 63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth 49046 for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where 49047 no water is; 49048 49049 63:2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the 49050 sanctuary. 49051 49052 63:3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall 49053 praise thee. 49054 49055 63:4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in 49056 thy name. 49057 49058 63:5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my 49059 mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: 49060 49061 63:6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the 49062 night watches. 49063 49064 63:7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy 49065 wings will I rejoice. 49066 49067 63:8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. 49068 49069 63:9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the 49070 lower parts of the earth. 49071 49072 63:10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. 49073 49074 63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by 49075 him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be 49076 stopped. 49077 49078 49079 49080 64:1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of 49081 the enemy. 49082 49083 64:2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the 49084 insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 49085 49086 64:3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot 49087 their arrows, even bitter words: 49088 49089 64:4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they 49090 shoot at him, and fear not. 49091 49092 64:5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of 49093 laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? 49094 49095 64:6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: 49096 both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. 49097 49098 64:7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be 49099 wounded. 49100 49101 64:8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all 49102 that see them shall flee away. 49103 49104 64:9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for 49105 they shall wisely consider of his doing. 49106 49107 64:10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; 49108 and all the upright in heart shall glory. 49109 49110 49111 49112 65:1 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the 49113 vow be performed. 49114 49115 65:2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. 49116 49117 65:3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou 49118 shalt purge them away. 49119 49120 65:4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach 49121 unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with 49122 the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 49123 49124 65:5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of 49125 our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, 49126 and of them that are afar off upon the sea: 49127 49128 65:6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded 49129 with power: 49130 49131 65:7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, 49132 and the tumult of the people. 49133 49134 65:8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy 49135 tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to 49136 rejoice. 49137 49138 65:9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest 49139 it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them 49140 corn, when thou hast so provided for it. 49141 49142 65:10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the 49143 furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the 49144 springing thereof. 49145 49146 65:11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop 49147 fatness. 49148 49149 65:12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little 49150 hills rejoice on every side. 49151 49152 65:13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are 49153 covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. 49154 49155 49156 49157 66:1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: 49158 49159 66:2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious. 49160 49161 66:3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the 49162 greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto 49163 thee. 49164 49165 66:4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they 49166 shall sing to thy name. Selah. 49167 49168 66:5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward 49169 the children of men. 49170 49171 66:6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on 49172 foot: there did we rejoice in him. 49173 49174 66:7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let 49175 not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. 49176 49177 66:8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to 49178 be heard: 49179 49180 66:9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be 49181 moved. 49182 49183 66:10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver 49184 is tried. 49185 49186 66:11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our 49187 loins. 49188 49189 66:12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through 49190 fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy 49191 place. 49192 49193 66:13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee 49194 my vows, 49195 49196 66:14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was 49197 in trouble. 49198 49199 66:15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the 49200 incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. 49201 49202 66:16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he 49203 hath done for my soul. 49204 49205 66:17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my 49206 tongue. 49207 49208 66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: 49209 49210 66:19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of 49211 my prayer. 49212 49213 66:20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his 49214 mercy from me. 49215 49216 49217 49218 67:1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to 49219 shine upon us; Selah. 49220 49221 67:2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all 49222 nations. 49223 49224 67:3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise 49225 thee. 49226 49227 67:4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge 49228 the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. 49229 49230 67:5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise 49231 thee. 49232 49233 67:6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own 49234 God, shall bless us. 49235 49236 67:7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. 49237 49238 49239 49240 68:1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that 49241 hate him flee before him. 49242 49243 68:2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth 49244 before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 49245 49246 68:3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, 49247 let them exceedingly rejoice. 49248 49249 68:4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth 49250 upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. 49251 49252 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in 49253 his holy habitation. 49254 49255 68:6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which 49256 are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. 49257 49258 68:7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst 49259 march through the wilderness; Selah: 49260 49261 68:8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: 49262 even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. 49263 49264 68:9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst 49265 confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. 49266 49267 68:10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared 49268 of thy goodness for the poor. 49269 49270 68:11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that 49271 published it. 49272 49273 68:12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home 49274 divided the spoil. 49275 49276 68:13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings 49277 of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. 49278 49279 68:14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in 49280 Salmon. 49281 49282 68:15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the 49283 hill of Bashan. 49284 49285 68:16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth 49286 to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever. 49287 49288 68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of 49289 angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. 49290 49291 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: 49292 thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that 49293 the LORD God might dwell among them. 49294 49295 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even 49296 the God of our salvation. Selah. 49297 49298 68:20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the 49299 Lord belong the issues from death. 49300 49301 68:21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp 49302 of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses. 49303 49304 68:22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my 49305 people again from the depths of the sea: 49306 49307 68:23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and 49308 the tongue of thy dogs in the same. 49309 49310 68:24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my 49311 King, in the sanctuary. 49312 49313 68:25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed 49314 after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. 49315 49316 68:26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the 49317 fountain of Israel. 49318 49319 68:27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah 49320 and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of 49321 Naphtali. 49322 49323 68:28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that 49324 which thou hast wrought for us. 49325 49326 68:29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents 49327 unto thee. 49328 49329 68:30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with 49330 the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of 49331 silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war. 49332 49333 68:31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out 49334 her hands unto God. 49335 49336 68:32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the 49337 Lord; Selah: 49338 49339 68:33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of 49340 old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. 49341 49342 68:34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and 49343 his strength is in the clouds. 49344 49345 68:35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of 49346 Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed 49347 be God. 49348 49349 49350 49351 69:1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. 49352 49353 69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into 49354 deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 49355 49356 69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while 49357 I wait for my God. 49358 49359 69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine 49360 head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are 49361 mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. 49362 49363 69:5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from 49364 thee. 49365 49366 69:6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed 49367 for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O 49368 God of Israel. 49369 49370 69:7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my 49371 face. 49372 49373 69:8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my 49374 mother's children. 49375 49376 69:9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches 49377 of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 49378 49379 69:10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my 49380 reproach. 49381 49382 69:11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to 49383 them. 49384 49385 69:12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song 49386 of the drunkards. 49387 49388 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable 49389 time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of 49390 thy salvation. 49391 49392 69:14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be 49393 delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 49394 49395 69:15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow 49396 me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 49397 49398 69:16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me 49399 according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. 49400 49401 69:17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: 49402 hear me speedily. 49403 49404 69:18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of 49405 mine enemies. 49406 49407 69:19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: 49408 mine adversaries are all before thee. 49409 49410 69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I 49411 looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, 49412 but I found none. 49413 49414 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave 49415 me vinegar to drink. 49416 49417 69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which 49418 should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 49419 49420 69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their 49421 loins continually to shake. 49422 49423 69:24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger 49424 take hold of them. 49425 49426 69:25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their 49427 tents. 49428 49429 69:26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to 49430 the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. 49431 49432 69:27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy 49433 righteousness. 49434 49435 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be 49436 written with the righteous. 49437 49438 69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up 49439 on high. 49440 49441 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him 49442 with thanksgiving. 49443 49444 69:31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock 49445 that hath horns and hoofs. 49446 49447 69:32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall 49448 live that seek God. 49449 49450 69:33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 49451 49452 69:34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing 49453 that moveth therein. 49454 49455 69:35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that 49456 they may dwell there, and have it in possession. 49457 49458 69:36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that 49459 love his name shall dwell therein. 49460 49461 49462 49463 70:1 MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD. 49464 49465 70:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let 49466 them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. 49467 49468 70:3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, 49469 Aha, aha. 49470 49471 70:4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let 49472 such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. 49473 49474 70:5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my 49475 help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. 49476 49477 49478 49479 71:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to 49480 confusion. 49481 49482 71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline 49483 thine ear unto me, and save me. 49484 49485 71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: 49486 thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my 49487 fortress. 49488 49489 71:4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the 49490 hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 49491 49492 71:5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my 49493 youth. 49494 49495 71:6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that 49496 took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of 49497 thee. 49498 49499 71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. 49500 49501 71:8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all 49502 the day. 49503 49504 71:9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my 49505 strength faileth. 49506 49507 71:10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my 49508 soul take counsel together, 49509 49510 71:11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there 49511 is none to deliver him. 49512 49513 71:12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. 49514 49515 71:13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my 49516 soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my 49517 hurt. 49518 49519 71:14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and 49520 more. 49521 49522 71:15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation 49523 all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof. 49524 49525 71:16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention 49526 of thy righteousness, even of thine only. 49527 49528 71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I 49529 declared thy wondrous works. 49530 49531 71:18 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; 49532 until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power 49533 to every one that is to come. 49534 49535 71:19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great 49536 things: O God, who is like unto thee! 49537 49538 71:20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt 49539 quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the 49540 earth. 49541 49542 71:21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. 49543 49544 71:22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my 49545 God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. 49546 49547 71:23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my 49548 soul, which thou hast redeemed. 49549 49550 71:24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: 49551 for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my 49552 hurt. 49553 49554 49555 49556 72:1 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto 49557 the king's son. 49558 49559 72:2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with 49560 judgment. 49561 49562 72:3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little 49563 hills, by righteousness. 49564 49565 72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children 49566 of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. 49567 49568 72:5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, 49569 throughout all generations. 49570 49571 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that 49572 water the earth. 49573 49574 72:7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace 49575 so long as the moon endureth. 49576 49577 72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river 49578 unto the ends of the earth. 49579 49580 72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his 49581 enemies shall lick the dust. 49582 49583 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the 49584 kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 49585 49586 72:11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall 49587 serve him. 49588 49589 72:12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, 49590 and him that hath no helper. 49591 49592 72:13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of 49593 the needy. 49594 49595 72:14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and 49596 precious shall their blood be in his sight. 49597 49598 72:15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of 49599 Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall 49600 he be praised. 49601 49602 72:16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of 49603 the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of 49604 the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. 49605 49606 72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as 49607 long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall 49608 call him blessed. 49609 49610 72:18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth 49611 wondrous things. 49612 49613 72:19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole 49614 earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. 49615 49616 72:20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. 49617 49618 49619 49620 73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean 49621 heart. 49622 49623 73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh 49624 slipped. 49625 49626 73:3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of 49627 the wicked. 49628 49629 73:4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is 49630 firm. 49631 49632 73:5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued 49633 like other men. 49634 49635 73:6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence 49636 covereth them as a garment. 49637 49638 73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart 49639 could wish. 49640 49641 73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they 49642 speak loftily. 49643 49644 73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue 49645 walketh through the earth. 49646 49647 73:10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are 49648 wrung out to them. 49649 49650 73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the 49651 most High? 49652 49653 73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they 49654 increase in riches. 49655 49656 73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in 49657 innocency. 49658 49659 73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every 49660 morning. 49661 49662 73:15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the 49663 generation of thy children. 49664 49665 73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; 49666 49667 73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their 49668 end. 49669 49670 73:18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst 49671 them down into destruction. 49672 49673 73:19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are 49674 utterly consumed with terrors. 49675 49676 73:20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou 49677 shalt despise their image. 49678 49679 73:21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. 49680 49681 73:22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. 49682 49683 73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by 49684 my right hand. 49685 49686 73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me 49687 to glory. 49688 49689 73:25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth 49690 that I desire beside thee. 49691 49692 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my 49693 heart, and my portion for ever. 49694 49695 73:27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast 49696 destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. 49697 49698 73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust 49699 in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. 49700 49701 49702 49703 74:1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger 49704 smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? 49705 49706 74:2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the 49707 rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, 49708 wherein thou hast dwelt. 49709 49710 74:3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that 49711 the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. 49712 49713 74:4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up 49714 their ensigns for signs. 49715 49716 74:5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the 49717 thick trees. 49718 49719 74:6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes 49720 and hammers. 49721 49722 74:7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by 49723 casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. 49724 49725 74:8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they 49726 have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. 49727 49728 74:9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is 49729 there among us any that knoweth how long. 49730 49731 74:10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy 49732 blaspheme thy name for ever? 49733 49734 74:11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out 49735 of thy bosom. 49736 49737 74:12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the 49738 earth. 49739 49740 74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the 49741 heads of the dragons in the waters. 49742 49743 74:14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to 49744 be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. 49745 49746 74:15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up 49747 mighty rivers. 49748 49749 74:16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared 49750 the light and the sun. 49751 49752 74:17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made 49753 summer and winter. 49754 49755 74:18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that 49756 the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. 49757 49758 74:19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of 49759 the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. 49760 49761 74:20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth 49762 are full of the habitations of cruelty. 49763 49764 74:21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy 49765 praise thy name. 49766 49767 74:22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish 49768 man reproacheth thee daily. 49769 49770 74:23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that 49771 rise up against thee increaseth continually. 49772 49773 49774 49775 75:1 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: 49776 for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. 49777 49778 75:2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. 49779 49780 75:3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear 49781 up the pillars of it. Selah. 49782 49783 75:4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, 49784 Lift not up the horn: 49785 49786 75:5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. 49787 49788 75:6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, 49789 nor from the south. 49790 49791 75:7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up 49792 another. 49793 49794 75:8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; 49795 it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs 49796 thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink 49797 them. 49798 49799 75:9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of 49800 Jacob. 49801 49802 75:10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns 49803 of the righteous shall be exalted. 49804 49805 49806 49807 76:1 In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. 49808 49809 76:2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. 49810 49811 76:3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, 49812 and the battle. Selah. 49813 49814 76:4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. 49815 49816 76:5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and 49817 none of the men of might have found their hands. 49818 49819 76:6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are 49820 cast into a dead sleep. 49821 49822 76:7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight 49823 when once thou art angry? 49824 49825 76:8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth 49826 feared, and was still, 49827 49828 76:9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. 49829 Selah. 49830 49831 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of 49832 wrath shalt thou restrain. 49833 49834 76:11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about 49835 him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. 49836 49837 76:12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the 49838 kings of the earth. 49839 49840 49841 49842 77:1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and 49843 he gave ear unto me. 49844 49845 77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the 49846 night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. 49847 49848 77:3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit 49849 was overwhelmed. Selah. 49850 49851 77:4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot 49852 speak. 49853 49854 77:5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. 49855 49856 77:6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine 49857 own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. 49858 49859 77:7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no 49860 more? 49861 49862 77:8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for 49863 evermore? 49864 49865 77:9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his 49866 tender mercies? Selah. 49867 49868 77:10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years 49869 of the right hand of the most High. 49870 49871 77:11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember 49872 thy wonders of old. 49873 49874 77:12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. 49875 49876 77:13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as 49877 our God? 49878 49879 77:14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy 49880 strength among the people. 49881 49882 77:15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob 49883 and Joseph. Selah. 49884 49885 77:16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were 49886 afraid: the depths also were troubled. 49887 49888 77:17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine 49889 arrows also went abroad. 49890 49891 77:18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings 49892 lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. 49893 49894 77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy 49895 footsteps are not known. 49896 49897 77:20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and 49898 Aaron. 49899 49900 49901 49902 78:1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words 49903 of my mouth. 49904 49905 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of 49906 old: 49907 49908 78:3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 49909 49910 78:4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the 49911 generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his 49912 wonderful works that he hath done. 49913 49914 78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in 49915 Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them 49916 known to their children: 49917 49918 78:6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children 49919 which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their 49920 children: 49921 49922 78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works 49923 of God, but keep his commandments: 49924 49925 78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious 49926 generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose 49927 spirit was not stedfast with God. 49928 49929 78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned 49930 back in the day of battle. 49931 49932 78:10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his 49933 law; 49934 49935 78:11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. 49936 49937 78:12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the 49938 land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 49939 49940 78:13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made 49941 the waters to stand as an heap. 49942 49943 78:14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night 49944 with a light of fire. 49945 49946 78:15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out 49947 of the great depths. 49948 49949 78:16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to 49950 run down like rivers. 49951 49952 78:17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High 49953 in the wilderness. 49954 49955 78:18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their 49956 lust. 49957 49958 78:19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table 49959 in the wilderness? 49960 49961 78:20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the 49962 streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for 49963 his people? 49964 49965 78:21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was 49966 kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; 49967 49968 78:22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his 49969 salvation: 49970 49971 78:23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the 49972 doors of heaven, 49973 49974 78:24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them 49975 of the corn of heaven. 49976 49977 78:25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. 49978 49979 78:26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power 49980 he brought in the south wind. 49981 49982 78:27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like 49983 as the sand of the sea: 49984 49985 78:28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their 49986 habitations. 49987 49988 78:29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their 49989 own desire; 49990 49991 78:30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat 49992 was yet in their mouths, 49993 49994 78:31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, 49995 and smote down the chosen men of Israel. 49996 49997 78:32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his 49998 wondrous works. 49999 50000 78:33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years 50001 in trouble. 50002 50003 78:34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and 50004 enquired early after God. 50005 50006 78:35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God 50007 their redeemer. 50008 50009 78:36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they 50010 lied unto him with their tongues. 50011 50012 78:37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they 50013 stedfast in his covenant. 50014 50015 78:38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and 50016 destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did 50017 not stir up all his wrath. 50018 50019 78:39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth 50020 away, and cometh not again. 50021 50022 78:40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him 50023 in the desert! 50024 50025 78:41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One 50026 of Israel. 50027 50028 78:42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them 50029 from the enemy. 50030 50031 78:43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the 50032 field of Zoan. 50033 50034 78:44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that 50035 they could not drink. 50036 50037 78:45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; 50038 and frogs, which destroyed them. 50039 50040 78:46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their 50041 labour unto the locust. 50042 50043 78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees 50044 with frost. 50045 50046 78:48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to 50047 hot thunderbolts. 50048 50049 78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and 50050 indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. 50051 50052 78:50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, 50053 but gave their life over to the pestilence; 50054 50055 78:51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their 50056 strength in the tabernacles of Ham: 50057 50058 78:52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them 50059 in the wilderness like a flock. 50060 50061 78:53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea 50062 overwhelmed their enemies. 50063 50064 78:54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this 50065 mountain, which his right hand had purchased. 50066 50067 78:55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an 50068 inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their 50069 tents. 50070 50071 78:56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not 50072 his testimonies: 50073 50074 78:57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they 50075 were turned aside like a deceitful bow. 50076 50077 78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved 50078 him to jealousy with their graven images. 50079 50080 78:59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: 50081 50082 78:60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he 50083 placed among men; 50084 50085 78:61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into 50086 the enemy's hand. 50087 50088 78:62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with 50089 his inheritance. 50090 50091 78:63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not 50092 given to marriage. 50093 50094 78:64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no 50095 lamentation. 50096 50097 78:65 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man 50098 that shouteth by reason of wine. 50099 50100 78:66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a 50101 perpetual reproach. 50102 50103 78:67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the 50104 tribe of Ephraim: 50105 50106 78:68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. 50107 50108 78:69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth 50109 which he hath established for ever. 50110 50111 78:70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the 50112 sheepfolds: 50113 50114 78:71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed 50115 Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 50116 50117 78:72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and 50118 guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. 50119 50120 50121 50122 79:1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy 50123 temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. 50124 50125 79:2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto 50126 the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of 50127 the earth. 50128 50129 79:3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and 50130 there was none to bury them. 50131 50132 79:4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision 50133 to them that are round about us. 50134 50135 79:5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy 50136 burn like fire? 50137 50138 79:6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and 50139 upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. 50140 50141 79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. 50142 50143 79:8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender 50144 mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. 50145 50146 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and 50147 deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. 50148 50149 79:10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be 50150 known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of 50151 thy servants which is shed. 50152 50153 79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to 50154 the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to 50155 die; 50156 50157 79:12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their 50158 reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. 50159 50160 79:13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks 50161 for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations. 50162 50163 50164 50165 80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a 50166 flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. 50167 50168 80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, 50169 and come and save us. 50170 50171 80:3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall 50172 be saved. 50173 50174 80:4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the 50175 prayer of thy people? 50176 50177 80:5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears 50178 to drink in great measure. 50179 50180 80:6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies 50181 laugh among themselves. 50182 50183 80:7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and 50184 we shall be saved. 50185 50186 80:8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the 50187 heathen, and planted it. 50188 50189 80:9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep 50190 root, and it filled the land. 50191 50192 80:10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs 50193 thereof were like the goodly cedars. 50194 50195 80:11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the 50196 river. 50197 50198 80:12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they 50199 which pass by the way do pluck her? 50200 50201 80:13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of 50202 the field doth devour it. 50203 50204 80:14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, 50205 and behold, and visit this vine; 50206 50207 80:15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the 50208 branch that thou madest strong for thyself. 50209 50210 80:16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the 50211 rebuke of thy countenance. 50212 50213 80:17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of 50214 man whom thou madest strong for thyself. 50215 50216 80:18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call 50217 upon thy name. 50218 50219 80:19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and 50220 we shall be saved. 50221 50222 50223 50224 81:1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the 50225 God of Jacob. 50226 50227 81:2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp 50228 with the psaltery. 50229 50230 81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on 50231 our solemn feast day. 50232 50233 81:4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 50234 50235 81:5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out 50236 through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood 50237 not. 50238 50239 81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered 50240 from the pots. 50241 50242 81:7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee 50243 in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of 50244 Meribah. 50245 50246 Selah. 50247 50248 81:8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if 50249 thou wilt hearken unto me; 50250 50251 81:9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship 50252 any strange god. 50253 50254 81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of 50255 Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 50256 50257 81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would 50258 none of me. 50259 50260 81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked 50261 in their own counsels. 50262 50263 81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked 50264 in my ways! 50265 50266 81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand 50267 against their adversaries. 50268 50269 81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto 50270 him: but their time should have endured for ever. 50271 50272 81:16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and 50273 with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. 50274 50275 50276 50277 82:1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among 50278 the gods. 50279 50280 82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the 50281 wicked? Selah. 50282 50283 82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and 50284 needy. 50285 50286 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the 50287 wicked. 50288 50289 82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in 50290 darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. 50291 50292 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most 50293 High. 50294 50295 82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 50296 50297 82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all 50298 nations. 50299 50300 50301 50302 83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not 50303 still, O God. 50304 50305 83:2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee 50306 have lifted up the head. 50307 50308 83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted 50309 against thy hidden ones. 50310 50311 83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a 50312 nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 50313 50314 83:5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are 50315 confederate against thee: 50316 50317 83:6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the 50318 Hagarenes; 50319 50320 83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the 50321 inhabitants of Tyre; 50322 50323 83:8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of 50324 Lot. 50325 50326 Selah. 50327 50328 83:9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, 50329 at the brook of Kison: 50330 50331 83:10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. 50332 50333 83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their 50334 princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: 50335 50336 83:12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in 50337 possession. 50338 50339 83:13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the 50340 wind. 50341 50342 83:14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the 50343 mountains on fire; 50344 50345 83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with 50346 thy storm. 50347 50348 83:16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O 50349 LORD. 50350 50351 83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be 50352 put to shame, and perish: 50353 50354 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art 50355 the most high over all the earth. 50356 50357 50358 50359 84:1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! 50360 50361 84:2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: 50362 my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. 50363 50364 84:3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for 50365 herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of 50366 hosts, my King, and my God. 50367 50368 84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still 50369 praising thee. Selah. 50370 50371 84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are 50372 the ways of them. 50373 50374 84:6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain 50375 also filleth the pools. 50376 50377 84:7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion 50378 appeareth before God. 50379 50380 84:8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. 50381 Selah. 50382 50383 84:9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine 50384 anointed. 50385 50386 84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather 50387 be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of 50388 wickedness. 50389 50390 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace 50391 and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk 50392 uprightly. 50393 50394 84:12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. 50395 50396 50397 50398 85:1 Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought 50399 back the captivity of Jacob. 50400 50401 85:2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered 50402 all their sin. Selah. 50403 50404 85:3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from 50405 the fierceness of thine anger. 50406 50407 85:4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us 50408 to cease. 50409 50410 85:5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine 50411 anger to all generations? 50412 50413 85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in 50414 thee? 50415 50416 85:7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. 50417 50418 85:8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace 50419 unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to 50420 folly. 50421 50422 85:9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may 50423 dwell in our land. 50424 50425 85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have 50426 kissed each other. 50427 50428 85:11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall 50429 look down from heaven. 50430 50431 85:12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall 50432 yield her increase. 50433 50434 85:13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way 50435 of his steps. 50436 50437 50438 50439 86:1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. 50440 50441 86:2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant 50442 that trusteth in thee. 50443 50444 86:3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. 50445 50446 86:4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift 50447 up my soul. 50448 50449 86:5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in 50450 mercy unto all them that call upon thee. 50451 50452 86:6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my 50453 supplications. 50454 50455 86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt 50456 answer me. 50457 50458 86:8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are 50459 there any works like unto thy works. 50460 50461 86:9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before 50462 thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. 50463 50464 86:10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God 50465 alone. 50466 50467 86:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my 50468 heart to fear thy name. 50469 50470 86:12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will 50471 glorify thy name for evermore. 50472 50473 86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my 50474 soul from the lowest hell. 50475 50476 86:14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of 50477 violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before 50478 them. 50479 50480 86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, 50481 long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 50482 50483 86:16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto 50484 thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. 50485 50486 86:17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, 50487 and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me. 50488 50489 50490 50491 87:1 His foundation is in the holy mountains. 50492 50493 87:2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of 50494 Jacob. 50495 50496 87:3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. 50497 50498 87:4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: 50499 behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. 50500 50501 87:5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: 50502 and the highest himself shall establish her. 50503 50504 87:6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this 50505 man was born there. Selah. 50506 50507 87:7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: 50508 all my springs are in thee. 50509 50510 50511 50512 88:1 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before 50513 thee: 50514 50515 88:2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; 50516 50517 88:3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto 50518 the grave. 50519 50520 88:4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man 50521 that hath no strength: 50522 50523 88:5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom 50524 thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. 50525 50526 88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. 50527 50528 88:7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all 50529 thy waves. Selah. 50530 50531 88:8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made 50532 me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. 50533 50534 88:9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called 50535 daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. 50536 50537 88:10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and 50538 praise thee? Selah. 50539 50540 88:11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy 50541 faithfulness in destruction? 50542 50543 88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in 50544 the land of forgetfulness? 50545 50546 88:13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my 50547 prayer prevent thee. 50548 50549 88:14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face 50550 from me? 50551 50552 88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer 50553 thy terrors I am distracted. 50554 50555 88:16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. 50556 50557 88:17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me 50558 about together. 50559 50560 88:18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine 50561 acquaintance into darkness. 50562 50563 50564 50565 89:1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth 50566 will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. 50567 50568 89:2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy 50569 faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. 50570 50571 89:3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my 50572 servant, 50573 50574 89:4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to 50575 all generations. Selah. 50576 50577 89:5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy 50578 faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. 50579 50580 89:6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among 50581 the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? 50582 50583 89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to 50584 be had in reverence of all them that are about him. 50585 50586 89:8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to 50587 thy faithfulness round about thee? 50588 50589 89:9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, 50590 thou stillest them. 50591 50592 89:10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou 50593 hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. 50594 50595 89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world 50596 and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. 50597 50598 89:12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon 50599 shall rejoice in thy name. 50600 50601 89:13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy 50602 right hand. 50603 50604 89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and 50605 truth shall go before thy face. 50606 50607 89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall 50608 walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. 50609 50610 89:16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy 50611 righteousness shall they be exalted. 50612 50613 89:17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our 50614 horn shall be exalted. 50615 50616 89:18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our 50617 king. 50618 50619 89:19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have 50620 laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of 50621 the people. 50622 50623 89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed 50624 him: 50625 50626 89:21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall 50627 strengthen him. 50628 50629 89:22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness 50630 afflict him. 50631 50632 89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them 50633 that hate him. 50634 50635 89:24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my 50636 name shall his horn be exalted. 50637 50638 89:25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the 50639 rivers. 50640 50641 89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock 50642 of my salvation. 50643 50644 89:27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the 50645 earth. 50646 50647 89:28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall 50648 stand fast with him. 50649 50650 89:29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as 50651 the days of heaven. 50652 50653 89:30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; 50654 50655 89:31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; 50656 50657 89:32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their 50658 iniquity with stripes. 50659 50660 89:33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, 50661 nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. 50662 50663 89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone 50664 out of my lips. 50665 50666 89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. 50667 50668 89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before 50669 me. 50670 50671 89:37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful 50672 witness in heaven. Selah. 50673 50674 89:38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with 50675 thine anointed. 50676 50677 89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast 50678 profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. 50679 50680 89:40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his 50681 strong holds to ruin. 50682 50683 89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his 50684 neighbours. 50685 50686 89:42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast 50687 made all his enemies to rejoice. 50688 50689 89:43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made 50690 him to stand in the battle. 50691 50692 89:44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to 50693 the ground. 50694 50695 89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him 50696 with shame. Selah. 50697 50698 89:46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath 50699 burn like fire? 50700 50701 89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men 50702 in vain? 50703 50704 89:48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he 50705 deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. 50706 50707 89:49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest 50708 unto David in thy truth? 50709 50710 89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in 50711 my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; 50712 50713 89:51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they 50714 have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. 50715 50716 89:52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen. 50717 50718 50719 50720 90:1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. 50721 50722 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst 50723 formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, 50724 thou art God. 50725 50726 90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children 50727 of men. 50728 50729 90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is 50730 past, and as a watch in the night. 50731 50732 90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in 50733 the morning they are like grass which groweth up. 50734 50735 90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it 50736 is cut down, and withereth. 50737 50738 90:7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we 50739 troubled. 50740 50741 90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the 50742 light of thy countenance. 50743 50744 90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years 50745 as a tale that is told. 50746 50747 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by 50748 reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength 50749 labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 50750 50751 90:11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy 50752 fear, so is thy wrath. 50753 50754 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts 50755 unto wisdom. 50756 50757 90:13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy 50758 servants. 50759 50760 90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be 50761 glad all our days. 50762 50763 90:15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted 50764 us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. 50765 50766 90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their 50767 children. 50768 50769 90:17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish 50770 thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands 50771 establish thou it. 50772 50773 50774 50775 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide 50776 under the shadow of the Almighty. 50777 50778 91:2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; 50779 in him will I trust. 50780 50781 91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and 50782 from the noisome pestilence. 50783 50784 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt 50785 thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 50786 50787 91:5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the 50788 arrow that flieth by day; 50789 50790 91:6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the 50791 destruction that wasteth at noonday. 50792 50793 91:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right 50794 hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. 50795 50796 91:8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the 50797 wicked. 50798 50799 91:9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the 50800 most High, thy habitation; 50801 50802 91:10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come 50803 nigh thy dwelling. 50804 50805 91:11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in 50806 all thy ways. 50807 50808 91:12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot 50809 against a stone. 50810 50811 91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the 50812 dragon shalt thou trample under feet. 50813 50814 91:14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver 50815 him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. 50816 50817 91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him 50818 in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. 50819 50820 91:16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. 50821 50822 50823 50824 92:1 IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING 50825 PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH: 50826 50827 92:2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy 50828 faithfulness every night, 50829 50830 92:3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon 50831 the harp with a solemn sound. 50832 50833 92:4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will 50834 triumph in the works of thy hands. 50835 50836 92:5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. 50837 50838 92:6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this. 50839 50840 92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of 50841 iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: 50842 50843 92:8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore. 50844 50845 92:9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall 50846 perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. 50847 50848 92:10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I 50849 shall be anointed with fresh oil. 50850 50851 92:11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears 50852 shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me. 50853 50854 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow 50855 like a cedar in Lebanon. 50856 50857 92:13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in 50858 the courts of our God. 50859 50860 92:14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat 50861 and flourishing; 50862 50863 92:15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no 50864 unrighteousness in him. 50865 50866 50867 50868 93:1 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is 50869 clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world 50870 also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. 50871 50872 93:2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting. 50873 50874 93:3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up 50875 their voice; the floods lift up their waves. 50876 50877 93:4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, 50878 than the mighty waves of the sea. 50879 50880 93:5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O 50881 LORD, for ever. 50882 50883 50884 50885 94:1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance 50886 belongeth, shew thyself. 50887 50888 94:2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the 50889 proud. 50890 50891 94:3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked 50892 triumph? 50893 50894 94:4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the 50895 workers of iniquity boast themselves? 50896 50897 94:5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine 50898 heritage. 50899 50900 94:6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. 50901 50902 94:7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of 50903 Jacob regard it. 50904 50905 94:8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will 50906 ye be wise? 50907 50908 94:9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the 50909 eye, shall he not see? 50910 50911 94:10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that 50912 teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? 50913 50914 94:11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. 50915 50916 94:12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest 50917 him out of thy law; 50918 50919 94:13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until 50920 the pit be digged for the wicked. 50921 50922 94:14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he 50923 forsake his inheritance. 50924 50925 94:15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the 50926 upright in heart shall follow it. 50927 50928 94:16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand 50929 up for me against the workers of iniquity? 50930 50931 94:17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in 50932 silence. 50933 50934 94:18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. 50935 50936 94:19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight 50937 my soul. 50938 50939 94:20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which 50940 frameth mischief by a law? 50941 50942 94:21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the 50943 righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. 50944 50945 94:22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. 50946 50947 94:23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut 50948 them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them 50949 off. 50950 50951 50952 50953 95:1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to 50954 the rock of our salvation. 50955 50956 95:2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a 50957 joyful noise unto him with psalms. 50958 50959 95:3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 50960 50961 95:4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the 50962 hills is his also. 50963 50964 95:5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry 50965 land. 50966 50967 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD 50968 our maker. 50969 50970 95:7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the 50971 sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, 50972 50973 95:8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day 50974 of temptation in the wilderness: 50975 50976 95:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. 50977 50978 95:10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, 50979 It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my 50980 ways: 50981 50982 95:11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my 50983 rest. 50984 50985 50986 50987 96:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the 50988 earth. 50989 50990 96:2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from 50991 day to day. 50992 50993 96:3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all 50994 people. 50995 50996 96:4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be 50997 feared above all gods. 50998 50999 96:5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the 51000 heavens. 51001 51002 96:6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his 51003 sanctuary. 51004 51005 96:7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the 51006 LORD glory and strength. 51007 51008 96:8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an 51009 offering, and come into his courts. 51010 51011 96:9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, 51012 all the earth. 51013 51014 96:10 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also 51015 shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the 51016 people righteously. 51017 51018 96:11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea 51019 roar, and the fulness thereof. 51020 51021 96:12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all 51022 the trees of the wood rejoice 51023 51024 96:13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the 51025 earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people 51026 with his truth. 51027 51028 51029 51030 97:1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of 51031 isles be glad thereof. 51032 51033 97:2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and 51034 judgment are the habitation of his throne. 51035 51036 97:3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. 51037 51038 97:4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and 51039 trembled. 51040 51041 97:5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the 51042 presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 51043 51044 97:6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his 51045 glory. 51046 51047 97:7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast 51048 themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods. 51049 51050 97:8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced 51051 because of thy judgments, O LORD. 51052 51053 97:9 For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted 51054 far above all gods. 51055 51056 97:10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his 51057 saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. 51058 51059 97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in 51060 heart. 51061 51062 97:12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the 51063 remembrance of his holiness. 51064 51065 51066 51067 98:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous 51068 things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. 51069 51070 98:2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he 51071 openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. 51072 51073 98:3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of 51074 Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 51075 51076 98:4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud 51077 noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. 51078 51079 98:5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of 51080 a psalm. 51081 51082 98:6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the 51083 LORD, the King. 51084 51085 98:7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they 51086 that dwell therein. 51087 51088 98:8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together 51089 51090 98:9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with 51091 righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. 51092 51093 51094 51095 99:1 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the 51096 cherubims; let the earth be moved. 51097 51098 99:2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people. 51099 51100 99:3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. 51101 51102 99:4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish 51103 equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. 51104 51105 99:5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he 51106 is holy. 51107 51108 99:6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that 51109 call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them. 51110 51111 99:7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his 51112 testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. 51113 51114 99:8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that 51115 forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. 51116 51117 99:9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the 51118 LORD our God is holy. 51119 51120 51121 51122 100:1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. 51123 51124 100:2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with 51125 singing. 51126 51127 100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and 51128 not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 51129 51130 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with 51131 praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. 51132 51133 100:5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth 51134 endureth to all generations. 51135 51136 51137 51138 101:1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I 51139 sing. 51140 51141 101:2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou 51142 come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. 51143 51144 101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of 51145 them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. 51146 51147 101:4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked 51148 person. 51149 51150 101:5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him 51151 that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. 51152 51153 101:6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may 51154 dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. 51155 51156 101:7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that 51157 telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. 51158 51159 101:8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut 51160 off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD. 51161 51162 51163 51164 102:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. 51165 51166 102:2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; 51167 incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. 51168 51169 102:3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as 51170 an hearth. 51171 51172 102:4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget 51173 to eat my bread. 51174 51175 102:5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my 51176 skin. 51177 51178 102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the 51179 desert. 51180 51181 102:7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. 51182 51183 102:8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad 51184 against me are sworn against me. 51185 51186 102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with 51187 weeping. 51188 51189 102:10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast 51190 lifted me up, and cast me down. 51191 51192 102:11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered 51193 like grass. 51194 51195 102:12 But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance 51196 unto all generations. 51197 51198 102:13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to 51199 favour her, yea, the set time, is come. 51200 51201 102:14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the 51202 dust thereof. 51203 51204 102:15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the 51205 kings of the earth thy glory. 51206 51207 102:16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his 51208 glory. 51209 51210 102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise 51211 their prayer. 51212 51213 102:18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the 51214 people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. 51215 51216 102:19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from 51217 heaven did the LORD behold the earth; 51218 51219 102:20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are 51220 appointed to death; 51221 51222 102:21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in 51223 Jerusalem; 51224 51225 102:22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to 51226 serve the LORD. 51227 51228 102:23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. 51229 51230 102:24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy 51231 years are throughout all generations. 51232 51233 102:25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the 51234 heavens are the work of thy hands. 51235 51236 102:26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them 51237 shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and 51238 they shall be changed: 51239 51240 102:27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. 51241 51242 102:28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed 51243 shall be established before thee. 51244 51245 51246 51247 103:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his 51248 holy name. 51249 51250 103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 51251 51252 103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy 51253 diseases; 51254 51255 103:4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with 51256 lovingkindness and tender mercies; 51257 51258 103:5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is 51259 renewed like the eagle's. 51260 51261 103:6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are 51262 oppressed. 51263 51264 103:7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of 51265 Israel. 51266 51267 103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous 51268 in mercy. 51269 51270 103:9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for 51271 ever. 51272 51273 103:10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us 51274 according to our iniquities. 51275 51276 103:11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his 51277 mercy toward them that fear him. 51278 51279 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our 51280 transgressions from us. 51281 51282 103:13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them 51283 that fear him. 51284 51285 103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. 51286 51287 103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so 51288 he flourisheth. 51289 51290 103:16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place 51291 thereof shall know it no more. 51292 51293 103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting 51294 upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's 51295 children; 51296 51297 103:18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his 51298 commandments to do them. 51299 51300 103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his 51301 kingdom ruleth over all. 51302 51303 103:20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do 51304 his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. 51305 51306 103:21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that 51307 do his pleasure. 51308 51309 103:22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: 51310 bless the LORD, O my soul. 51311 51312 51313 51314 104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; 51315 thou art clothed with honour and majesty. 51316 51317 104:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who 51318 stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: 51319 51320 104:3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh 51321 the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: 51322 51323 104:4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: 51324 51325 104:5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be 51326 removed for ever. 51327 51328 104:6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters 51329 stood above the mountains. 51330 51331 104:7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted 51332 away. 51333 51334 104:8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto 51335 the place which thou hast founded for them. 51336 51337 104:9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they 51338 turn not again to cover the earth. 51339 51340 104:10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the 51341 hills. 51342 51343 104:11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses 51344 quench their thirst. 51345 51346 104:12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, 51347 which sing among the branches. 51348 51349 104:13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied 51350 with the fruit of thy works. 51351 51352 104:14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the 51353 service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; 51354 51355 104:15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his 51356 face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. 51357 51358 104:16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, 51359 which he hath planted; 51360 51361 104:17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir 51362 trees are her house. 51363 51364 104:18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks 51365 for the conies. 51366 51367 104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going 51368 down. 51369 51370 104:20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts 51371 of the forest do creep forth. 51372 51373 104:21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from 51374 God. 51375 51376 104:22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them 51377 down in their dens. 51378 51379 104:23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the 51380 evening. 51381 51382 104:24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made 51383 them all: the earth is full of thy riches. 51384 51385 104:25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping 51386 innumerable, both small and great beasts. 51387 51388 104:26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast 51389 made to play therein. 51390 51391 104:27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat 51392 in due season. 51393 51394 104:28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, 51395 they are filled with good. 51396 51397 104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their 51398 breath, they die, and return to their dust. 51399 51400 104:30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou 51401 renewest the face of the earth. 51402 51403 104:31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall 51404 rejoice in his works. 51405 51406 104:32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the 51407 hills, and they smoke. 51408 51409 104:33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise 51410 to my God while I have my being. 51411 51412 104:34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the 51413 LORD. 51414 51415 104:35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the 51416 wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD. 51417 51418 51419 51420 105:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his 51421 deeds among the people. 51422 51423 105:2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous 51424 works. 51425 51426 105:3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that 51427 seek the LORD. 51428 51429 105:4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. 51430 51431 105:5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, 51432 and the judgments of his mouth; 51433 51434 105:6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his 51435 chosen. 51436 51437 105:7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. 51438 51439 105:8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he 51440 commanded to a thousand generations. 51441 51442 105:9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; 51443 51444 105:10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for 51445 an everlasting covenant: 51446 51447 105:11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of 51448 your inheritance: 51449 51450 105:12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and 51451 strangers in it. 51452 51453 105:13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to 51454 another people; 51455 51456 105:14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for 51457 their sakes; 51458 51459 105:15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. 51460 51461 105:16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the 51462 whole staff of bread. 51463 51464 105:17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a 51465 servant: 51466 51467 105:18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: 51468 51469 105:19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried 51470 him. 51471 51472 105:20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and 51473 let him go free. 51474 51475 105:21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: 51476 51477 105:22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators 51478 wisdom. 51479 51480 105:23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of 51481 Ham. 51482 51483 105:24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger 51484 than their enemies. 51485 51486 105:25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with 51487 his servants. 51488 51489 105:26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. 51490 51491 105:27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of 51492 Ham. 51493 51494 105:28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not 51495 against his word. 51496 51497 105:29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. 51498 51499 105:30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of 51500 their kings. 51501 51502 105:31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all 51503 their coasts. 51504 51505 105:32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. 51506 51507 105:33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the 51508 trees of their coasts. 51509 51510 105:34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that 51511 without number, 51512 51513 105:35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the 51514 fruit of their ground. 51515 51516 105:36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all 51517 their strength. 51518 51519 105:37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was 51520 not one feeble person among their tribes. 51521 51522 105:38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell 51523 upon them. 51524 51525 105:39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the 51526 night. 51527 51528 105:40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them 51529 with the bread of heaven. 51530 51531 105:41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the 51532 dry places like a river. 51533 51534 105:42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. 51535 51536 105:43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with 51537 gladness: 51538 51539 105:44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the 51540 labour of the people; 51541 51542 105:45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise 51543 ye the LORD. 51544 51545 51546 51547 106:1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: 51548 for his mercy endureth for ever. 51549 51550 106:2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth 51551 all his praise? 51552 51553 106:3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth 51554 righteousness at all times. 51555 51556 106:4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy 51557 people: O visit me with thy salvation; 51558 51559 106:5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the 51560 gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. 51561 51562 106:6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we 51563 have done wickedly. 51564 51565 106:7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered 51566 not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at 51567 the Red sea. 51568 51569 106:8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might 51570 make his mighty power to be known. 51571 51572 106:9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them 51573 through the depths, as through the wilderness. 51574 51575 106:10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and 51576 redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 51577 51578 106:11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them 51579 left. 51580 51581 106:12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. 51582 51583 106:13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: 51584 51585 106:14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in 51586 the desert. 51587 51588 106:15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their 51589 soul. 51590 51591 106:16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the 51592 LORD. 51593 51594 106:17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the 51595 company of Abiram. 51596 51597 106:18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up 51598 the wicked. 51599 51600 106:19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. 51601 51602 106:20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that 51603 eateth grass. 51604 51605 106:21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in 51606 Egypt; 51607 51608 106:22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the 51609 Red sea. 51610 51611 106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his 51612 chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he 51613 should destroy them. 51614 51615 106:24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his 51616 word: 51617 51618 106:25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice 51619 of the LORD. 51620 51621 106:26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them 51622 in the wilderness: 51623 51624 106:27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter 51625 them in the lands. 51626 51627 106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the 51628 sacrifices of the dead. 51629 51630 106:29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the 51631 plague brake in upon them. 51632 51633 106:30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the 51634 plague was stayed. 51635 51636 106:31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all 51637 generations for evermore. 51638 51639 106:32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went 51640 ill with Moses for their sakes: 51641 51642 106:33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly 51643 with his lips. 51644 51645 106:34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD 51646 commanded them: 51647 51648 106:35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. 51649 51650 106:36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. 51651 51652 106:37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto 51653 devils, 51654 51655 106:38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of 51656 their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and 51657 the land was polluted with blood. 51658 51659 106:39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring 51660 with their own inventions. 51661 51662 106:40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, 51663 insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. 51664 51665 106:41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that 51666 hated them ruled over them. 51667 51668 106:42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into 51669 subjection under their hand. 51670 51671 106:43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with 51672 their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. 51673 51674 106:44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their 51675 cry: 51676 51677 106:45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according 51678 to the multitude of his mercies. 51679 51680 106:46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them 51681 captives. 51682 51683 106:47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, 51684 to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. 51685 51686 106:48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to 51687 everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD. 51688 51689 51690 51691 107:1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy 51692 endureth for ever. 51693 51694 107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from 51695 the hand of the enemy; 51696 51697 107:3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the 51698 west, from the north, and from the south. 51699 51700 107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no 51701 city to dwell in. 51702 51703 107:5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 51704 51705 107:6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered 51706 them out of their distresses. 51707 51708 107:7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a 51709 city of habitation. 51710 51711 107:8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his 51712 wonderful works to the children of men! 51713 51714 107:9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul 51715 with goodness. 51716 51717 107:10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound 51718 in affliction and iron; 51719 51720 107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned 51721 the counsel of the most High: 51722 51723 107:12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell 51724 down, and there was none to help. 51725 51726 107:13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved 51727 them out of their distresses. 51728 51729 107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and 51730 brake their bands in sunder. 51731 51732 107:15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his 51733 wonderful works to the children of men! 51734 51735 107:16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron 51736 in sunder. 51737 51738 107:17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their 51739 iniquities, are afflicted. 51740 51741 107:18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near 51742 unto the gates of death. 51743 51744 107:19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth 51745 them out of their distresses. 51746 51747 107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from 51748 their destructions. 51749 51750 107:21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his 51751 wonderful works to the children of men! 51752 51753 107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and 51754 declare his works with rejoicing. 51755 51756 107:23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in 51757 great waters; 51758 51759 107:24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. 51760 51761 107:25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth 51762 up the waves thereof. 51763 51764 107:26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: 51765 their soul is melted because of trouble. 51766 51767 107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are 51768 at their wit's end. 51769 51770 107:28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth 51771 them out of their distresses. 51772 51773 107:29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are 51774 still. 51775 51776 107:30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them 51777 unto their desired haven. 51778 51779 107:31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his 51780 wonderful works to the children of men! 51781 51782 107:32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and 51783 praise him in the assembly of the elders. 51784 51785 107:33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into 51786 dry ground; 51787 51788 107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them 51789 that dwell therein. 51790 51791 107:35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground 51792 into watersprings. 51793 51794 107:36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare 51795 a city for habitation; 51796 51797 107:37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits 51798 of increase. 51799 51800 107:38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and 51801 suffereth not their cattle to decrease. 51802 51803 107:39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, 51804 affliction, and sorrow. 51805 51806 107:40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in 51807 the wilderness, where there is no way. 51808 51809 107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him 51810 families like a flock. 51811 51812 107:42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall 51813 stop her mouth. 51814 51815 107:43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall 51816 understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. 51817 51818 51819 51820 108:1 O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with 51821 my glory. 51822 51823 108:2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. 51824 51825 108:3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing 51826 praises unto thee among the nations. 51827 51828 108:4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth 51829 unto the clouds. 51830 51831 108:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above 51832 all the earth; 51833 51834 108:6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and 51835 answer me. 51836 51837 108:7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide 51838 Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 51839 51840 108:8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength 51841 of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; 51842 51843 108:9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over 51844 Philistia will I triumph. 51845 51846 108:10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into 51847 Edom? 51848 51849 108:11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, 51850 O God, go forth with our hosts? 51851 51852 108:12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. 51853 51854 108:13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall 51855 tread down our enemies. 51856 51857 51858 51859 109:1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; 51860 51861 109:2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are 51862 opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 51863 51864 109:3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought 51865 against me without a cause. 51866 51867 109:4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto 51868 prayer. 51869 51870 109:5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 51871 51872 109:6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right 51873 hand. 51874 51875 109:7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his 51876 prayer become sin. 51877 51878 109:8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. 51879 51880 109:9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 51881 51882 109:10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them 51883 seek their bread also out of their desolate places. 51884 51885 109:11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the 51886 strangers spoil his labour. 51887 51888 109:12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there 51889 be any to favour his fatherless children. 51890 51891 109:13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following 51892 let their name be blotted out. 51893 51894 109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; 51895 and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 51896 51897 109:15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off 51898 the memory of them from the earth. 51899 51900 109:16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted 51901 the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. 51902 51903 109:17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted 51904 not in blessing, so let it be far from him. 51905 51906 109:18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so 51907 let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 51908 51909 109:19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a 51910 girdle wherewith he is girded continually. 51911 51912 109:20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and 51913 of them that speak evil against my soul. 51914 51915 109:21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: 51916 because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. 51917 51918 109:22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 51919 51920 109:23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and 51921 down as the locust. 51922 51923 109:24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of 51924 fatness. 51925 51926 109:25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me 51927 they shaked their heads. 51928 51929 109:26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: 51930 51931 109:27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast 51932 done it. 51933 51934 109:28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be 51935 ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. 51936 51937 109:29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover 51938 themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. 51939 51940 109:30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will 51941 praise him among the multitude. 51942 51943 109:31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him 51944 from those that condemn his soul. 51945 51946 51947 51948 110:1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I 51949 make thine enemies thy footstool. 51950 51951 110:2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule 51952 thou in the midst of thine enemies. 51953 51954 110:3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the 51955 beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew 51956 of thy youth. 51957 51958 110:4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for 51959 ever after the order of Melchizedek. 51960 51961 110:5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day 51962 of his wrath. 51963 51964 110:6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with 51965 the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. 51966 51967 110:7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift 51968 up the head. 51969 51970 51971 51972 111:1 Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, 51973 in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. 51974 51975 111:2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that 51976 have pleasure therein. 51977 51978 111:3 His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness 51979 endureth for ever. 51980 51981 111:4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is 51982 gracious and full of compassion. 51983 51984 111:5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be 51985 mindful of his covenant. 51986 51987 111:6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may 51988 give them the heritage of the heathen. 51989 51990 111:7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his 51991 commandments are sure. 51992 51993 111:8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and 51994 uprightness. 51995 51996 111:9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his 51997 covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. 51998 51999 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good 52000 understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise 52001 endureth for ever. 52002 52003 52004 52005 112:1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, 52006 that delighteth greatly in his commandments. 52007 52008 112:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the 52009 upright shall be blessed. 52010 52011 112:3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness 52012 endureth for ever. 52013 52014 112:4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is 52015 gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. 52016 52017 112:5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his 52018 affairs with discretion. 52019 52020 112:6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in 52021 everlasting remembrance. 52022 52023 112:7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, 52024 trusting in the LORD. 52025 52026 112:8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see 52027 his desire upon his enemies. 52028 52029 112:9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness 52030 endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour. 52031 52032 112:10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with 52033 his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. 52034 52035 52036 52037 113:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise 52038 the name of the LORD. 52039 52040 113:2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for 52041 evermore. 52042 52043 113:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the 52044 LORD's name is to be praised. 52045 52046 113:4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the 52047 heavens. 52048 52049 113:5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, 52050 52051 113:6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, 52052 and in the earth! 52053 52054 113:7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy 52055 out of the dunghill; 52056 52057 113:8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his 52058 people. 52059 52060 113:9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful 52061 mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. 52062 52063 52064 52065 114:1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people 52066 of strange language; 52067 52068 114:2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. 52069 52070 114:3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. 52071 52072 114:4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like 52073 lambs. 52074 52075 114:5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, 52076 that thou wast driven back? 52077 52078 114:6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, 52079 like lambs? 52080 52081 114:7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the 52082 presence of the God of Jacob; 52083 52084 114:8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a 52085 fountain of waters. 52086 52087 52088 52089 115:1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, 52090 for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 52091 52092 115:2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? 52093 52094 115:3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath 52095 pleased. 52096 52097 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 52098 52099 115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they 52100 see not: 52101 52102 115:6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they 52103 smell not: 52104 52105 115:7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they 52106 walk not: neither speak they through their throat. 52107 52108 115:8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that 52109 trusteth in them. 52110 52111 115:9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their 52112 shield. 52113 52114 115:10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their 52115 shield. 52116 52117 115:11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and 52118 their shield. 52119 52120 115:12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will 52121 bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. 52122 52123 115:13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. 52124 52125 115:14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your 52126 children. 52127 52128 115:15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. 52129 52130 115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth 52131 hath he given to the children of men. 52132 52133 115:17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into 52134 silence. 52135 52136 115:18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for 52137 evermore. 52138 52139 Praise the LORD. 52140 52141 52142 52143 116:1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my 52144 supplications. 52145 52146 116:2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call 52147 upon him as long as I live. 52148 52149 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat 52150 hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. 52151 52152 116:4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, 52153 deliver my soul. 52154 52155 116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. 52156 52157 116:6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped 52158 me. 52159 52160 116:7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt 52161 bountifully with thee. 52162 52163 116:8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from 52164 tears, and my feet from falling. 52165 52166 116:9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. 52167 52168 116:10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: 52169 52170 116:11 I said in my haste, All men are liars. 52171 52172 116:12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward 52173 me? 52174 52175 116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the 52176 LORD. 52177 52178 116:14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his 52179 people. 52180 52181 116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. 52182 52183 116:16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son 52184 of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. 52185 52186 116:17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will 52187 call upon the name of the LORD. 52188 52189 116:18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his 52190 people. 52191 52192 116:19 In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O 52193 Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. 52194 52195 52196 52197 117:1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. 52198 52199 117:2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of 52200 the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD. 52201 52202 52203 52204 118:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy 52205 endureth for ever. 52206 52207 118:2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 52208 52209 118:3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for 52210 ever. 52211 52212 118:4 Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for 52213 ever. 52214 52215 118:5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and 52216 set me in a large place. 52217 52218 118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto 52219 me? 52220 52221 118:7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall 52222 I see my desire upon them that hate me. 52223 52224 118:8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. 52225 52226 118:9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in 52227 princes. 52228 52229 118:10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD 52230 will I destroy them. 52231 52232 118:11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in 52233 the name of the LORD I will destroy them. 52234 52235 118:12 They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the 52236 fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. 52237 52238 118:13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD 52239 helped me. 52240 52241 118:14 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. 52242 52243 118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of 52244 the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. 52245 52246 118:16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the 52247 LORD doeth valiantly. 52248 52249 118:17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. 52250 52251 118:18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over 52252 unto death. 52253 52254 118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and 52255 I will praise the LORD: 52256 52257 118:20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. 52258 52259 118:21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my 52260 salvation. 52261 52262 118:22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone 52263 of the corner. 52264 52265 118:23 This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. 52266 52267 118:24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and 52268 be glad in it. 52269 52270 118:25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send 52271 now prosperity. 52272 52273 118:26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have 52274 blessed you out of the house of the LORD. 52275 52276 118:27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice 52277 with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. 52278 52279 118:28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I 52280 will exalt thee. 52281 52282 118:29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy 52283 endureth for ever. 52284 52285 52286 52287 119:1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the 52288 LORD. 52289 52290 119:2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him 52291 with the whole heart. 52292 52293 119:3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. 52294 52295 119:4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. 52296 52297 119:5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! 52298 52299 119:6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy 52300 commandments. 52301 52302 119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have 52303 learned thy righteous judgments. 52304 52305 119:8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. 52306 52307 119:9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed 52308 thereto according to thy word. 52309 52310 119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander 52311 from thy commandments. 52312 52313 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against 52314 thee. 52315 52316 119:12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. 52317 52318 119:13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. 52319 52320 119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in 52321 all riches. 52322 52323 119:15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy 52324 ways. 52325 52326 119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy 52327 word. 52328 52329 119:17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep 52330 thy word. 52331 52332 119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of 52333 thy law. 52334 52335 119:19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from 52336 me. 52337 52338 119:20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy 52339 judgments at all times. 52340 52341 119:21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from 52342 thy commandments. 52343 52344 119:22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy 52345 testimonies. 52346 52347 119:23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did 52348 meditate in thy statutes. 52349 52350 119:24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.leth. 52351 52352 119:25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to 52353 thy word. 52354 52355 119:26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy 52356 statutes. 52357 52358 119:27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk 52359 of thy wondrous works. 52360 52361 119:28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according 52362 unto thy word. 52363 52364 119:29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law 52365 graciously. 52366 52367 119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid 52368 before me. 52369 52370 119:31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. 52371 52372 119:32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge 52373 my heart. 52374 52375 119:33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it 52376 unto the end. 52377 52378 119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall 52379 observe it with my whole heart. 52380 52381 119:35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I 52382 delight. 52383 52384 119:36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. 52385 52386 119:37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me 52387 in thy way. 52388 52389 119:38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. 52390 52391 119:39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good. 52392 52393 119:40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy 52394 righteousness. 52395 52396 119:41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, 52397 according to thy word. 52398 52399 119:42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: 52400 for I trust in thy word. 52401 52402 119:43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I 52403 have hoped in thy judgments. 52404 52405 119:44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. 52406 52407 119:45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. 52408 52409 119:46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not 52410 be ashamed. 52411 52412 119:47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have 52413 loved. 52414 52415 119:48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I 52416 have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. 52417 52418 119:49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused 52419 me to hope. 52420 52421 119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath 52422 quickened me. 52423 52424 119:51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not 52425 declined from thy law. 52426 52427 119:52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted 52428 myself. 52429 52430 119:53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that 52431 forsake thy law. 52432 52433 119:54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. 52434 52435 119:55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept 52436 thy law. 52437 52438 119:56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts. 52439 52440 119:57 Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy 52441 words. 52442 52443 119:58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me 52444 according to thy word. 52445 52446 119:59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 52447 52448 119:60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. 52449 52450 119:61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not 52451 forgotten thy law. 52452 52453 119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy 52454 righteous judgments. 52455 52456 119:63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that 52457 keep thy precepts. 52458 52459 119:64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. 52460 52461 119:65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto 52462 thy word. 52463 52464 119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy 52465 commandments. 52466 52467 119:67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy 52468 word. 52469 52470 119:68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. 52471 52472 119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy 52473 precepts with my whole heart. 52474 52475 119:70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. 52476 52477 119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might 52478 learn thy statutes. 52479 52480 119:72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold 52481 and silver. 52482 52483 119:73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, 52484 that I may learn thy commandments. 52485 52486 119:74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I 52487 have hoped in thy word. 52488 52489 119:75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in 52490 faithfulness hast afflicted me. 52491 52492 119:76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, 52493 according to thy word unto thy servant. 52494 52495 119:77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy 52496 law is my delight. 52497 52498 119:78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me 52499 without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. 52500 52501 119:79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have 52502 known thy testimonies. 52503 52504 119:80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. 52505 52506 119:81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. 52507 52508 119:82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? 52509 52510 119:83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget 52511 thy statutes. 52512 52513 119:84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute 52514 judgment on them that persecute me? 52515 52516 119:85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. 52517 52518 119:86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me 52519 wrongfully; help thou me. 52520 52521 119:87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy 52522 precepts. 52523 52524 119:88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the 52525 testimony of thy mouth. 52526 52527 119:89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. 52528 52529 119:90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established 52530 the earth, and it abideth. 52531 52532 119:91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all 52533 are thy servants. 52534 52535 119:92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have 52536 perished in mine affliction. 52537 52538 119:93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast 52539 quickened me. 52540 52541 119:94 I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts. 52542 52543 119:95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will 52544 consider thy testimonies. 52545 52546 119:96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is 52547 exceeding broad. 52548 52549 119:97 O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 52550 52551 119:98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine 52552 enemies: for they are ever with me. 52553 52554 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy 52555 testimonies are my meditation. 52556 52557 119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy 52558 precepts. 52559 52560 119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might 52561 keep thy word. 52562 52563 119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught 52564 me. 52565 52566 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey 52567 to my mouth! 52568 52569 119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate 52570 every false way. 52571 52572 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. 52573 52574 119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy 52575 righteous judgments. 52576 52577 119:107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto 52578 thy word. 52579 52580 119:108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O 52581 LORD, and teach me thy judgments. 52582 52583 119:109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy 52584 law. 52585 52586 119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy 52587 precepts. 52588 52589 119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they 52590 are the rejoicing of my heart. 52591 52592 119:112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even 52593 unto the end. 52594 52595 119:113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. 52596 52597 119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. 52598 52599 119:115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments 52600 of my God. 52601 52602 119:116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me 52603 not be ashamed of my hope. 52604 52605 119:117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect 52606 unto thy statutes continually. 52607 52608 119:118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: 52609 for their deceit is falsehood. 52610 52611 119:119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: 52612 therefore I love thy testimonies. 52613 52614 119:120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy 52615 judgments. 52616 52617 119:121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine 52618 oppressors. 52619 52620 119:122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress 52621 me. 52622 52623 119:123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy 52624 righteousness. 52625 52626 119:124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me 52627 thy statutes. 52628 52629 119:125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy 52630 testimonies. 52631 52632 119:126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void 52633 thy law. 52634 52635 119:127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine 52636 gold. 52637 52638 119:128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to 52639 be right; and I hate every false way. 52640 52641 119:129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep 52642 them. 52643 52644 119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth 52645 understanding unto the simple. 52646 52647 119:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy 52648 commandments. 52649 52650 119:132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to 52651 do unto those that love thy name. 52652 52653 119:133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have 52654 dominion over me. 52655 52656 119:134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy 52657 precepts. 52658 52659 119:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy 52660 statutes. 52661 52662 119:136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy 52663 law. 52664 52665 119:137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. 52666 52667 119:138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and 52668 very faithful. 52669 52670 119:139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten 52671 thy words. 52672 52673 119:140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. 52674 52675 119:141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. 52676 52677 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law 52678 is the truth. 52679 52680 119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy 52681 commandments are my delights. 52682 52683 119:144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me 52684 understanding, and I shall live. 52685 52686 119:145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy 52687 statutes. 52688 52689 119:146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. 52690 52691 119:147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in 52692 thy word. 52693 52694 119:148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in 52695 thy word. 52696 52697 119:149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, 52698 quicken me according to thy judgment. 52699 52700 119:150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from 52701 thy law. 52702 52703 119:151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. 52704 52705 119:152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast 52706 founded them for ever. 52707 52708 119:153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget 52709 thy law. 52710 52711 119:154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy 52712 word. 52713 52714 119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy 52715 statutes. 52716 52717 119:156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to 52718 thy judgments. 52719 52720 119:157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline 52721 from thy testimonies. 52722 52723 119:158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept 52724 not thy word. 52725 52726 119:159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, 52727 according to thy lovingkindness. 52728 52729 119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy 52730 righteous judgments endureth for ever. 52731 52732 119:161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart 52733 standeth in awe of thy word. 52734 52735 119:162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. 52736 52737 119:163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. 52738 52739 119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous 52740 judgments. 52741 52742 119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall 52743 offend them. 52744 52745 119:166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy 52746 commandments. 52747 52748 119:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them 52749 exceedingly. 52750 52751 119:168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways 52752 are before thee. 52753 52754 119:169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me 52755 understanding according to thy word. 52756 52757 119:170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to 52758 thy word. 52759 52760 119:171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy 52761 statutes. 52762 52763 119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments 52764 are righteousness. 52765 52766 119:173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. 52767 52768 119:174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my 52769 delight. 52770 52771 119:175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy 52772 judgments help me. 52773 52774 119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I 52775 do not forget thy commandments. 52776 52777 52778 52779 120:1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. 52780 52781 120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful 52782 tongue. 52783 52784 120:3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, 52785 thou false tongue? 52786 52787 120:4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. 52788 52789 120:5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents 52790 of Kedar! 52791 52792 120:6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 52793 52794 120:7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. 52795 52796 52797 52798 121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my 52799 help. 52800 52801 121:2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. 52802 52803 121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee 52804 will not slumber. 52805 52806 121:4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 52807 52808 121:5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right 52809 hand. 52810 52811 121:6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 52812 52813 121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve 52814 thy soul. 52815 52816 121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from 52817 this time forth, and even for evermore. 52818 52819 52820 52821 122:1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of 52822 the LORD. 52823 52824 122:2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. 52825 52826 122:3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: 52827 52828 122:4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the 52829 testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. 52830 52831 122:5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house 52832 of David. 52833 52834 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love 52835 thee. 52836 52837 122:7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. 52838 52839 122:8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be 52840 within thee. 52841 52842 122:9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. 52843 52844 52845 52846 123:1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the 52847 heavens. 52848 52849 123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their 52850 masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so 52851 our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. 52852 52853 123:3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are 52854 exceedingly filled with contempt. 52855 52856 123:4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that 52857 are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. 52858 52859 52860 52861 124:1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel 52862 say; 52863 52864 124:2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose 52865 up against us: 52866 52867 124:3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was 52868 kindled against us: 52869 52870 124:4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our 52871 soul: 52872 52873 124:5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. 52874 52875 124:6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their 52876 teeth. 52877 52878 124:7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: 52879 the snare is broken, and we are escaped. 52880 52881 124:8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 52882 52883 52884 52885 125:1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot 52886 be removed, but abideth for ever. 52887 52888 125:2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round 52889 about his people from henceforth even for ever. 52890 52891 125:3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the 52892 righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. 52893 52894 125:4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are 52895 upright in their hearts. 52896 52897 125:5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD 52898 shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be 52899 upon Israel. 52900 52901 52902 52903 126:1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like 52904 them that dream. 52905 52906 126:2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with 52907 singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great 52908 things for them. 52909 52910 126:3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. 52911 52912 126:4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. 52913 52914 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 52915 52916 126:6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall 52917 doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. 52918 52919 52920 52921 127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build 52922 it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 52923 52924 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the 52925 bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 52926 52927 127:3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the 52928 womb is his reward. 52929 52930 127:4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of 52931 the youth. 52932 52933 127:5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall 52934 not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. 52935 52936 52937 52938 128:1 Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his 52939 ways. 52940 52941 128:2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou 52942 be, and it shall be well with thee. 52943 52944 128:3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine 52945 house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. 52946 52947 128:4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the 52948 LORD. 52949 52950 128:5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the 52951 good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. 52952 52953 128:6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon 52954 Israel. 52955 52956 52957 52958 129:1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now 52959 say: 52960 52961 129:2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have 52962 not prevailed against me. 52963 52964 129:3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. 52965 52966 129:4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the 52967 wicked. 52968 52969 129:5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. 52970 52971 129:6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth 52972 afore it groweth up: 52973 52974 129:7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth 52975 sheaves his bosom. 52976 52977 129:8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be 52978 upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. 52979 52980 52981 52982 130:1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. 52983 52984 130:2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of 52985 my supplications. 52986 52987 130:3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall 52988 stand? 52989 52990 130:4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. 52991 52992 130:5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I 52993 hope. 52994 52995 130:6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the 52996 morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. 52997 52998 130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, 52999 and with him is plenteous redemption. 53000 53001 130:8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. 53002 53003 53004 53005 131:1 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I 53006 exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. 53007 53008 131:2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is 53009 weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. 53010 53011 131:3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. 53012 53013 53014 53015 132:1 Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions: 53016 53017 132:2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of 53018 Jacob; 53019 53020 132:3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go 53021 up into my bed; 53022 53023 132:4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, 53024 53025 132:5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the 53026 mighty God of Jacob. 53027 53028 132:6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the 53029 wood. 53030 53031 132:7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his 53032 footstool. 53033 53034 132:8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. 53035 53036 132:9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy 53037 saints shout for joy. 53038 53039 132:10 For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine 53040 anointed. 53041 53042 132:11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from 53043 it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. 53044 53045 132:12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I 53046 shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for 53047 evermore. 53048 53049 132:13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his 53050 habitation. 53051 53052 132:14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired 53053 it. 53054 53055 132:15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor 53056 with bread. 53057 53058 132:16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints 53059 shall shout aloud for joy. 53060 53061 132:17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a 53062 lamp for mine anointed. 53063 53064 132:18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall 53065 his crown flourish. 53066 53067 53068 53069 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell 53070 together in unity! 53071 53072 133:2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down 53073 upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of 53074 his garments; 53075 53076 133:3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the 53077 mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even 53078 life for evermore. 53079 53080 53081 53082 134:1 Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by 53083 night stand in the house of the LORD. 53084 53085 134:2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. 53086 53087 134:3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion. 53088 53089 53090 53091 135:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, 53092 O ye servants of the LORD. 53093 53094 135:2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the 53095 house of our God. 53096 53097 135:3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his 53098 name; for it is pleasant. 53099 53100 135:4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his 53101 peculiar treasure. 53102 53103 135:5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above 53104 all gods. 53105 53106 135:6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in 53107 earth, in the seas, and all deep places. 53108 53109 135:7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he 53110 maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his 53111 treasuries. 53112 53113 135:8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. 53114 53115 135:9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, 53116 upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. 53117 53118 135:10 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; 53119 53120 135:11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the 53121 kingdoms of Canaan: 53122 53123 135:12 And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel 53124 his people. 53125 53126 135:13 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, 53127 throughout all generations. 53128 53129 135:14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself 53130 concerning his servants. 53131 53132 135:15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's 53133 hands. 53134 53135 135:16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they 53136 see not; 53137 53138 135:17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath 53139 in their mouths. 53140 53141 135:18 They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that 53142 trusteth in them. 53143 53144 135:19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of 53145 Aaron: 53146 53147 135:20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless 53148 the LORD. 53149 53150 135:21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. 53151 53152 Praise ye the LORD. 53153 53154 53155 53156 136:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy 53157 endureth for ever. 53158 53159 136:2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for 53160 ever. 53161 53162 136:3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for 53163 ever. 53164 53165 136:4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for 53166 ever. 53167 53168 136:5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth 53169 for ever. 53170 53171 136:6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his 53172 mercy endureth for ever. 53173 53174 136:7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: 53175 53176 136:8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: 53177 53178 136:9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for 53179 ever. 53180 53181 136:10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy 53182 endureth for ever: 53183 53184 136:11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth 53185 for ever: 53186 53187 136:12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy 53188 endureth for ever. 53189 53190 136:13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy 53191 endureth for ever: 53192 53193 136:14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy 53194 endureth for ever: 53195 53196 136:15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his 53197 mercy endureth for ever. 53198 53199 136:16 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his 53200 mercy endureth for ever. 53201 53202 136:17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for 53203 ever: 53204 53205 136:18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: 53206 53207 136:19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever: 53208 53209 136:20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever: 53210 53211 136:21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for 53212 ever: 53213 53214 136:22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy 53215 endureth for ever. 53216 53217 136:23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for 53218 ever: 53219 53220 136:24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth 53221 for ever. 53222 53223 136:25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. 53224 53225 136:26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth 53226 for ever. 53227 53228 53229 53230 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when 53231 we remembered Zion. 53232 53233 137:2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 53234 53235 137:3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a 53236 song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us 53237 one of the songs of Zion. 53238 53239 137:4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? 53240 53241 137:5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her 53242 cunning. 53243 53244 137:6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of 53245 my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. 53246 53247 137:7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; 53248 who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. 53249 53250 137:8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he 53251 be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 53252 53253 137:9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones 53254 against the stones. 53255 53256 53257 53258 138:1 I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I 53259 sing praise unto thee. 53260 53261 138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for 53262 thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word 53263 above all thy name. 53264 53265 138:3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst 53266 me with strength in my soul. 53267 53268 138:4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they 53269 hear the words of thy mouth. 53270 53271 138:5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the 53272 glory of the LORD. 53273 53274 138:6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but 53275 the proud he knoweth afar off. 53276 53277 138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou 53278 shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and 53279 thy right hand shall save me. 53280 53281 138:8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O 53282 LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. 53283 53284 53285 53286 139:1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. 53287 53288 139:2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou 53289 understandest my thought afar off. 53290 53291 139:3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted 53292 with all my ways. 53293 53294 139:4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou 53295 knowest it altogether. 53296 53297 139:5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon 53298 me. 53299 53300 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot 53301 attain unto it. 53302 53303 139:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from 53304 thy presence? 53305 53306 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in 53307 hell, behold, thou art there. 53308 53309 139:9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost 53310 parts of the sea; 53311 53312 139:10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall 53313 hold me. 53314 53315 139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night 53316 shall be light about me. 53317 53318 139:12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth 53319 as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. 53320 53321 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my 53322 mother's womb. 53323 53324 139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: 53325 marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. 53326 53327 139:15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, 53328 and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 53329 53330 139:16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in 53331 thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were 53332 fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. 53333 53334 139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is 53335 the sum of them! 53336 53337 139:18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: 53338 when I awake, I am still with thee. 53339 53340 139:19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me 53341 therefore, ye bloody men. 53342 53343 139:20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take 53344 thy name in vain. 53345 53346 139:21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I 53347 grieved with those that rise up against thee? 53348 53349 139:22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. 53350 53351 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my 53352 thoughts: 53353 53354 139:24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the 53355 way everlasting. 53356 53357 53358 53359 140:1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the 53360 violent man; 53361 53362 140:2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they 53363 gathered together for war. 53364 53365 140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison 53366 is under their lips. Selah. 53367 53368 140:4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from 53369 the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 53370 53371 140:5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a 53372 net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. 53373 53374 140:6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my 53375 supplications, O LORD. 53376 53377 140:7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered 53378 my head in the day of battle. 53379 53380 140:8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his 53381 wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. 53382 53383 140:9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief 53384 of their own lips cover them. 53385 53386 140:10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the 53387 fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. 53388 53389 140:11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall 53390 hunt the violent man to overthrow him. 53391 53392 140:12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, 53393 and the right of the poor. 53394 53395 140:13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the 53396 upright shall dwell in thy presence. 53397 53398 53399 53400 141:1 Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my 53401 voice, when I cry unto thee. 53402 53403 141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the 53404 lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. 53405 53406 141:3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. 53407 53408 141:4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works 53409 with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. 53410 53411 141:5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him 53412 reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my 53413 head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. 53414 53415 141:6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall 53416 hear my words; for they are sweet. 53417 53418 141:7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one 53419 cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. 53420 53421 141:8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my 53422 trust; leave not my soul destitute. 53423 53424 141:9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the 53425 gins of the workers of iniquity. 53426 53427 141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal 53428 escape. 53429 53430 53431 53432 142:1 I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD 53433 did I make my supplication. 53434 53435 142:2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my 53436 trouble. 53437 53438 142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my 53439 path. 53440 53441 In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. 53442 53443 142:4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that 53444 would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. 53445 53446 142:5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my 53447 portion in the land of the living. 53448 53449 142:6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from 53450 my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. 53451 53452 142:7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the 53453 righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with 53454 me. 53455 53456 53457 53458 143:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy 53459 faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. 53460 53461 143:2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight 53462 shall no man living be justified. 53463 53464 143:3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life 53465 down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those 53466 that have been long dead. 53467 53468 143:4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me 53469 is desolate. 53470 53471 143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse 53472 on the work of thy hands. 53473 53474 143:6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after 53475 thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. 53476 53477 143:7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face 53478 from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 53479 53480 143:8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee 53481 do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift 53482 up my soul unto thee. 53483 53484 143:9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide 53485 me. 53486 53487 143:10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is 53488 good; lead me into the land of uprightness. 53489 53490 143:11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' 53491 sake bring my soul out of trouble. 53492 53493 143:12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them 53494 that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant. 53495 53496 53497 53498 144:1 Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, 53499 and my fingers to fight: 53500 53501 144:2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; 53502 my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. 53503 53504 144:3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son 53505 of man, that thou makest account of him! 53506 53507 144:4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth 53508 away. 53509 53510 144:5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and 53511 they shall smoke. 53512 53513 144:6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, 53514 and destroy them. 53515 53516 144:7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great 53517 waters, from the hand of strange children; 53518 53519 144:8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right 53520 hand of falsehood. 53521 53522 144:9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an 53523 instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. 53524 53525 144:10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David 53526 his servant from the hurtful sword. 53527 53528 144:11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose 53529 mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of 53530 falsehood: 53531 53532 144:12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that 53533 our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude 53534 of a palace: 53535 53536 144:13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: 53537 that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our 53538 streets: 53539 53540 144:14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no 53541 breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our 53542 streets. 53543 53544 144:15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is 53545 that people, whose God is the LORD. 53546 53547 53548 53549 145:1 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for 53550 ever and ever. 53551 53552 145:2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever 53553 and ever. 53554 53555 145:3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness 53556 is unsearchable. 53557 53558 145:4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall 53559 declare thy mighty acts. 53560 53561 145:5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy 53562 wondrous works. 53563 53564 145:6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I 53565 will declare thy greatness. 53566 53567 145:7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, 53568 and shall sing of thy righteousness. 53569 53570 145:8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and 53571 of great mercy. 53572 53573 145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his 53574 works. 53575 53576 145:10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall 53577 bless thee. 53578 53579 145:11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy 53580 power; 53581 53582 145:12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the 53583 glorious majesty of his kingdom. 53584 53585 145:13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion 53586 endureth throughout all generations. 53587 53588 145:14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that 53589 be bowed down. 53590 53591 145:15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat 53592 in due season. 53593 53594 145:16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every 53595 living thing. 53596 53597 145:17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his 53598 works. 53599 53600 145:18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that 53601 call upon him in truth. 53602 53603 145:19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will 53604 hear their cry, and will save them. 53605 53606 145:20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked 53607 will he destroy. 53608 53609 145:21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh 53610 bless his holy name for ever and ever. 53611 53612 53613 53614 146:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. 53615 53616 146:2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my 53617 God while I have any being. 53618 53619 146:3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom 53620 there is no help. 53621 53622 146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very 53623 day his thoughts perish. 53624 53625 146:5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope 53626 is in the LORD his God: 53627 53628 146:6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: 53629 which keepeth truth for ever: 53630 53631 146:7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to 53632 the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: 53633 53634 146:8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them 53635 that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: 53636 53637 146:9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless 53638 and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. 53639 53640 146:10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all 53641 generations. Praise ye the LORD. 53642 53643 53644 53645 147:1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; 53646 for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. 53647 53648 147:2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the 53649 outcasts of Israel. 53650 53651 147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. 53652 53653 147:4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their 53654 names. 53655 53656 147:5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is 53657 infinite. 53658 53659 147:6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the 53660 ground. 53661 53662 147:7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp 53663 unto our God: 53664 53665 147:8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the 53666 earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. 53667 53668 147:9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which 53669 cry. 53670 53671 147:10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not 53672 pleasure in the legs of a man. 53673 53674 147:11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that 53675 hope in his mercy. 53676 53677 147:12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. 53678 53679 147:13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed 53680 thy children within thee. 53681 53682 147:14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the 53683 finest of the wheat. 53684 53685 147:15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth 53686 very swiftly. 53687 53688 147:16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like 53689 ashes. 53690 53691 147:17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his 53692 cold? 53693 53694 147:18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind 53695 to blow, and the waters flow. 53696 53697 147:19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments 53698 unto Israel. 53699 53700 147:20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, 53701 they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. 53702 53703 53704 53705 148:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise 53706 him in the heights. 53707 53708 148:2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. 53709 53710 148:3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. 53711 53712 148:4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above 53713 the heavens. 53714 53715 148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they 53716 were created. 53717 53718 148:6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a 53719 decree which shall not pass. 53720 53721 148:7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: 53722 53723 148:8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his 53724 word: 53725 53726 148:9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: 53727 53728 148:10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: 53729 53730 148:11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of 53731 the earth: 53732 53733 148:12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: 53734 53735 148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is 53736 excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. 53737 53738 148:14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his 53739 saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise 53740 ye the LORD. 53741 53742 53743 53744 149:1 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his 53745 praise in the congregation of saints. 53746 53747 149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of 53748 Zion be joyful in their King. 53749 53750 149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises 53751 unto him with the timbrel and harp. 53752 53753 149:4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the 53754 meek with salvation. 53755 53756 149:5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon 53757 their beds. 53758 53759 149:6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged 53760 sword in their hand; 53761 53762 149:7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the 53763 people; 53764 53765 149:8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters 53766 of iron; 53767 53768 149:9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all 53769 his saints. Praise ye the LORD. 53770 53771 53772 53773 150:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in 53774 the firmament of his power. 53775 53776 150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his 53777 excellent greatness. 53778 53779 150:3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the 53780 psaltery and harp. 53781 53782 150:4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed 53783 instruments and organs. 53784 53785 150:5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high 53786 sounding cymbals. 53787 53788 150:6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. 53789 53790 53791 53792 53793 The Proverbs 53794 53795 53796 1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 1:2 To 53797 know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 53798 1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and 53799 equity; 1:4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge 53800 and discretion. 53801 53802 1:5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of 53803 understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 1:6 To understand a 53804 proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark 53805 sayings. 53806 53807 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools 53808 despise wisdom and instruction. 53809 53810 1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the 53811 law of thy mother: 1:9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy 53812 head, and chains about thy neck. 53813 53814 1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 53815 53816 1:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk 53817 privily for the innocent without cause: 1:12 Let us swallow them up 53818 alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 53819 1:13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses 53820 with spoil: 1:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 53821 1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from 53822 their path: 1:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed 53823 blood. 53824 53825 1:17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 53826 53827 1:18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for 53828 their own lives. 53829 53830 1:19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh 53831 away the life of the owners thereof. 53832 53833 1:20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 53834 1:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of 53835 the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 1:22 How long, 53836 ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in 53837 their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 1:23 Turn you at my 53838 reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known 53839 my words unto you. 53840 53841 1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my 53842 hand, and no man regarded; 1:25 But ye have set at nought all my 53843 counsel, and would none of my reproof: 1:26 I also will laugh at your 53844 calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 1:27 When your fear 53845 cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when 53846 distress and anguish cometh upon you. 53847 53848 1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall 53849 seek me early, but they shall not find me: 1:29 For that they hated 53850 knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 1:30 They would 53851 none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. 53852 53853 1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be 53854 filled with their own devices. 53855 53856 1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the 53857 prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 53858 53859 1:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be 53860 quiet from fear of evil. 53861 53862 2:1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments 53863 with thee; 2:2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply 53864 thine heart to understanding; 2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, 53865 and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 2:4 If thou seekest her as 53866 silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 2:5 Then shalt 53867 thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 53868 53869 2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and 53870 understanding. 53871 53872 2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to 53873 them that walk uprightly. 53874 53875 2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his 53876 saints. 53877 53878 2:9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and 53879 equity; yea, every good path. 53880 53881 2:10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant 53882 unto thy soul; 2:11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding 53883 shall keep thee: 2:12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, 53884 from the man that speaketh froward things; 2:13 Who leave the paths of 53885 uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 2:14 Who rejoice to do 53886 evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 2:15 Whose ways 53887 are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 2:16 To deliver thee 53888 from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with 53889 her words; 2:17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth 53890 the covenant of her God. 53891 53892 2:18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 53893 53894 2:19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the 53895 paths of life. 53896 53897 2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths 53898 of the righteous. 53899 53900 2:21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall 53901 remain in it. 53902 53903 2:22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the 53904 transgressors shall be rooted out of it. 53905 53906 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my 53907 commandments: 3:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall 53908 they add to thee. 53909 53910 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; 53911 write them upon the table of thine heart: 3:4 So shalt thou find 53912 favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. 53913 53914 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine 53915 own understanding. 53916 53917 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 53918 53919 3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from 53920 evil. 53921 53922 3:8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. 53923 53924 3:9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of 53925 all thine increase: 3:10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and 53926 thy presses shall burst out with new wine. 53927 53928 3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary 53929 of his correction: 3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even 53930 as a father the son in whom he delighteth. 53931 53932 3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth 53933 understanding. 53934 53935 3:14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of 53936 silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 53937 53938 3:15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst 53939 desire are not to be compared unto her. 53940 53941 3:16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches 53942 and honour. 53943 53944 3:17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 53945 53946 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy 53947 is every one that retaineth her. 53948 53949 3:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath 53950 he established the heavens. 53951 53952 3:20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop 53953 down the dew. 53954 53955 3:21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom 53956 and discretion: 3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to 53957 thy neck. 53958 53959 3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not 53960 stumble. 53961 53962 3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt 53963 lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 53964 53965 3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the 53966 wicked, when it cometh. 53967 53968 3:26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot 53969 from being taken. 53970 53971 3:27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the 53972 power of thine hand to do it. 53973 53974 3:28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I 53975 will give; when thou hast it by thee. 53976 53977 3:29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth 53978 securely by thee. 53979 53980 3:30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no 53981 harm. 53982 53983 3:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. 53984 53985 3:32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is 53986 with the righteous. 53987 53988 3:33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he 53989 blesseth the habitation of the just. 53990 53991 3:34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the 53992 lowly. 53993 53994 3:35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of 53995 fools. 53996 53997 4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know 53998 understanding. 53999 54000 4:2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 54001 54002 4:3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of 54003 my mother. 54004 54005 4:4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my 54006 words: keep my commandments, and live. 54007 54008 4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from 54009 the words of my mouth. 54010 54011 4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she 54012 shall keep thee. 54013 54014 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all 54015 thy getting get understanding. 54016 54017 4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to 54018 honour, when thou dost embrace her. 54019 54020 4:9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of 54021 glory shall she deliver to thee. 54022 54023 4:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life 54024 shall be many. 54025 54026 4:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right 54027 paths. 54028 54029 4:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou 54030 runnest, thou shalt not stumble. 54031 54032 4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she 54033 is thy life. 54034 54035 4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of 54036 evil men. 54037 54038 4:15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 54039 54040 4:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their 54041 sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 54042 54043 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of 54044 violence. 54045 54046 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth 54047 more and more unto the perfect day. 54048 54049 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they 54050 stumble. 54051 54052 4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 54053 54054 4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of 54055 thine heart. 54056 54057 4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all 54058 their flesh. 54059 54060 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues 54061 of life. 54062 54063 4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far 54064 from thee. 54065 54066 4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight 54067 before thee. 54068 54069 4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 54070 54071 4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from 54072 evil. 54073 54074 5:1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my 54075 understanding: 5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy 54076 lips may keep knowledge. 54077 54078 5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her 54079 mouth is smoother than oil: 5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, 54080 sharp as a two-edged sword. 54081 54082 5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 54083 54084 5:6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are 54085 moveable, that thou canst not know them. 54086 54087 5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the 54088 words of my mouth. 54089 54090 5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her 54091 house: 5:9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto 54092 the cruel: 5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy 54093 labours be in the house of a stranger; 5:11 And thou mourn at the 54094 last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 5:12 And say, How have 54095 I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 5:13 And have not 54096 obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that 54097 instructed me! 5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the 54098 congregation and assembly. 54099 54100 5:15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of 54101 thine own well. 54102 54103 5:16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in 54104 the streets. 54105 54106 5:17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. 54107 54108 5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy 54109 youth. 54110 54111 5:19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts 54112 satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. 54113 54114 5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and 54115 embrace the bosom of a stranger? 5:21 For the ways of man are before 54116 the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. 54117 54118 5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be 54119 holden with the cords of his sins. 54120 54121 5:23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his 54122 folly he shall go astray. 54123 54124 6:1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken 54125 thy hand with a stranger, 6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy 54126 mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 54127 54128 6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into 54129 the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. 54130 54131 6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 54132 54133 6:5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a 54134 bird from the hand of the fowler. 54135 54136 6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 6:7 54137 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 6:8 Provideth her meat in 54138 the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 54139 54140 6:9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of 54141 thy sleep? 6:10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little 54142 folding of the hands to sleep: 6:11 So shall thy poverty come as one 54143 that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. 54144 54145 6:12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 54146 54147 6:13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth 54148 with his fingers; 6:14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth 54149 mischief continually; he soweth discord. 54150 54151 6:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be 54152 broken without remedy. 54153 54154 6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an 54155 abomination unto him: 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands 54156 that shed innocent blood, 6:18 An heart that deviseth wicked 54157 imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 6:19 A false 54158 witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. 54159 54160 6:20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of 54161 thy mother: 6:21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them 54162 about thy neck. 54163 54164 6:22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall 54165 keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 54166 54167 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs 54168 of instruction are the way of life: 6:24 To keep thee from the evil 54169 woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. 54170 54171 6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take 54172 thee with her eyelids. 54173 54174 6:26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of 54175 bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life. 54176 54177 6:27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? 54178 6:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? 6:29 So 54179 he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall 54180 not be innocent. 54181 54182 6:30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when 54183 he is hungry; 6:31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he 54184 shall give all the substance of his house. 54185 54186 6:32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: 54187 he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. 54188 54189 6:33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be 54190 wiped away. 54191 54192 6:34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in 54193 the day of vengeance. 54194 54195 6:35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, 54196 though thou givest many gifts. 54197 54198 7:1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 54199 54200 7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine 54201 eye. 54202 54203 7:3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine 54204 heart. 54205 54206 7:4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy 54207 kinswoman: 7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from 54208 the stranger which flattereth with her words. 54209 54210 7:6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7:7 54211 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a 54212 young man void of understanding, 7:8 Passing through the street near 54213 her corner; and he went the way to her house, 7:9 In the twilight, in 54214 the evening, in the black and dark night: 7:10 And, behold, there met 54215 him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 54216 54217 7:11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 7:12 54218 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every 54219 corner.) 7:13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent 54220 face said unto him, 7:14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have 54221 I payed my vows. 54222 54223 7:15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, 54224 and I have found thee. 54225 54226 7:16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved 54227 works, with fine linen of Egypt. 54228 54229 7:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 54230 54231 7:18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us 54232 solace ourselves with loves. 54233 54234 7:19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: 7:20 54235 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day 54236 appointed. 54237 54238 7:21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the 54239 flattering of her lips she forced him. 54240 54241 7:22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, 54242 or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 7:23 Till a dart strike 54243 through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not 54244 that it is for his life. 54245 54246 7:24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the 54247 words of my mouth. 54248 54249 7:25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her 54250 paths. 54251 54252 7:26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have 54253 been slain by her. 54254 54255 7:27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of 54256 death. 54257 54258 8:1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? 8:2 54259 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of 54260 the paths. 54261 54262 8:3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming 54263 in at the doors. 54264 54265 8:4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. 54266 54267 8:5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an 54268 understanding heart. 54269 54270 8:6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my 54271 lips shall be right things. 54272 54273 8:7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination 54274 to my lips. 54275 54276 8:8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing 54277 froward or perverse in them. 54278 54279 8:9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them 54280 that find knowledge. 54281 54282 8:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than 54283 choice gold. 54284 54285 8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be 54286 desired are not to be compared to it. 54287 54288 8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty 54289 inventions. 54290 54291 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and 54292 the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. 54293 54294 8:14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have 54295 strength. 54296 54297 8:15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. 54298 54299 8:16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. 54300 54301 8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find 54302 me. 54303 54304 8:18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and 54305 righteousness. 54306 54307 8:19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue 54308 than choice silver. 54309 54310 8:20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of 54311 judgment: 8:21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit 54312 substance; and I will fill their treasures. 54313 54314 8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his 54315 works of old. 54316 54317 8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the 54318 earth was. 54319 54320 8:24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were 54321 no fountains abounding with water. 54322 54323 8:25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought 54324 forth: 8:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, 54325 nor the highest part of the dust of the world. 54326 54327 8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass 54328 upon the face of the depth: 8:28 When he established the clouds above: 54329 when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: 8:29 When he gave to 54330 the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: 54331 when he appointed the foundations of the earth: 8:30 Then I was by 54332 him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, 54333 rejoicing always before him; 8:31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of 54334 his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. 54335 54336 8:32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are 54337 they that keep my ways. 54338 54339 8:33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. 54340 54341 8:34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, 54342 waiting at the posts of my doors. 54343 54344 8:35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the 54345 LORD. 54346 54347 8:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they 54348 that hate me love death. 54349 54350 9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven 54351 pillars: 9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; 54352 she hath also furnished her table. 54353 54354 9:3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest 54355 places of the city, 9:4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as 54356 for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 9:5 Come, eat of 54357 my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. 54358 54359 9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. 54360 54361 9:7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that 54362 rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. 54363 54364 9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and 54365 he will love thee. 54366 54367 9:9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a 54368 just man, and he will increase in learning. 54369 54370 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the 54371 knowledge of the holy is understanding. 54372 54373 9:11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life 54374 shall be increased. 54375 54376 9:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou 54377 scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. 54378 54379 9:13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 54380 54381 9:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high 54382 places of the city, 9:15 To call passengers who go right on their 54383 ways: 9:16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him 54384 that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 9:17 Stolen waters are 54385 sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 54386 54387 9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests 54388 are in the depths of hell. 54389 54390 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a 54391 foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. 54392 54393 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness 54394 delivereth from death. 54395 54396 10:3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but 54397 he casteth away the substance of the wicked. 54398 54399 10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of 54400 the diligent maketh rich. 54401 54402 10:5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth 54403 in harvest is a son that causeth shame. 54404 54405 10:6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth 54406 the mouth of the wicked. 54407 54408 10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked 54409 shall rot. 54410 54411 10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool 54412 shall fall. 54413 54414 10:9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth 54415 his ways shall be known. 54416 54417 10:10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool 54418 shall fall. 54419 54420 10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence 54421 covereth the mouth of the wicked. 54422 54423 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. 54424 54425 10:13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but 54426 a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. 54427 54428 10:14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near 54429 destruction. 54430 54431 10:15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the 54432 poor is their poverty. 54433 54434 10:16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the 54435 wicked to sin. 54436 54437 10:17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that 54438 refuseth reproof erreth. 54439 54440 10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a 54441 slander, is a fool. 54442 54443 10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that 54444 refraineth his lips is wise. 54445 54446 10:20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the 54447 wicked is little worth. 54448 54449 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of 54450 wisdom. 54451 54452 10:22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no 54453 sorrow with it. 54454 54455 10:23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of 54456 understanding hath wisdom. 54457 54458 10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire 54459 of the righteous shall be granted. 54460 54461 10:25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the 54462 righteous is an everlasting foundation. 54463 54464 10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the 54465 sluggard to them that send him. 54466 54467 10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the 54468 wicked shall be shortened. 54469 54470 10:28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation 54471 of the wicked shall perish. 54472 54473 10:29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction 54474 shall be to the workers of iniquity. 54475 54476 10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not 54477 inhabit the earth. 54478 54479 10:31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward 54480 tongue shall be cut out. 54481 54482 10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth 54483 of the wicked speaketh frowardness. 54484 54485 11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is 54486 his delight. 54487 54488 11:2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is 54489 wisdom. 54490 54491 11:3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the 54492 perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. 54493 54494 11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness 54495 delivereth from death. 54496 54497 11:5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the 54498 wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 54499 54500 11:6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but 54501 transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. 54502 54503 11:7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the 54504 hope of unjust men perisheth. 54505 54506 11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh 54507 in his stead. 54508 54509 11:9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through 54510 knowledge shall the just be delivered. 54511 54512 11:10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and 54513 when the wicked perish, there is shouting. 54514 54515 11:11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is 54516 overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. 54517 54518 11:12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of 54519 understanding holdeth his peace. 54520 54521 11:13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful 54522 spirit concealeth the matter. 54523 54524 11:14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of 54525 counsellors there is safety. 54526 54527 11:15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that 54528 hateth suretiship is sure. 54529 54530 11:16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. 54531 54532 11:17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is 54533 cruel troubleth his own flesh. 54534 54535 11:18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth 54536 righteousness shall be a sure reward. 54537 54538 11:19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil 54539 pursueth it to his own death. 54540 54541 11:20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: 54542 but such as are upright in their way are his delight. 54543 54544 11:21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: 54545 but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. 54546 54547 11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which 54548 is without discretion. 54549 54550 11:23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of 54551 the wicked is wrath. 54552 54553 11:24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that 54554 withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 54555 54556 11:25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall 54557 be watered also himself. 54558 54559 11:26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but 54560 blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. 54561 54562 11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that 54563 seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. 54564 54565 11:28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous 54566 shall flourish as a branch. 54567 54568 11:29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the 54569 fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. 54570 54571 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that 54572 winneth souls is wise. 54573 54574 11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much 54575 more the wicked and the sinner. 54576 54577 12:1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth 54578 reproof is brutish. 54579 54580 12:2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked 54581 devices will he condemn. 54582 54583 12:3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the 54584 righteous shall not be moved. 54585 54586 12:4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh 54587 ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. 54588 54589 12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the 54590 wicked are deceit. 54591 54592 12:6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the 54593 mouth of the upright shall deliver them. 54594 54595 12:7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the 54596 righteous shall stand. 54597 54598 12:8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is 54599 of a perverse heart shall be despised. 54600 54601 12:9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that 54602 honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. 54603 54604 12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender 54605 mercies of the wicked are cruel. 54606 54607 12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he 54608 that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. 54609 54610 12:12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the 54611 righteous yieldeth fruit. 54612 54613 12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the 54614 just shall come out of trouble. 54615 54616 12:14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: 54617 and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him. 54618 54619 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that 54620 hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. 54621 54622 12:16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth 54623 shame. 54624 54625 12:17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false 54626 witness deceit. 54627 54628 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the 54629 tongue of the wise is health. 54630 54631 12:19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying 54632 tongue is but for a moment. 54633 54634 12:20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the 54635 counsellors of peace is joy. 54636 54637 12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be 54638 filled with mischief. 54639 54640 12:22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly 54641 are his delight. 54642 54643 12:23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools 54644 proclaimeth foolishness. 54645 54646 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall 54647 be under tribute. 54648 54649 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word 54650 maketh it glad. 54651 54652 12:26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way 54653 of the wicked seduceth them. 54654 54655 12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but 54656 the substance of a diligent man is precious. 54657 54658 12:28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof 54659 there is no death. 54660 54661 13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner 54662 heareth not rebuke. 54663 54664 13:2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of 54665 the transgressors shall eat violence. 54666 54667 13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth 54668 wide his lips shall have destruction. 54669 54670 13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul 54671 of the diligent shall be made fat. 54672 54673 13:5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and 54674 cometh to shame. 54675 54676 13:6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but 54677 wickedness overthroweth the sinner. 54678 54679 13:7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is 54680 that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. 54681 54682 13:8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth 54683 not rebuke. 54684 54685 13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked 54686 shall be put out. 54687 54688 13:10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is 54689 wisdom. 54690 54691 13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that 54692 gathereth by labour shall increase. 54693 54694 13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, 54695 it is a tree of life. 54696 54697 13:13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth 54698 the commandment shall be rewarded. 54699 54700 13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the 54701 snares of death. 54702 54703 13:15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors 54704 is hard. 54705 54706 13:16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open 54707 his folly. 54708 54709 13:17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful 54710 ambassador is health. 54711 54712 13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but 54713 he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. 54714 54715 13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is 54716 abomination to fools to depart from evil. 54717 54718 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of 54719 fools shall be destroyed. 54720 54721 13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be 54722 repayed. 54723 54724 13:22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: 54725 and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. 54726 54727 13:23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is 54728 destroyed for want of judgment. 54729 54730 13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him 54731 chasteneth him betimes. 54732 54733 13:25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the 54734 belly of the wicked shall want. 54735 54736 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it 54737 down with her hands. 54738 54739 14:2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that 54740 is perverse in his ways despiseth him. 54741 54742 14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of 54743 the wise shall preserve them. 54744 54745 14:4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the 54746 strength of the ox. 54747 54748 14:5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter 54749 lies. 54750 54751 14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is 54752 easy unto him that understandeth. 54753 54754 14:7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not 54755 in him the lips of knowledge. 54756 54757 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly 54758 of fools is deceit. 54759 54760 14:9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is 54761 favour. 54762 54763 14:10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not 54764 intermeddle with his joy. 54765 54766 14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle 54767 of the upright shall flourish. 54768 54769 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end 54770 thereof are the ways of death. 54771 54772 14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that 54773 mirth is heaviness. 54774 54775 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a 54776 good man shall be satisfied from himself. 54777 54778 14:15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh 54779 well to his going. 54780 54781 14:16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool 54782 rageth, and is confident. 54783 54784 14:17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked 54785 devices is hated. 54786 54787 14:18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with 54788 knowledge. 54789 54790 14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the 54791 righteous. 54792 54793 14:20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath 54794 many friends. 54795 54796 14:21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy 54797 on the poor, happy is he. 54798 54799 14:22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be 54800 to them that devise good. 54801 54802 14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth 54803 only to penury. 54804 54805 14:24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of 54806 fools is folly. 54807 54808 14:25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness 54809 speaketh lies. 54810 54811 14:26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children 54812 shall have a place of refuge. 54813 54814 14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the 54815 snares of death. 54816 54817 14:28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want 54818 of people is the destruction of the prince. 54819 54820 14:29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that 54821 is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. 54822 54823 14:30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness 54824 of the bones. 54825 54826 14:31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that 54827 honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. 54828 54829 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous 54830 hath hope in his death. 54831 54832 14:33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but 54833 that which is in the midst of fools is made known. 54834 54835 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any 54836 people. 54837 54838 14:35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is 54839 against him that causeth shame. 54840 54841 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up 54842 anger. 54843 54844 15:2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of 54845 fools poureth out foolishness. 54846 54847 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and 54848 the good. 54849 54850 15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is 54851 a breach in the spirit. 54852 54853 15:5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth 54854 reproof is prudent. 54855 54856 15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the 54857 revenues of the wicked is trouble. 54858 54859 15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the 54860 foolish doeth not so. 54861 54862 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but 54863 the prayer of the upright is his delight. 54864 54865 15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he 54866 loveth him that followeth after righteousness. 54867 54868 15:10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he 54869 that hateth reproof shall die. 54870 54871 15:11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the 54872 hearts of the children of men? 15:12 A scorner loveth not one that 54873 reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. 54874 54875 15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of 54876 the heart the spirit is broken. 54877 54878 15:14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but 54879 the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. 54880 54881 15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a 54882 merry heart hath a continual feast. 54883 54884 15:16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure 54885 and trouble therewith. 54886 54887 15:17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and 54888 hatred therewith. 54889 54890 15:18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger 54891 appeaseth strife. 54892 54893 15:19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the 54894 way of the righteous is made plain. 54895 54896 15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his 54897 mother. 54898 54899 15:21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of 54900 understanding walketh uprightly. 54901 54902 15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude 54903 of counsellors they are established. 54904 54905 15:23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in 54906 due season, how good is it! 15:24 The way of life is above to the 54907 wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. 54908 54909 15:25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will 54910 establish the border of the widow. 54911 54912 15:26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but 54913 the words of the pure are pleasant words. 54914 54915 15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that 54916 hateth gifts shall live. 54917 54918 15:28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of 54919 the wicked poureth out evil things. 54920 54921 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of 54922 the righteous. 54923 54924 15:30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report 54925 maketh the bones fat. 54926 54927 15:31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. 54928 54929 15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that 54930 heareth reproof getteth understanding. 54931 54932 15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before 54933 honour is humility. 54934 54935 16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the 54936 tongue, is from the LORD. 54937 54938 16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD 54939 weigheth the spirits. 54940 54941 16:3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be 54942 established. 54943 54944 16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked 54945 for the day of evil. 54946 54947 16:5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: 54948 though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. 54949 54950 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the 54951 LORD men depart from evil. 54952 54953 16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to 54954 be at peace with him. 54955 54956 16:8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without 54957 right. 54958 54959 16:9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. 54960 54961 16:10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth 54962 transgresseth not in judgment. 54963 54964 16:11 A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the 54965 bag are his work. 54966 54967 16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the 54968 throne is established by righteousness. 54969 54970 16:13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that 54971 speaketh right. 54972 54973 16:14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man 54974 will pacify it. 54975 54976 16:15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour 54977 is as a cloud of the latter rain. 54978 54979 16:16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get 54980 understanding rather to be chosen than silver! 16:17 The highway of 54981 the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth 54982 his soul. 54983 54984 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a 54985 fall. 54986 54987 16:19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to 54988 divide the spoil with the proud. 54989 54990 16:20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso 54991 trusteth in the LORD, happy is he. 54992 54993 16:21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of 54994 the lips increaseth learning. 54995 54996 16:22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but 54997 the instruction of fools is folly. 54998 54999 16:23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to 55000 his lips. 55001 55002 16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and 55003 health to the bones. 55004 55005 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end 55006 thereof are the ways of death. 55007 55008 16:26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth 55009 it of him. 55010 55011 16:27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a 55012 burning fire. 55013 55014 16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief 55015 friends. 55016 55017 16:29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the 55018 way that is not good. 55019 55020 16:30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips 55021 he bringeth evil to pass. 55022 55023 16:31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of 55024 righteousness. 55025 55026 16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that 55027 ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. 55028 55029 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is 55030 of the LORD. 55031 55032 17:1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house 55033 full of sacrifices with strife. 55034 55035 17:2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and 55036 shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. 55037 55038 17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the 55039 LORD trieth the hearts. 55040 55041 17:4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to 55042 a naughty tongue. 55043 55044 17:5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad 55045 at calamities shall not be unpunished. 55046 55047 17:6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of 55048 children are their fathers. 55049 55050 17:7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a 55051 prince. 55052 55053 17:8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: 55054 whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. 55055 55056 17:9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that 55057 repeateth a matter separateth very friends. 55058 55059 17:10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes 55060 into a fool. 55061 55062 17:11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger 55063 shall be sent against him. 55064 55065 17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool 55066 in his folly. 55067 55068 17:13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his 55069 house. 55070 55071 17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: 55072 therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. 55073 55074 17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, 55075 even they both are abomination to the LORD. 55076 55077 17:16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, 55078 seeing he hath no heart to it? 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, 55079 and a brother is born for adversity. 55080 55081 17:18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety 55082 in the presence of his friend. 55083 55084 17:19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth 55085 his gate seeketh destruction. 55086 55087 17:20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a 55088 perverse tongue falleth into mischief. 55089 55090 17:21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father 55091 of a fool hath no joy. 55092 55093 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit 55094 drieth the bones. 55095 55096 17:23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways 55097 of judgment. 55098 55099 17:24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a 55100 fool are in the ends of the earth. 55101 55102 17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her 55103 that bare him. 55104 55105 17:26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for 55106 equity. 55107 55108 17:27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of 55109 understanding is of an excellent spirit. 55110 55111 17:28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he 55112 that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. 55113 55114 18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and 55115 intermeddleth with all wisdom. 55116 55117 18:2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may 55118 discover itself. 55119 55120 18:3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with 55121 ignominy reproach. 55122 55123 18:4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring 55124 of wisdom as a flowing brook. 55125 55126 18:5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow 55127 the righteous in judgment. 55128 55129 18:6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for 55130 strokes. 55131 55132 18:7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of 55133 his soul. 55134 55135 18:8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into 55136 the innermost parts of the belly. 55137 55138 18:9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a 55139 great waster. 55140 55141 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth 55142 into it, and is safe. 55143 55144 18:11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in 55145 his own conceit. 55146 55147 18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before 55148 honour is humility. 55149 55150 18:13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and 55151 shame unto him. 55152 55153 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded 55154 spirit who can bear? 18:15 The heart of the prudent getteth 55155 knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. 55156 55157 18:16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great 55158 men. 55159 55160 18:17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his 55161 neighbour cometh and searcheth him. 55162 55163 18:18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the 55164 mighty. 55165 55166 18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and 55167 their contentions are like the bars of a castle. 55168 55169 18:20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; 55170 and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. 55171 55172 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that 55173 love it shall eat the fruit thereof. 55174 55175 18:22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour 55176 of the LORD. 55177 55178 18:23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly. 55179 55180 18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is 55181 a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. 55182 55183 19:1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is 55184 perverse in his lips, and is a fool. 55185 55186 19:2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he 55187 that hasteth with his feet sinneth. 55188 55189 19:3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth 55190 against the LORD. 55191 55192 19:4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his 55193 neighbour. 55194 55195 19:5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh 55196 lies shall not escape. 55197 55198 19:6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a 55199 friend to him that giveth gifts. 55200 55201 19:7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his 55202 friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are 55203 wanting to him. 55204 55205 19:8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth 55206 understanding shall find good. 55207 55208 19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh 55209 lies shall perish. 55210 55211 19:10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to 55212 have rule over princes. 55213 55214 19:11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory 55215 to pass over a transgression. 55216 55217 19:12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is 55218 as dew upon the grass. 55219 55220 19:13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions 55221 of a wife are a continual dropping. 55222 55223 19:14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent 55224 wife is from the LORD. 55225 55226 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall 55227 suffer hunger. 55228 55229 19:16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he 55230 that despiseth his ways shall die. 55231 55232 19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that 55233 which he hath given will he pay him again. 55234 55235 19:18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare 55236 for his crying. 55237 55238 19:19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou 55239 deliver him, yet thou must do it again. 55240 55241 19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise 55242 in thy latter end. 55243 55244 19:21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the 55245 counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. 55246 55247 19:22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better 55248 than a liar. 55249 55250 19:23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall 55251 abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. 55252 55253 19:24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so 55254 much as bring it to his mouth again. 55255 55256 19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one 55257 that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. 55258 55259 19:26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a 55260 son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. 55261 55262 19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from 55263 the words of knowledge. 55264 55265 19:28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the 55266 wicked devoureth iniquity. 55267 55268 19:29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of 55269 fools. 55270 55271 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is 55272 deceived thereby is not wise. 55273 55274 20:2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh 55275 him to anger sinneth against his own soul. 55276 55277 20:3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool 55278 will be meddling. 55279 55280 20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall 55281 he beg in harvest, and have nothing. 55282 55283 20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of 55284 understanding will draw it out. 55285 55286 20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful 55287 man who can find? 20:7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his 55288 children are blessed after him. 55289 55290 20:8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all 55291 evil with his eyes. 55292 55293 20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? 55294 20:10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike 55295 abomination to the LORD. 55296 55297 20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, 55298 and whether it be right. 55299 55300 20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even 55301 both of them. 55302 55303 20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and 55304 thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 55305 55306 20:14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone 55307 his way, then he boasteth. 55308 55309 20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of 55310 knowledge are a precious jewel. 55311 55312 20:16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a 55313 pledge of him for a strange woman. 55314 55315 20:17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth 55316 shall be filled with gravel. 55317 55318 20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice 55319 make war. 55320 55321 20:19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore 55322 meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. 55323 55324 20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put 55325 out in obscure darkness. 55326 55327 20:21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the 55328 end thereof shall not be blessed. 55329 55330 20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and 55331 he shall save thee. 55332 55333 20:23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false 55334 balance is not good. 55335 55336 20:24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his 55337 own way? 20:25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is 55338 holy, and after vows to make enquiry. 55339 55340 20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over 55341 them. 55342 55343 20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the 55344 inward parts of the belly. 55345 55346 20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by 55347 mercy. 55348 55349 20:29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old 55350 men is the grey head. 55351 55352 20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the 55353 inward parts of the belly. 55354 55355 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of 55356 water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. 55357 55358 21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD 55359 pondereth the hearts. 55360 55361 21:3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than 55362 sacrifice. 55363 55364 21:4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, 55365 is sin. 55366 55367 21:5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of 55368 every one that is hasty only to want. 55369 55370 21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to 55371 and fro of them that seek death. 55372 55373 21:7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse 55374 to do judgment. 55375 55376 21:8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his 55377 work is right. 55378 55379 21:9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a 55380 brawling woman in a wide house. 55381 55382 21:10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no 55383 favour in his eyes. 55384 55385 21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when 55386 the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. 55387 55388 21:12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: 55389 but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. 55390 55391 21:13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall 55392 cry himself, but shall not be heard. 55393 55394 21:14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom 55395 strong wrath. 55396 55397 21:15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be 55398 to the workers of iniquity. 55399 55400 21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall 55401 remain in the congregation of the dead. 55402 55403 21:17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine 55404 and oil shall not be rich. 55405 55406 21:18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the 55407 transgressor for the upright. 55408 55409 21:19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious 55410 and an angry woman. 55411 55412 21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the 55413 wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. 55414 55415 21:21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, 55416 righteousness, and honour. 55417 55418 21:22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the 55419 strength of the confidence thereof. 55420 55421 21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from 55422 troubles. 55423 55424 21:24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud 55425 wrath. 55426 55427 21:25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to 55428 labour. 55429 55430 21:26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth 55431 and spareth not. 55432 55433 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when 55434 he bringeth it with a wicked mind? 21:28 A false witness shall 55435 perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. 55436 55437 21:29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he 55438 directeth his way. 55439 55440 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the 55441 LORD. 55442 55443 21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is 55444 of the LORD. 55445 55446 22:1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving 55447 favour rather than silver and gold. 55448 55449 22:2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them 55450 all. 55451 55452 22:3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the 55453 simple pass on, and are punished. 55454 55455 22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and 55456 life. 55457 55458 22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth 55459 keep his soul shall be far from them. 55460 55461 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he 55462 will not depart from it. 55463 55464 22:7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the 55465 lender. 55466 55467 22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his 55468 anger shall fail. 55469 55470 22:9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of 55471 his bread to the poor. 55472 55473 22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife 55474 and reproach shall cease. 55475 55476 22:11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the 55477 king shall be his friend. 55478 55479 22:12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the 55480 words of the transgressor. 55481 55482 22:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be 55483 slain in the streets. 55484 55485 22:14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of 55486 the LORD shall fall therein. 55487 55488 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of 55489 correction shall drive it far from him. 55490 55491 22:16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that 55492 giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. 55493 55494 22:17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply 55495 thine heart unto my knowledge. 55496 55497 22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they 55498 shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 55499 55500 22:19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee 55501 this day, even to thee. 55502 55503 22:20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and 55504 knowledge, 22:21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the 55505 words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them 55506 that send unto thee? 22:22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: 55507 neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 22:23 For the LORD will 55508 plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. 55509 55510 22:24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man 55511 thou shalt not go: 22:25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to 55512 thy soul. 55513 55514 22:26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are 55515 sureties for debts. 55516 55517 22:27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed 55518 from under thee? 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy 55519 fathers have set. 55520 55521 22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before 55522 kings; he shall not stand before mean men. 55523 55524 23:1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what 55525 is before thee: 23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man 55526 given to appetite. 55527 55528 23:3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. 55529 55530 23:4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. 55531 55532 23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches 55533 certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward 55534 heaven. 55535 55536 23:6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither 55537 desire thou his dainty meats: 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so 55538 is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with 55539 thee. 55540 55541 23:8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose 55542 thy sweet words. 55543 55544 23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom 55545 of thy words. 55546 55547 23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of 55548 the fatherless: 23:11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead 55549 their cause with thee. 55550 55551 23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words 55552 of knowledge. 55553 55554 23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him 55555 with the rod, he shall not die. 55556 55557 23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul 55558 from hell. 55559 55560 23:15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even 55561 mine. 55562 55563 23:16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. 55564 55565 23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the 55566 LORD all the day long. 55567 55568 23:18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be 55569 cut off. 55570 55571 23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the 55572 way. 55573 55574 23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 23:21 55575 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness 55576 shall clothe a man with rags. 55577 55578 23:22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy 55579 mother when she is old. 55580 55581 23:23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, 55582 and understanding. 55583 55584 23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that 55585 begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. 55586 55587 23:25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee 55588 shall rejoice. 55589 55590 23:26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. 55591 55592 23:27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow 55593 pit. 55594 55595 23:28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the 55596 transgressors among men. 55597 55598 23:29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath 55599 babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 55600 23:30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed 55601 wine. 55602 55603 23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his 55604 colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 55605 55606 23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an 55607 adder. 55608 55609 23:33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall 55610 utter perverse things. 55611 55612 23:34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the 55613 sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. 55614 55615 23:35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they 55616 have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it 55617 yet again. 55618 55619 24:1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with 55620 them. 55621 55622 24:2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of 55623 mischief. 55624 55625 24:3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is 55626 established: 24:4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with 55627 all precious and pleasant riches. 55628 55629 24:5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth 55630 strength. 55631 55632 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of 55633 counsellors there is safety. 55634 55635 24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the 55636 gate. 55637 55638 24:8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. 55639 55640 24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an 55641 abomination to men. 55642 55643 24:10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. 55644 55645 24:11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and 55646 those that are ready to be slain; 24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, we 55647 knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he 55648 that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to 55649 every man according to his works? 24:13 My son, eat thou honey, 55650 because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: 55651 24:14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou 55652 hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall 55653 not be cut off. 55654 55655 24:15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the 55656 righteous; spoil not his resting place: 24:16 For a just man falleth 55657 seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into 55658 mischief. 55659 55660 24:17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be 55661 glad when he stumbleth: 24:18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease 55662 him, and he turn away his wrath from him. 55663 55664 24:19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at 55665 the wicked: 24:20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the 55666 candle of the wicked shall be put out. 55667 55668 24:21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with 55669 them that are given to change: 24:22 For their calamity shall rise 55670 suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? 24:23 These things 55671 also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in 55672 judgment. 55673 55674 24:24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the 55675 people curse, nations shall abhor him: 24:25 But to them that rebuke 55676 him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. 55677 55678 24:26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. 55679 55680 24:27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the 55681 field; and afterwards build thine house. 55682 55683 24:28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and 55684 deceive not with thy lips. 55685 55686 24:29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will 55687 render to the man according to his work. 55688 55689 24:30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the 55690 man void of understanding; 24:31 And, lo, it was all grown over with 55691 thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall 55692 thereof was broken down. 55693 55694 24:32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and 55695 received instruction. 55696 55697 24:33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the 55698 hands to sleep: 24:34 So shall thy poverty come as one that 55699 travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. 55700 55701 25:1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah 55702 king of Judah copied out. 55703 55704 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of 55705 kings is to search out a matter. 55706 55707 25:3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of 55708 kings is unsearchable. 55709 55710 25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a 55711 vessel for the finer. 55712 55713 25:5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall 55714 be established in righteousness. 55715 55716 25:6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not 55717 in the place of great men: 25:7 For better it is that it be said unto 55718 thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the 55719 presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen. 55720 55721 25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in 55722 the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. 55723 55724 25:9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a 55725 secret to another: 25:10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, 55726 and thine infamy turn not away. 55727 55728 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of 55729 silver. 55730 55731 25:12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a 55732 wise reprover upon an obedient ear. 55733 55734 25:13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful 55735 messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his 55736 masters. 55737 55738 25:14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind 55739 without rain. 55740 55741 25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue 55742 breaketh the bone. 55743 55744 25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, 55745 lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. 55746 55747 25:17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary 55748 of thee, and so hate thee. 55749 55750 25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a 55751 maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. 55752 55753 25:19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a 55754 broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. 55755 55756 25:20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar 55757 upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. 55758 55759 25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be 55760 thirsty, give him water to drink: 25:22 For thou shalt heap coals of 55761 fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee. 55762 55763 25:23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a 55764 backbiting tongue. 55765 55766 25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a 55767 brawling woman and in a wide house. 55768 55769 25:25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far 55770 country. 55771 55772 25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled 55773 fountain, and a corrupt spring. 55774 55775 25:27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own 55776 glory is not glory. 55777 55778 25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is 55779 broken down, and without walls. 55780 55781 26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not 55782 seemly for a fool. 55783 55784 26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse 55785 causeless shall not come. 55786 55787 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the 55788 fool's back. 55789 55790 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like 55791 unto him. 55792 55793 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own 55794 conceit. 55795 55796 26:6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the 55797 feet, and drinketh damage. 55798 55799 26:7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth 55800 of fools. 55801 55802 26:8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth 55803 honour to a fool. 55804 55805 26:9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable 55806 in the mouths of fools. 55807 55808 26:10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, 55809 and rewardeth transgressors. 55810 55811 26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his 55812 folly. 55813 55814 26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of 55815 a fool than of him. 55816 55817 26:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in 55818 the streets. 55819 55820 26:14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon 55821 his bed. 55822 55823 26:15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to 55824 bring it again to his mouth. 55825 55826 26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can 55827 render a reason. 55828 55829 26:17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to 55830 him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. 55831 55832 26:18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, 26:19 So 55833 is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? 55834 26:20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no 55835 talebearer, the strife ceaseth. 55836 55837 26:21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a 55838 contentious man to kindle strife. 55839 55840 26:22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into 55841 the innermost parts of the belly. 55842 55843 26:23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with 55844 silver dross. 55845 55846 26:24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit 55847 within him; 26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there 55848 are seven abominations in his heart. 55849 55850 26:26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be 55851 shewed before the whole congregation. 55852 55853 26:27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a 55854 stone, it will return upon him. 55855 55856 26:28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a 55857 flattering mouth worketh ruin. 55858 55859 27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day 55860 may bring forth. 55861 55862 27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, 55863 and not thine own lips. 55864 55865 27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is 55866 heavier than them both. 55867 55868 27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand 55869 before envy? 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. 55870 55871 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy 55872 are deceitful. 55873 55874 27:7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every 55875 bitter thing is sweet. 55876 55877 27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that 55878 wandereth from his place. 55879 55880 27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of 55881 a man's friend by hearty counsel. 55882 55883 27:10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither 55884 go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is 55885 a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. 55886 55887 27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him 55888 that reproacheth me. 55889 55890 27:12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the 55891 simple pass on, and are punished. 55892 55893 27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a 55894 pledge of him for a strange woman. 55895 55896 27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in 55897 the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. 55898 55899 27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman 55900 are alike. 55901 55902 27:16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his 55903 right hand, which bewrayeth itself. 55904 55905 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his 55906 friend. 55907 55908 27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he 55909 that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. 55910 55911 27:19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. 55912 55913 27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are 55914 never satisfied. 55915 55916 27:21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a 55917 man to his praise. 55918 55919 27:22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a 55920 pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. 55921 55922 27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well 55923 to thy herds. 55924 55925 27:24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every 55926 generation? 27:25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth 55927 itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 55928 55929 27:26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of 55930 the field. 55931 55932 27:27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the 55933 food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. 55934 55935 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold 55936 as a lion. 55937 55938 28:2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but 55939 by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be 55940 prolonged. 55941 55942 28:3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which 55943 leaveth no food. 55944 55945 28:4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the 55946 law contend with them. 55947 55948 28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD 55949 understand all things. 55950 55951 28:6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that 55952 is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. 55953 55954 28:7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion 55955 of riotous men shameth his father. 55956 55957 28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he 55958 shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. 55959 55960 28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his 55961 prayer shall be abomination. 55962 55963 28:10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he 55964 shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good 55965 things in possession. 55966 55967 28:11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath 55968 understanding searcheth him out. 55969 55970 28:12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when 55971 the wicked rise, a man is hidden. 55972 55973 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso 55974 confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. 55975 55976 28:14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his 55977 heart shall fall into mischief. 55978 55979 28:15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over 55980 the poor people. 55981 55982 28:16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: 55983 but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. 55984 55985 28:17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee 55986 to the pit; let no man stay him. 55987 55988 28:18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse 55989 in his ways shall fall at once. 55990 55991 28:19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that 55992 followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. 55993 55994 28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh 55995 haste to be rich shall not be innocent. 55996 55997 28:21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread 55998 that man will transgress. 55999 56000 28:22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not 56001 that poverty shall come upon him. 56002 56003 28:23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he 56004 that flattereth with the tongue. 56005 56006 28:24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no 56007 transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. 56008 56009 28:25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that 56010 putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat. 56011 56012 28:26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh 56013 wisely, he shall be delivered. 56014 56015 28:27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth 56016 his eyes shall have many a curse. 56017 56018 28:28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, 56019 the righteous increase. 56020 56021 29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly 56022 be destroyed, and that without remedy. 56023 56024 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when 56025 the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. 56026 56027 29:3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth 56028 company with harlots spendeth his substance. 56029 56030 29:4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth 56031 gifts overthroweth it. 56032 56033 29:5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. 56034 56035 29:6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the 56036 righteous doth sing and rejoice. 56037 56038 29:7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked 56039 regardeth not to know it. 56040 56041 29:8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away 56042 wrath. 56043 56044 29:9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or 56045 laugh, there is no rest. 56046 56047 29:10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. 56048 56049 29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till 56050 afterwards. 56051 56052 29:12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. 56053 56054 29:13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD 56055 lighteneth both their eyes. 56056 56057 29:14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be 56058 established for ever. 56059 56060 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself 56061 bringeth his mother to shame. 56062 56063 29:16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but 56064 the righteous shall see their fall. 56065 56066 29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give 56067 delight unto thy soul. 56068 56069 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth 56070 the law, happy is he. 56071 56072 29:19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he 56073 understand he will not answer. 56074 56075 29:20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope 56076 of a fool than of him. 56077 56078 29:21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall 56079 have him become his son at the length. 56080 56081 29:22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in 56082 transgression. 56083 56084 29:23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the 56085 humble in spirit. 56086 56087 29:24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth 56088 cursing, and bewrayeth it not. 56089 56090 29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in 56091 the LORD shall be safe. 56092 56093 29:26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh 56094 from the LORD. 56095 56096 29:27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is 56097 upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. 56098 56099 30:1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man 56100 spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 30:2 Surely I am more 56101 brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. 56102 56103 30:3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. 56104 56105 30:4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered 56106 the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who 56107 hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what 56108 is his son's name, if thou canst tell? 30:5 Every word of God is 56109 pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. 56110 56111 30:6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be 56112 found a liar. 56113 56114 30:7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I 56115 die: 30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty 56116 nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 30:9 Lest I be full, 56117 and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, 56118 and take the name of my God in vain. 56119 56120 30:10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and 56121 thou be found guilty. 56122 56123 30:11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not 56124 bless their mother. 56125 56126 30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet 56127 is not washed from their filthiness. 56128 56129 30:13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their 56130 eyelids are lifted up. 56131 56132 30:14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw 56133 teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy 56134 from among men. 56135 56136 30:15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are 56137 three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is 56138 enough: 30:16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not 56139 filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. 56140 56141 30:17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his 56142 mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young 56143 eagles shall eat it. 56144 56145 30:18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four 56146 which I know not: 30:19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a 56147 serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and 56148 the way of a man with a maid. 56149 56150 30:20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth 56151 her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. 56152 56153 30:21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it 56154 cannot bear: 30:22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he 56155 is filled with meat; 30:23 For an odious woman when she is married; 56156 and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. 56157 56158 30:24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they 56159 are exceeding wise: 30:25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they 56160 prepare their meat in the summer; 30:26 The conies are but a feeble 56161 folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; 30:27 The locusts have 56162 no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; 30:28 The spider 56163 taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. 56164 56165 30:29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in 56166 going: 30:30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not 56167 away for any; 30:31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against 56168 whom there is no rising up. 56169 56170 30:32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou 56171 hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth. 56172 56173 30:33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the 56174 wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath 56175 bringeth forth strife. 56176 56177 31:1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught 56178 him. 56179 56180 31:2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of 56181 my vows? 31:3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that 56182 which destroyeth kings. 56183 56184 31:4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; 56185 nor for princes strong drink: 31:5 Lest they drink, and forget the 56186 law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. 56187 56188 31:6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto 56189 those that be of heavy hearts. 56190 56191 31:7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no 56192 more. 56193 56194 31:8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are 56195 appointed to destruction. 56196 56197 31:9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the 56198 poor and needy. 56199 56200 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above 56201 rubies. 56202 56203 31:11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he 56204 shall have no need of spoil. 56205 56206 31:12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 56207 56208 31:13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her 56209 hands. 56210 56211 31:14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from 56212 afar. 56213 56214 31:15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her 56215 household, and a portion to her maidens. 56216 56217 31:16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her 56218 hands she planteth a vineyard. 56219 56220 31:17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. 56221 56222 31:18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth 56223 not out by night. 56224 56225 31:19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the 56226 distaff. 56227 56228 31:20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth 56229 her hands to the needy. 56230 56231 31:21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her 56232 household are clothed with scarlet. 56233 56234 31:22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk 56235 and purple. 56236 56237 31:23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the 56238 elders of the land. 56239 56240 31:24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles 56241 unto the merchant. 56242 56243 31:25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in 56244 time to come. 56245 56246 31:26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law 56247 of kindness. 56248 56249 31:27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not 56250 the bread of idleness. 56251 56252 31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, 56253 and he praiseth her. 56254 56255 31:29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them 56256 all. 56257 56258 31:30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that 56259 feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. 56260 56261 31:31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise 56262 her in the gates. 56263 56264 56265 56266 56267 Ecclesiastes 56268 56269 or 56270 56271 The Preacher 56272 56273 56274 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 56275 56276 1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is 56277 vanity. 56278 56279 1:3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the 56280 sun? 1:4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: 56281 but the earth abideth for ever. 56282 56283 1:5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his 56284 place where he arose. 56285 56286 1:6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; 56287 it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according 56288 to his circuits. 56289 56290 1:7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the 56291 place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. 56292 56293 1:8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not 56294 satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 56295 56296 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that 56297 which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing 56298 under the sun. 56299 56300 1:10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it 56301 hath been already of old time, which was before us. 56302 56303 1:11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be 56304 any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come 56305 after. 56306 56307 1:12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 56308 56309 1:13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning 56310 all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God 56311 given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 56312 56313 1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, 56314 behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 56315 56316 1:15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is 56317 wanting cannot be numbered. 56318 56319 1:16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great 56320 estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been 56321 before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom 56322 and knowledge. 56323 56324 1:17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and 56325 folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. 56326 56327 1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth 56328 knowledge increaseth sorrow. 56329 56330 2:1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, 56331 therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. 56332 56333 2:2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? 2:3 I 56334 sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine 56335 heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was 56336 that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven 56337 all the days of their life. 56338 56339 2:4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me 56340 vineyards: 2:5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in 56341 them of all kind of fruits: 2:6 I made me pools of water, to water 56342 therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: 2:7 I got me servants 56343 and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great 56344 possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem 56345 before me: 2:8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar 56346 treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women 56347 singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, 56348 and that of all sorts. 56349 56350 2:9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in 56351 Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. 56352 56353 2:10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld 56354 not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and 56355 this was my portion of all my labour. 56356 56357 2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on 56358 the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and 56359 vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. 56360 56361 2:12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for 56362 what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath 56363 been already done. 56364 56365 2:13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth 56366 darkness. 56367 56368 2:14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in 56369 darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them 56370 all. 56371 56372 2:15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it 56373 happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my 56374 heart, that this also is vanity. 56375 56376 2:16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for 56377 ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be 56378 forgotten. 56379 56380 And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. 56381 56382 2:17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under 56383 the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 56384 56385 2:18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: 56386 because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 56387 56388 2:19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet 56389 shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and 56390 wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. 56391 56392 2:20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the 56393 labour which I took under the sun. 56394 56395 2:21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, 56396 and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he 56397 leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. 56398 56399 2:22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his 56400 heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? 2:23 For all his days 56401 are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in 56402 the night. This is also vanity. 56403 56404 2:24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and 56405 drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This 56406 also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. 56407 56408 2:25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I? 56409 2:26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and 56410 knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and 56411 to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also 56412 is vanity and vexation of spirit. 56413 56414 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose 56415 under the heaven: 3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to 56416 plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3:3 A time to 56417 kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build 56418 up; 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a 56419 time to dance; 3:5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather 56420 stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from 56421 embracing; 3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and 56422 a time to cast away; 3:7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to 56423 keep silence, and a time to speak; 3:8 A time to love, and a time to 56424 hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. 56425 56426 3:9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? 56427 3:10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men 56428 to be exercised in it. 56429 56430 3:11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set 56431 the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that 56432 God maketh from the beginning to the end. 56433 56434 3:12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, 56435 and to do good in his life. 56436 56437 3:13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good 56438 of all his labour, it is the gift of God. 56439 56440 3:14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing 56441 can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that 56442 men should fear before him. 56443 56444 3:15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already 56445 been; and God requireth that which is past. 56446 56447 3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that 56448 wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity 56449 was there. 56450 56451 3:17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the 56452 wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every 56453 work. 56454 56455 3:18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, 56456 that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they 56457 themselves are beasts. 56458 56459 3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even 56460 one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, 56461 they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a 56462 beast: for all is vanity. 56463 56464 3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust 56465 again. 56466 56467 3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit 56468 of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? 3:22 Wherefore I 56469 perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice 56470 in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to 56471 see what shall be after him? 4:1 So I returned, and considered all 56472 the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of 56473 such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of 56474 their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. 56475 56476 4:2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the 56477 living which are yet alive. 56478 56479 4:3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who 56480 hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. 56481 56482 4:4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for 56483 this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and 56484 vexation of spirit. 56485 56486 4:5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. 56487 56488 4:6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with 56489 travail and vexation of spirit. 56490 56491 4:7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 56492 56493 4:8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath 56494 neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; 56495 neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom 56496 do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it 56497 is a sore travail. 56498 56499 4:9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their 56500 labour. 56501 56502 4:10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him 56503 that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. 56504 56505 4:11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one 56506 be warm alone? 4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shall 56507 withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. 56508 56509 4:13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, 56510 who will no more be admonished. 56511 56512 4:14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is 56513 born in his kingdom becometh poor. 56514 56515 4:15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the 56516 second child that shall stand up in his stead. 56517 56518 4:16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been 56519 before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. 56520 Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit. 56521 56522 5:1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more 56523 ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider 56524 not that they do evil. 56525 56526 5:2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to 56527 utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: 56528 therefore let thy words be few. 56529 56530 5:3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's 56531 voice is known by multitude of words. 56532 56533 5:4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath 56534 no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 56535 56536 5:5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest 56537 vow and not pay. 56538 56539 5:6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou 56540 before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry 56541 at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 5:7 For in the 56542 multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but 56543 fear thou God. 56544 56545 5:8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting 56546 of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for 56547 he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than 56548 they. 56549 56550 5:9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is 56551 served by the field. 56552 56553 5:10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he 56554 that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 56555 56556 5:11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what 56557 good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with 56558 their eyes? 5:12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he 56559 eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him 56560 to sleep. 56561 56562 5:13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, 56563 riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. 56564 56565 5:14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, 56566 and there is nothing in his hand. 56567 56568 5:15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to 56569 go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may 56570 carry away in his hand. 56571 56572 5:16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so 56573 shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? 56574 5:17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow 56575 and wrath with his sickness. 56576 56577 5:18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to 56578 eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he 56579 taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: 56580 for it is his portion. 56581 56582 5:19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath 56583 given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to 56584 rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. 56585 56586 5:20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God 56587 answereth him in the joy of his heart. 56588 56589 6:1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common 56590 among men: 6:2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and 56591 honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he 56592 desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger 56593 eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. 56594 56595 6:3 If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that 56596 the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, 56597 and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is 56598 better than he. 56599 56600 6:4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his 56601 name shall be covered with darkness. 56602 56603 6:5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath 56604 more rest than the other. 56605 56606 6:6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen 56607 no good: do not all go to one place? 6:7 All the labour of man is for 56608 his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. 56609 56610 6:8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, 56611 that knoweth to walk before the living? 6:9 Better is the sight of 56612 the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and 56613 vexation of spirit. 56614 56615 6:10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is 56616 man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. 56617 56618 6:11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the 56619 better? 6:12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all 56620 the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can 56621 tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? 7:1 A good name is 56622 better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of 56623 one's birth. 56624 56625 7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the 56626 house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will 56627 lay it to his heart. 56628 56629 7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the 56630 countenance the heart is made better. 56631 56632 7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart 56633 of fools is in the house of mirth. 56634 56635 7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to 56636 hear the song of fools. 56637 56638 7:6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of 56639 the fool: this also is vanity. 56640 56641 7:7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the 56642 heart. 56643 56644 7:8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the 56645 patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 56646 56647 7:9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the 56648 bosom of fools. 56649 56650 7:10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better 56651 than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. 56652 56653 7:11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to 56654 them that see the sun. 56655 56656 7:12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the 56657 excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have 56658 it. 56659 56660 7:13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which 56661 he hath made crooked? 7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in 56662 the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against 56663 the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. 56664 56665 7:15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just 56666 man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man 56667 that prolongeth his life in his wickedness. 56668 56669 7:16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why 56670 shouldest thou destroy thyself ? 7:17 Be not over much wicked, 56671 neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? 7:18 56672 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this 56673 withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of 56674 them all. 56675 56676 7:19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are 56677 in the city. 56678 56679 7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and 56680 sinneth not. 56681 56682 7:21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear 56683 thy servant curse thee: 7:22 For oftentimes also thine own heart 56684 knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. 56685 56686 7:23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it 56687 was far from me. 56688 56689 7:24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? 56690 7:25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out 56691 wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, 56692 even of foolishness and madness: 7:26 And I find more bitter than 56693 death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as 56694 bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall 56695 be taken by her. 56696 56697 7:27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by 56698 one, to find out the account: 7:28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I 56699 find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all 56700 those have I not found. 56701 56702 7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but 56703 they have sought out many inventions. 56704 56705 8:1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a 56706 thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of 56707 his face shall be changed. 56708 56709 8:2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard 56710 of the oath of God. 56711 56712 8:3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; 56713 for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. 56714 56715 8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto 56716 him, What doest thou? 8:5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no 56717 evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. 56718 56719 8:6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the 56720 misery of man is great upon him. 56721 56722 8:7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when 56723 it shall be? 8:8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to 56724 retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and 56725 there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver 56726 those that are given to it. 56727 56728 8:9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is 56729 done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over 56730 another to his own hurt. 56731 56732 8:10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the 56733 place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had 56734 so done: this is also vanity. 56735 56736 8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, 56737 therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do 56738 evil. 56739 56740 8:12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be 56741 prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear 56742 God, which fear before him: 8:13 But it shall not be well with the 56743 wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; 56744 because he feareth not before God. 56745 56746 8:14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be 56747 just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; 56748 again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work 56749 of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. 56750 56751 8:15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under 56752 the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall 56753 abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth 56754 him under the sun. 56755 56756 8:16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business 56757 that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor 56758 night seeth sleep with his eyes:) 8:17 Then I beheld all the work of 56759 God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: 56760 because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; 56761 yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be 56762 able to find it. 56763 56764 9:1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, 56765 that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of 56766 God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. 56767 56768 9:2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, 56769 and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; 56770 to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the 56771 good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an 56772 oath. 56773 56774 9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that 56775 there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is 56776 full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after 56777 that they go to the dead. 56778 56779 9:4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a 56780 living dog is better than a dead lion. 56781 56782 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any 56783 thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is 56784 forgotten. 56785 56786 9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now 56787 perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing 56788 that is done under the sun. 56789 56790 9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a 56791 merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. 56792 56793 9:8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no 56794 ointment. 56795 56796 9:9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the 56797 life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the 56798 days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy 56799 labour which thou takest under the sun. 56800 56801 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for 56802 there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, 56803 whither thou goest. 56804 56805 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the 56806 swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, 56807 nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of 56808 skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 56809 56810 9:12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken 56811 in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are 56812 the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon 56813 them. 56814 56815 9:13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great 56816 unto me: 9:14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and 56817 there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great 56818 bulwarks against it: 9:15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, 56819 and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that 56820 same poor man. 56821 56822 9:16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the 56823 poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 56824 56825 9:17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him 56826 that ruleth among fools. 56827 56828 9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth 56829 much good. 56830 56831 10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a 56832 stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for 56833 wisdom and honour. 56834 56835 10:2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at 56836 his left. 56837 56838 10:3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom 56839 faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool. 56840 56841 10:4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy 56842 place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. 56843 56844 10:5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error 56845 which proceedeth from the ruler: 10:6 Folly is set in great dignity, 56846 and the rich sit in low place. 56847 56848 10:7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants 56849 upon the earth. 56850 56851 10:8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an 56852 hedge, a serpent shall bite him. 56853 56854 10:9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that 56855 cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. 56856 56857 10:10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he 56858 put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. 56859 56860 10:11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler 56861 is no better. 56862 56863 10:12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a 56864 fool will swallow up himself. 56865 56866 10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the 56867 end of his talk is mischievous madness. 56868 56869 10:14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; 56870 and what shall be after him, who can tell him? 10:15 The labour of 56871 the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to 56872 go to the city. 56873 56874 10:16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes 56875 eat in the morning! 10:17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is 56876 the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, 56877 and not for drunkenness! 10:18 By much slothfulness the building 56878 decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth 56879 through. 56880 56881 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money 56882 answereth all things. 56883 56884 10:20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the 56885 rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, 56886 and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. 56887 56888 11:1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many 56889 days. 56890 56891 11:2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not 56892 what evil shall be upon the earth. 56893 56894 11:3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the 56895 earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in 56896 the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. 56897 56898 11:4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth 56899 the clouds shall not reap. 56900 56901 11:5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the 56902 bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou 56903 knowest not the works of God who maketh all. 56904 56905 11:6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not 56906 thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or 56907 that, or whether they both shall be alike good. 56908 56909 11:7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes 56910 to behold the sun: 11:8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in 56911 them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be 56912 many. All that cometh is vanity. 56913 56914 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee 56915 in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in 56916 the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God 56917 will bring thee into judgment. 56918 56919 11:10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from 56920 thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. 56921 56922 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil 56923 days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no 56924 pleasure in them; 12:2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or 56925 the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 12:3 56926 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong 56927 men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, 56928 and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 12:4 And the doors 56929 shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, 56930 and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters 56931 of musick shall be brought low; 12:5 Also when they shall be afraid of 56932 that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree 56933 shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire 56934 shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go 56935 about the streets: 12:6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the 56936 golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or 56937 the wheel broken at the cistern. 56938 56939 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit 56940 shall return unto God who gave it. 56941 56942 12:8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. 56943 56944 12:9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the 56945 people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in 56946 order many proverbs. 56947 56948 12:10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which 56949 was written was upright, even words of truth. 56950 56951 12:11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the 56952 masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. 56953 56954 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many 56955 books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. 56956 56957 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and 56958 keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 56959 56960 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret 56961 thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. 56962 56963 56964 56965 56966 The Song of Solomon 56967 56968 56969 1:1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's. 56970 56971 1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is 56972 better than wine. 56973 56974 1:3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as 56975 ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. 56976 56977 1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his 56978 chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy 56979 love more than wine: the upright love thee. 56980 56981 1:5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents 56982 of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 56983 56984 1:6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked 56985 upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the 56986 keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. 56987 56988 1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where 56989 thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that 56990 turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? 1:8 If thou know not, 56991 O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the 56992 flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. 56993 56994 1:9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in 56995 Pharaoh's chariots. 56996 56997 1:10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains 56998 of gold. 56999 57000 1:11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. 57001 57002 1:12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth 57003 the smell thereof. 57004 57005 1:13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all 57006 night betwixt my breasts. 57007 57008 1:14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards 57009 of Engedi. 57010 57011 1:15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast 57012 doves' eyes. 57013 57014 1:16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is 57015 green. 57016 57017 1:17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. 57018 57019 2:1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. 57020 57021 2:2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. 57022 57023 2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved 57024 among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and 57025 his fruit was sweet to my taste. 57026 57027 2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was 57028 love. 57029 57030 2:5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of 57031 love. 57032 57033 2:6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace 57034 me. 57035 57036 2:7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the 57037 hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he 57038 please. 57039 57040 2:8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the 57041 mountains, skipping upon the hills. 57042 57043 2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth 57044 behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself 57045 through the lattice. 57046 57047 2:10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair 57048 one, and come away. 57049 57050 2:11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 2:12 The 57051 flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, 57052 and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 2:13 The fig tree 57053 putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give 57054 a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. 57055 57056 2:14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret 57057 places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy 57058 voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. 57059 57060 2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for 57061 our vines have tender grapes. 57062 57063 2:16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. 57064 57065 2:17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, 57066 and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. 57067 57068 3:1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, 57069 but I found him not. 57070 57071 3:2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the 57072 broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I 57073 found him not. 57074 57075 3:3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw 57076 ye him whom my soul loveth? 3:4 It was but a little that I passed 57077 from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would 57078 not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and 57079 into the chamber of her that conceived me. 57080 57081 3:5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the 57082 hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he 57083 please. 57084 57085 3:6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of 57086 smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the 57087 merchant? 3:7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant 57088 men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. 57089 57090 3:8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his 57091 sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. 57092 57093 3:9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. 57094 57095 3:10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of 57096 gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with 57097 love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. 57098 57099 3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with 57100 the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his 57101 espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. 57102 57103 4:1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast 57104 doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that 57105 appear from mount Gilead. 57106 57107 4:2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which 57108 came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is 57109 barren among them. 57110 57111 4:3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: 57112 thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. 57113 57114 4:4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, 57115 whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. 57116 57117 4:5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed 57118 among the lilies. 57119 57120 4:6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to 57121 the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. 57122 57123 4:7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee. 57124 57125 4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look 57126 from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the 57127 lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. 57128 57129 4:9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast 57130 ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. 57131 57132 4:10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is 57133 thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! 57134 4:11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are 57135 under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of 57136 Lebanon. 57137 57138 4:12 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a 57139 fountain sealed. 57140 57141 4:13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; 57142 camphire, with spikenard, 4:14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and 57143 cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all 57144 the chief spices: 4:15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, 57145 and streams from Lebanon. 57146 57147 4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, 57148 that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his 57149 garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. 57150 57151 5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my 57152 myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have 57153 drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink 57154 abundantly, O beloved. 57155 57156 5:2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that 57157 knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my 57158 undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops 57159 of the night. 57160 57161 5:3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my 57162 feet; how shall I defile them? 5:4 My beloved put in his hand by the 57163 hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. 57164 57165 5:5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, 57166 and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the 57167 lock. 57168 57169 5:6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and 57170 was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not 57171 find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. 57172 57173 5:7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, 57174 they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. 57175 57176 5:8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, 57177 that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. 57178 57179 5:9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest 57180 among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou 57181 dost so charge us? 5:10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest 57182 among ten thousand. 57183 57184 5:11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black 57185 as a raven. 57186 57187 5:12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed 57188 with milk, and fitly set. 57189 57190 5:13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips 57191 like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. 57192 57193 5:14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as 57194 bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. 57195 57196 5:15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: 57197 his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. 57198 57199 5:16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my 57200 beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. 57201 57202 6:1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither 57203 is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee. 57204 57205 6:2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to 57206 feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 57207 57208 6:3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the 57209 lilies. 57210 57211 6:4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, 57212 terrible as an army with banners. 57213 57214 6:5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair 57215 is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. 57216 57217 6:6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, 57218 whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among 57219 them. 57220 57221 6:7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. 57222 57223 6:8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins 57224 without number. 57225 57226 6:9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her 57227 mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw 57228 her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they 57229 praised her. 57230 57231 6:10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, 57232 clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? 6:11 I went 57233 down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to 57234 see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded. 57235 57236 6:12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of 57237 Amminadib. 57238 57239 6:13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look 57240 upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company 57241 of two armies. 57242 57243 7:1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the 57244 joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a 57245 cunning workman. 57246 57247 7:2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy 57248 belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. 57249 57250 7:3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. 57251 57252 7:4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in 57253 Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of 57254 Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. 57255 57256 7:5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head 57257 like purple; the king is held in the galleries. 57258 57259 7:6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! 7:7 57260 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters 57261 of grapes. 57262 57263 7:8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the 57264 boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, 57265 and the smell of thy nose like apples; 7:9 And the roof of thy mouth 57266 like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing 57267 the lips of those that are asleep to speak. 57268 57269 7:10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. 57270 57271 7:11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in 57272 the villages. 57273 57274 7:12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine 57275 flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud 57276 forth: there will I give thee my loves. 57277 57278 7:13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of 57279 pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my 57280 beloved. 57281 57282 8:1 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my 57283 mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I 57284 should not be despised. 57285 57286 8:2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who 57287 would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the 57288 juice of my pomegranate. 57289 57290 8:3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should 57291 embrace me. 57292 57293 8:4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor 57294 awake my love, until he please. 57295 57296 8:5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her 57297 beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother 57298 brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. 57299 57300 8:6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for 57301 love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals 57302 thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. 57303 57304 8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: 57305 if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would 57306 utterly be contemned. 57307 57308 8:8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do 57309 for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? 8:9 If she be 57310 a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a 57311 door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar. 57312 57313 8:10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes 57314 as one that found favour. 57315 57316 8:11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto 57317 keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand 57318 pieces of silver. 57319 57320 8:12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must 57321 have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. 57322 57323 8:13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy 57324 voice: cause me to hear it. 57325 57326 8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young 57327 hart upon the mountains of spices. 57328 57329 57330 57331 57332 The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 57333 57334 57335 1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning 57336 Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, 57337 kings of Judah. 57338 57339 1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, 57340 I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled 57341 against me. 57342 57343 1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but 57344 Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. 57345 57346 1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of 57347 evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, 57348 they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone 57349 away backward. 57350 57351 1:5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: 57352 the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 57353 57354 1:6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness 57355 in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not 57356 been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. 57357 57358 1:7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your 57359 land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as 57360 overthrown by strangers. 57361 57362 1:8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a 57363 lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. 57364 57365 1:9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we 57366 should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. 57367 57368 1:10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the 57369 law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 57370 57371 1:11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? 57372 saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat 57373 of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of 57374 lambs, or of he goats. 57375 57376 1:12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your 57377 hand, to tread my courts? 1:13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense 57378 is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of 57379 assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn 57380 meeting. 57381 57382 1:14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are 57383 a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. 57384 57385 1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from 57386 you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are 57387 full of blood. 57388 57389 1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from 57390 before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 1:17 Learn to do well; seek 57391 judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the 57392 widow. 57393 57394 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your 57395 sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red 57396 like crimson, they shall be as wool. 57397 57398 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: 57399 1:20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: 57400 for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. 57401 57402 1:21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of 57403 judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. 57404 57405 1:22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: 1:23 Thy 57406 princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth 57407 gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, 57408 neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. 57409 57410 1:24 Therefore saith the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of 57411 Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine 57412 enemies: 1:25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away 57413 thy dross, and take away all thy tin: 1:26 And I will restore thy 57414 judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: 57415 afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the 57416 faithful city. 57417 57418 1:27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with 57419 righteousness. 57420 57421 1:28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall 57422 be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. 57423 57424 1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and 57425 ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. 57426 57427 1:30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that 57428 hath no water. 57429 57430 1:31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, 57431 and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. 57432 57433 2:1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and 57434 Jerusalem. 57435 57436 2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of 57437 the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and 57438 shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 57439 57440 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the 57441 mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will 57442 teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion 57443 shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 57444 57445 2:4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many 57446 people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their 57447 spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against 57448 nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 57449 57450 2:5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the 57451 LORD. 57452 57453 2:6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, 57454 because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like 57455 the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of 57456 strangers. 57457 57458 2:7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any 57459 end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is 57460 there any end of their chariots: 2:8 Their land also is full of idols; 57461 they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers 57462 have made: 2:9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man 57463 humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. 57464 57465 2:10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the 57466 LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. 57467 57468 2:11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of 57469 men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that 57470 day. 57471 57472 2:12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is 57473 proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be 57474 brought low: 2:13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high 57475 and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 2:14 And upon all the 57476 high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 2:15 And 57477 upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, 2:16 And upon all 57478 the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. 57479 57480 2:17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness 57481 of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that 57482 day. 57483 57484 2:18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish. 57485 57486 2:19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves 57487 of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, 57488 when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. 57489 57490 2:20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols 57491 of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles 57492 and to the bats; 2:21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the 57493 tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of 57494 his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. 57495 57496 2:22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein 57497 is he to be accounted of ? 3:1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of 57498 hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the 57499 staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water. 57500 57501 3:2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, 57502 and the prudent, and the ancient, 3:3 The captain of fifty, and the 57503 honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the 57504 eloquent orator. 57505 57506 3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule 57507 over them. 57508 57509 3:5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every 57510 one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against 57511 the ancient, and the base against the honourable. 57512 57513 3:6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his 57514 father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this 57515 ruin be under thy hand: 3:7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will 57516 not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make 57517 me not a ruler of the people. 57518 57519 3:8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue 57520 and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his 57521 glory. 57522 57523 3:9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they 57524 declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for 57525 they have rewarded evil unto themselves. 57526 57527 3:10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they 57528 shall eat the fruit of their doings. 57529 57530 3:11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of 57531 his hands shall be given him. 57532 57533 3:12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule 57534 over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and 57535 destroy the way of thy paths. 57536 57537 3:13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. 57538 57539 3:14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his 57540 people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; 57541 the spoil of the poor is in your houses. 57542 57543 3:15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the 57544 faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. 57545 57546 3:16 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are 57547 haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking 57548 and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: 3:17 57549 Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the 57550 daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts. 57551 57552 3:18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling 57553 ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires 57554 like the moon, 3:19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, 57555 3:20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, 57556 and the tablets, and the earrings, 3:21 The rings, and nose jewels, 57557 3:22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the 57558 wimples, and the crisping pins, 3:23 The glasses, and the fine linen, 57559 and the hoods, and the vails. 57560 57561 3:24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there 57562 shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well 57563 set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; 57564 and burning instead of beauty. 57565 57566 3:25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. 57567 57568 3:26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate 57569 shall sit upon the ground. 57570 57571 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We 57572 will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be 57573 called by thy name, to take away our reproach. 57574 57575 4:2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and 57576 glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for 57577 them that are escaped of Israel. 57578 57579 4:3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he 57580 that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that 57581 is written among the living in Jerusalem: 4:4 When the Lord shall have 57582 washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged 57583 the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of 57584 judgment, and by the spirit of burning. 57585 57586 4:5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, 57587 and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of 57588 a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. 57589 57590 4:6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from 57591 the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and 57592 from rain. 57593 57594 5:1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching 57595 his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: 57596 5:2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted 57597 it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and 57598 also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring 57599 forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. 57600 57601 5:3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I 57602 pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. 57603 57604 5:4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not 57605 done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth 57606 grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? 5:5 And now go to; I will tell 57607 you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, 57608 and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it 57609 shall be trodden down: 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be 57610 pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will 57611 also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 57612 57613 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and 57614 the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but 57615 behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. 57616 57617 5:8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, 57618 till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of 57619 the earth! 5:9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many 57620 houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. 57621 57622 5:10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of 57623 an homer shall yield an ephah. 57624 57625 5:11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may 57626 follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame 57627 them! 5:12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and 57628 wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, 57629 neither consider the operation of his hands. 57630 57631 5:13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no 57632 knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude 57633 dried up with thirst. 57634 57635 5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth 57636 without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, 57637 and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. 57638 57639 5:15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall 57640 be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: 5:16 But the 57641 LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall 57642 be sanctified in righteousness. 57643 57644 5:17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste 57645 places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. 57646 57647 5:18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as 57648 it were with a cart rope: 5:19 That say, Let him make speed, and 57649 hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy 57650 One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! 5:20 Woe unto 57651 them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, 57652 and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for 57653 bitter! 5:21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and 57654 prudent in their own sight! 5:22 Woe unto them that are mighty to 57655 drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: 5:23 Which 57656 justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the 57657 righteous from him! 5:24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, 57658 and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as 57659 rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have 57660 cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the 57661 Holy One of Israel. 57662 57663 5:25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, 57664 and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten 57665 them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the 57666 midst of the streets. 57667 57668 For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched 57669 out still. 57670 57671 5:26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will 57672 hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come 57673 with speed swiftly: 5:27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; 57674 none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins 57675 be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: 5:28 Whose arrows 57676 are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be 57677 counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: 5:29 Their 57678 roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, 57679 they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away 57680 safe, and none shall deliver it. 57681 57682 5:30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of 57683 the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, 57684 and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. 57685 57686 6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon 57687 a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 57688 57689 6:2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain 57690 he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with 57691 twain he did fly. 57692 57693 6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the 57694 LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. 57695 57696 6:4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, 57697 and the house was filled with smoke. 57698 57699 6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of 57700 unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: 57701 for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. 57702 57703 6:6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his 57704 hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 6:7 And he 57705 laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and 57706 thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 57707 57708 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and 57709 who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. 57710 57711 6:9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but 57712 understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 57713 57714 6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and 57715 shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their 57716 ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. 57717 57718 6:11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be 57719 wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be 57720 utterly desolate, 6:12 And the LORD have removed men far away, and 57721 there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. 57722 57723 6:13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be 57724 eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when 57725 they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance 57726 thereof. 57727 57728 7:1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son 57729 of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the 57730 son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war 57731 against it, but could not prevail against it. 57732 57733 7:2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate 57734 with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as 57735 the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. 57736 57737 7:3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, 57738 and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool 57739 in the highway of the fuller's field; 7:4 And say unto him, Take heed, 57740 and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of 57741 these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, 57742 and of the son of Remaliah. 57743 57744 7:5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil 57745 counsel against thee, saying, 7:6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex 57746 it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the 57747 midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: 7:7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It 57748 shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. 57749 57750 7:8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is 57751 Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, 57752 that it be not a people. 57753 57754 7:9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is 57755 Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be 57756 established. 57757 57758 7:10 Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 7:11 Ask thee a 57759 sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height 57760 above. 57761 57762 7:12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. 57763 57764 7:13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing 57765 for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? 7:14 Therefore 57766 the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall 57767 conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 57768 57769 7:15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the 57770 evil, and choose the good. 57771 57772 7:16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose 57773 the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her 57774 kings. 57775 57776 7:17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy 57777 father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim 57778 departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. 57779 57780 7:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss 57781 for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and 57782 for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 57783 57784 7:19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate 57785 valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon 57786 all bushes. 57787 57788 7:20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, 57789 namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, 57790 and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. 57791 57792 7:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a 57793 young cow, and two sheep; 7:22 And it shall come to pass, for the 57794 abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter 57795 and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. 57796 57797 7:23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, 57798 where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall 57799 even be for briers and thorns. 57800 57801 7:24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the 57802 land shall become briers and thorns. 57803 57804 7:25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there 57805 shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be 57806 for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle. 57807 57808 8:1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write 57809 in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. 57810 57811 8:2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, 57812 and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. 57813 57814 8:3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. 57815 57816 Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz. 57817 57818 8:4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and 57819 my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be 57820 taken away before the king of Assyria. 57821 57822 8:5 The LORD spake also unto me again, saying, 8:6 Forasmuch as this 57823 people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in 57824 Rezin and Remaliah's son; 8:7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth 57825 up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king 57826 of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his 57827 channels, and go over all his banks: 8:8 And he shall pass through 57828 Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; 57829 and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy 57830 land, O Immanuel. 57831 57832 8:9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in 57833 pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye 57834 shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in 57835 pieces. 57836 57837 8:10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the 57838 word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. 57839 57840 8:11 For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed 57841 me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, 8:12 Say 57842 ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A 57843 confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. 57844 57845 8:13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and 57846 let him be your dread. 57847 57848 8:14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and 57849 for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for 57850 a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 57851 57852 8:15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and 57853 be snared, and be taken. 57854 57855 8:16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. 57856 57857 8:17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the 57858 house of Jacob, and I will look for him. 57859 57860 8:18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for 57861 signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth 57862 in mount Zion. 57863 57864 8:19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have 57865 familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should 57866 not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? 8:20 To 57867 the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this 57868 word, it is because there is no light in them. 57869 57870 8:21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it 57871 shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret 57872 themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. 57873 57874 8:22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and 57875 darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness. 57876 57877 9:1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, 57878 when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the 57879 land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the 57880 way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. 57881 57882 9:2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they 57883 that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the 57884 light shined. 57885 57886 9:3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they 57887 joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice 57888 when they divide the spoil. 57889 57890 9:4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his 57891 shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. 57892 57893 9:5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and 57894 garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of 57895 fire. 57896 57897 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the 57898 government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called 57899 Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The 57900 Prince of Peace. 57901 57902 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, 57903 upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to 57904 establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for 57905 ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. 57906 57907 9:8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. 57908 57909 9:9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of 57910 Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, 9:10 The bricks 57911 are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are 57912 cut down, but we will change them into cedars. 57913 57914 9:11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against 57915 him, and join his enemies together; 9:12 The Syrians before, and the 57916 Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For 57917 all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out 57918 still. 57919 57920 9:13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do 57921 they seek the LORD of hosts. 57922 57923 9:14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch 57924 and rush, in one day. 57925 57926 9:15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that 57927 teacheth lies, he is the tail. 57928 57929 9:16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that 57930 are led of them are destroyed. 57931 57932 9:17 Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither 57933 shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an 57934 hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all 57935 this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out 57936 still. 57937 57938 9:18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers 57939 and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they 57940 shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. 57941 57942 9:19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and 57943 the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his 57944 brother. 57945 57946 9:20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he 57947 shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they 57948 shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: 9:21 Manasseh, Ephraim; 57949 and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For 57950 all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out 57951 still. 57952 57953 10:1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write 57954 grievousness which they have prescribed; 10:2 To turn aside the needy 57955 from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, 57956 that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! 57957 10:3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the 57958 desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? 57959 and where will ye leave your glory? 10:4 Without me they shall bow 57960 down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all 57961 this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out 57962 still. 57963 57964 10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is 57965 mine indignation. 57966 57967 10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the 57968 people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to 57969 take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 57970 57971 10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but 57972 it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. 57973 57974 10:8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? 10:9 Is not 57975 Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as 57976 Damascus? 10:10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and 57977 whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 10:11 57978 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to 57979 Jerusalem and her idols? 10:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that 57980 when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on 57981 Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of 57982 Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. 57983 57984 10:13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by 57985 my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the 57986 people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the 57987 inhabitants like a valiant man: 10:14 And my hand hath found as a nest 57988 the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, 57989 have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, 57990 or opened the mouth, or peeped. 57991 57992 10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or 57993 shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the 57994 rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the 57995 staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. 57996 57997 10:16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat 57998 ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the 57999 burning of a fire. 58000 58001 10:17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One 58002 for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in 58003 one day; 10:18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his 58004 fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a 58005 standard-bearer fainteth. 58006 58007 10:19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a 58008 child may write them. 58009 58010 10:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of 58011 Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more 58012 again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the 58013 Holy One of Israel, in truth. 58014 58015 10:21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the 58016 mighty God. 58017 58018 10:22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a 58019 remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow 58020 with righteousness. 58021 58022 10:23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even 58023 determined, in the midst of all the land. 58024 58025 10:24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that 58026 dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee 58027 with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner 58028 of Egypt. 58029 58030 10:25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, 58031 and mine anger in their destruction. 58032 58033 10:26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according 58034 to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was 58035 upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. 58036 58037 10:27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be 58038 taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and 58039 the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. 58040 58041 10:28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath 58042 laid up his carriages: 10:29 They are gone over the passage: they have 58043 taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is 58044 fled. 58045 58046 10:30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard 58047 unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. 58048 58049 10:31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves 58050 to flee. 58051 58052 10:32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand 58053 against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 58054 58055 10:33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with 58056 terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the 58057 haughty shall be humbled. 58058 58059 10:34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and 58060 Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. 58061 58062 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a 58063 Branch shall grow out of his roots: 11:2 And the spirit of the LORD 58064 shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the 58065 spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear 58066 of the LORD; 11:3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the 58067 fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, 58068 neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 11:4 But with 58069 righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the 58070 meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his 58071 mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. 58072 58073 11:5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and 58074 faithfulness the girdle of his reins. 58075 58076 11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall 58077 lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling 58078 together; and a little child shall lead them. 58079 58080 11:7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie 58081 down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 58082 58083 11:8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the 58084 weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. 58085 58086 11:9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the 58087 earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover 58088 the sea. 58089 58090 11:10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall 58091 stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and 58092 his rest shall be glorious. 58093 58094 11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set 58095 his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, 58096 which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, 58097 and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and 58098 from the islands of the sea. 58099 58100 11:12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall 58101 assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of 58102 Judah from the four corners of the earth. 58103 58104 11:13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of 58105 Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall 58106 not vex Ephraim. 58107 58108 11:14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward 58109 the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay 58110 their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey 58111 them. 58112 58113 11:15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian 58114 sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, 58115 and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. 58116 58117 11:16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, 58118 which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day 58119 that he came up out of the land of Egypt. 58120 58121 12:1 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: 58122 though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou 58123 comfortedst me. 58124 58125 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for 58126 the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my 58127 salvation. 58128 58129 12:3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of 58130 salvation. 58131 58132 12:4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his 58133 name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name 58134 is exalted. 58135 58136 12:5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is 58137 known in all the earth. 58138 58139 12:6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy 58140 One of Israel in the midst of thee. 58141 58142 13:1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. 58143 58144 13:2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto 58145 them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. 58146 58147 13:3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty 58148 ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. 58149 58150 13:4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great 58151 people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered 58152 together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. 58153 58154 13:5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the 58155 LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. 58156 58157 13:6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a 58158 destruction from the Almighty. 58159 58160 13:7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall 58161 melt: 13:8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold 58162 of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall 58163 be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. 58164 58165 13:9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and 58166 fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the 58167 sinners thereof out of it. 58168 58169 13:10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not 58170 give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and 58171 the moon shall not cause her light to shine. 58172 58173 13:11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for 58174 their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, 58175 and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. 58176 58177 13:12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than 58178 the golden wedge of Ophir. 58179 58180 13:13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove 58181 out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of 58182 his fierce anger. 58183 58184 13:14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man 58185 taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every 58186 one into his own land. 58187 58188 13:15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one 58189 that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. 58190 58191 13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; 58192 their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. 58193 58194 13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not 58195 regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. 58196 58197 13:18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they 58198 shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not 58199 spare children. 58200 58201 13:19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' 58202 excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 58203 58204 13:20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from 58205 generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; 58206 neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. 58207 58208 13:21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses 58209 shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and 58210 satyrs shall dance there. 58211 58212 13:22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate 58213 houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to 58214 come, and her days shall not be prolonged. 58215 58216 14:1 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose 58217 Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be 58218 joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. 58219 58220 14:2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: 58221 and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for 58222 servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose 58223 captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. 58224 58225 14:3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give 58226 thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard 58227 bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, 14:4 That thou shalt take up 58228 this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the 58229 oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 14:5 The LORD hath broken 58230 the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 58231 58232 14:6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that 58233 ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. 58234 58235 14:7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into 58236 singing. 58237 58238 14:8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, 58239 saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. 58240 58241 14:9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: 58242 it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the 58243 earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the 58244 nations. 58245 58246 14:10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become 58247 weak as we? art thou become like unto us? 14:11 Thy pomp is brought 58248 down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread 58249 under thee, and the worms cover thee. 58250 58251 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! 58252 how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 58253 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I 58254 will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the 58255 mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14:14 I will 58256 ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 58257 58258 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 58259 58260 14:16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider 58261 thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did 58262 shake kingdoms; 14:17 That made the world as a wilderness, and 58263 destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his 58264 prisoners? 14:18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie 58265 in glory, every one in his own house. 58266 58267 14:19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, 58268 and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a 58269 sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden 58270 under feet. 58271 58272 14:20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast 58273 destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall 58274 never be renowned. 58275 58276 14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their 58277 fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the 58278 face of the world with cities. 58279 58280 14:22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and 58281 cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith 58282 the LORD. 58283 58284 14:23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of 58285 water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the 58286 LORD of hosts. 58287 58288 14:24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, 58289 so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: 58290 14:25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains 58291 tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and 58292 his burden depart from off their shoulders. 58293 58294 14:26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and 58295 this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. 58296 58297 14:27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? 58298 and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? 14:28 In 58299 the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. 58300 58301 14:29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that 58302 smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a 58303 cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. 58304 58305 14:30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall 58306 lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall 58307 slay thy remnant. 58308 58309 14:31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: 58310 for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone 58311 in his appointed times. 58312 58313 14:32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That 58314 the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in 58315 it. 58316 58317 15:1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid 58318 waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is 58319 laid waste, and brought to silence; 15:2 He is gone up to Bajith, and 58320 to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and 58321 over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut 58322 off. 58323 58324 15:3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on 58325 the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, 58326 weeping abundantly. 58327 58328 15:4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard 58329 even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; 58330 his life shall be grievous unto him. 58331 58332 15:5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto 58333 Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith 58334 with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they 58335 shall raise up a cry of destruction. 58336 58337 15:6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is 58338 withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. 58339 58340 15:7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they 58341 have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. 58342 58343 15:8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling 58344 thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim. 58345 58346 15:9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring 58347 more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the 58348 remnant of the land. 58349 58350 16:1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the 58351 wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. 58352 58353 16:2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, 58354 so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. 58355 58356 16:3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in 58357 the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that 58358 wandereth. 58359 58360 16:4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them 58361 from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the 58362 spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. 58363 58364 16:5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit 58365 upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking 58366 judgment, and hasting righteousness. 58367 58368 16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his 58369 haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be 58370 so. 58371 58372 16:7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the 58373 foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. 58374 58375 16:8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the 58376 lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, 58377 they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: 58378 her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. 58379 58380 16:9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of 58381 Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for 58382 the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. 58383 58384 16:10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; 58385 and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be 58386 shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I 58387 have made their vintage shouting to cease. 58388 58389 16:11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine 58390 inward parts for Kirharesh. 58391 58392 16:12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on 58393 the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he 58394 shall not prevail. 58395 58396 16:13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since 58397 that time. 58398 58399 16:14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the 58400 years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with 58401 all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and 58402 feeble. 58403 58404 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being 58405 a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. 58406 58407 17:2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which 58408 shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 58409 58410 17:3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from 58411 Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the 58412 children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. 58413 58414 17:4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob 58415 shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. 58416 58417 17:5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and 58418 reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth 58419 ears in the valley of Rephaim. 58420 58421 17:6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an 58422 olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, 58423 four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD 58424 God of Israel. 58425 58426 17:7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall 58427 have respect to the Holy One of Israel. 58428 58429 17:8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, 58430 neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the 58431 groves, or the images. 58432 58433 17:9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and 58434 an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of 58435 Israel: and there shall be desolation. 58436 58437 17:10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast 58438 not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou 58439 plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: 17:11 In 58440 the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt 58441 thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the 58442 day of grief and of desperate sorrow. 58443 58444 17:12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the 58445 noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing 58446 like the rushing of mighty waters! 17:13 The nations shall rush like 58447 the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall 58448 flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before 58449 the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. 58450 58451 17:14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is 58452 not. 58453 58454 This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that 58455 rob us. 58456 58457 18:1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers 58458 of Ethiopia: 18:2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels 58459 of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a 58460 nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning 58461 hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers 58462 have spoiled! 18:3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on 58463 the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and 58464 when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. 58465 58466 18:4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will 58467 consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a 58468 cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. 58469 58470 18:5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour 58471 grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with 58472 pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. 58473 58474 18:6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and 58475 to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and 58476 all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them. 58477 58478 18:7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts 58479 of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from 58480 their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, 58481 whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the 58482 LORD of hosts, the mount Zion. 58483 58484 19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, 58485 and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at 58486 his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. 58487 58488 19:2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they 58489 shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his 58490 neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. 58491 58492 19:3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I 58493 will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, 58494 and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to 58495 the wizards. 58496 58497 19:4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; 58498 and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of 58499 hosts. 58500 58501 19:5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be 58502 wasted and dried up. 58503 58504 19:6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of 58505 defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall 58506 wither. 58507 58508 19:7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and 58509 every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be 58510 no more. 58511 58512 19:8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into 58513 the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters 58514 shall languish. 58515 58516 19:9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave 58517 networks, shall be confounded. 58518 58519 19:10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make 58520 sluices and ponds for fish. 58521 58522 19:11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise 58523 counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I 58524 am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? 19:12 Where are 58525 they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them 58526 know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. 58527 58528 19:13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are 58529 deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of 58530 the tribes thereof. 58531 58532 19:14 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: 58533 and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken 58534 man staggereth in his vomit. 58535 58536 19:15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or 58537 tail, branch or rush, may do. 58538 58539 19:16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be 58540 afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of 58541 hosts, which he shaketh over it. 58542 58543 19:17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one 58544 that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the 58545 counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it. 58546 58547 19:18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the 58548 language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be 58549 called, The city of destruction. 58550 58551 19:19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of 58552 the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. 58553 58554 19:20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of 58555 hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because 58556 of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, 58557 and he shall deliver them. 58558 58559 19:21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall 58560 know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, 58561 they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it. 58562 58563 19:22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and 58564 they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, 58565 and shall heal them. 58566 58567 19:23 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, 58568 and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, 58569 and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. 58570 58571 19:24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with 58572 Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: 19:25 Whom the LORD 58573 of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria 58574 the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance. 58575 58576 20:1 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king 58577 of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; 20:2 At 58578 the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and 58579 loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy 58580 foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. 58581 58582 20:3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked 58583 and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon 58584 Ethiopia; 20:4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians 58585 prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and 58586 barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. 58587 58588 20:5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their 58589 expectation, and of Egypt their glory. 58590 58591 20:6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, 58592 such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from 58593 the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? 21:1 The burden of the 58594 desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it 58595 cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. 58596 58597 21:2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer 58598 dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: 58599 besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. 58600 58601 21:3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold 58602 upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at 58603 the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. 58604 58605 21:4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my 58606 pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. 58607 58608 21:5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye 58609 princes, and anoint the shield. 58610 58611 21:6 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him 58612 declare what he seeth. 58613 58614 21:7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of 58615 asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much 58616 heed: 21:8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the 58617 watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: 21:9 58618 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. 58619 58620 And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the 58621 graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. 58622 58623 21:10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have 58624 heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto 58625 you. 58626 58627 21:11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, 58628 what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? 21:12 The watchman 58629 said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, 58630 enquire ye: return, come. 58631 58632 21:13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, 58633 O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. 58634 58635 21:14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that 58636 was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. 58637 58638 21:15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from 58639 the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. 58640 58641 21:16 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to 58642 the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: 21:17 58643 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the 58644 children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel 58645 hath spoken it. 58646 58647 22:1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that 58648 thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? 22:2 Thou that art full of 58649 stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not slain 58650 with the sword, nor dead in battle. 58651 58652 22:3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: 58653 all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from 58654 far. 58655 58656 22:4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour 58657 not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my 58658 people. 58659 58660 22:5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of 58661 perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking 58662 down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. 58663 58664 22:6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and 58665 Kir uncovered the shield. 58666 58667 22:7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be 58668 full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at 58669 the gate. 58670 58671 22:8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in 58672 that day to the armour of the house of the forest. 58673 58674 22:9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they 58675 are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. 58676 58677 22:10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses 58678 have ye broken down to fortify the wall. 58679 58680 22:11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the 58681 old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had 58682 respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. 58683 58684 22:12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and 58685 to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: 22:13 And 58686 behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating 58687 flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall 58688 die. 58689 58690 22:14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely 58691 this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord 58692 GOD of hosts. 58693 58694 22:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this 58695 treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, 22:16 58696 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed 58697 thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on 58698 high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? 22:17 58699 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and 58700 will surely cover thee. 58701 58702 22:18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a 58703 large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy 58704 glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. 58705 58706 22:19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall 58707 he pull thee down. 58708 58709 22:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my 58710 servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: 22:21 And I will clothe him with 58711 thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy 58712 government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants 58713 of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. 58714 58715 22:22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; 58716 so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none 58717 shall open. 58718 58719 22:23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be 58720 for a glorious throne to his father's house. 58721 58722 22:24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's 58723 house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, 58724 from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. 58725 58726 22:25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is 58727 fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and 58728 the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken 58729 it. 58730 58731 23:1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid 58732 waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of 58733 Chittim it is revealed to them. 58734 58735 23:2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of 58736 Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. 58737 58738 23:3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, 58739 is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. 58740 58741 23:4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the 58742 strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, 58743 neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. 58744 58745 23:5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained 58746 at the report of Tyre. 58747 58748 23:6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. 58749 58750 23:7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her 58751 own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. 58752 58753 23:8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, 58754 whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of 58755 the earth? 23:9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the 58756 pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of 58757 the earth. 58758 58759 23:10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there 58760 is no more strength. 58761 58762 23:11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: 58763 the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to 58764 destroy the strong holds thereof. 58765 58766 23:12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed 58767 virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also 58768 shalt thou have no rest. 58769 58770 23:13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the 58771 Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up 58772 the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought 58773 it to ruin. 58774 58775 23:14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. 58776 58777 23:15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be 58778 forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the 58779 end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. 58780 58781 23:16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been 58782 forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be 58783 remembered. 58784 58785 23:17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that 58786 the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall 58787 commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of 58788 the earth. 58789 58790 23:18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: 58791 it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be 58792 for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for 58793 durable clothing. 58794 58795 24:1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and 58796 turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 58797 58798 24:2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with 58799 the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her 58800 mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, 58801 so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of 58802 usury to him. 58803 58804 24:3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the 58805 LORD hath spoken this word. 58806 58807 24:4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and 58808 fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. 58809 58810 24:5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because 58811 they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the 58812 everlasting covenant. 58813 58814 24:6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell 58815 therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are 58816 burned, and few men left. 58817 58818 24:7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted 58819 do sigh. 58820 58821 24:8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice 58822 endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 58823 58824 24:9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be 58825 bitter to them that drink it. 58826 58827 24:10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, 58828 that no man may come in. 58829 58830 24:11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, 58831 the mirth of the land is gone. 58832 58833 24:12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with 58834 destruction. 58835 58836 24:13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, 58837 there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning 58838 grapes when the vintage is done. 58839 58840 24:14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty 58841 of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. 58842 58843 24:15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the 58844 LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea. 58845 58846 24:16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even 58847 glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto 58848 me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the 58849 treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. 58850 58851 24:17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of 58852 the earth. 58853 58854 24:18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of 58855 the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the 58856 midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on 58857 high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. 58858 58859 24:19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, 58860 the earth is moved exceedingly. 58861 58862 24:20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be 58863 removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy 58864 upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. 58865 58866 24:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall 58867 punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of 58868 the earth upon the earth. 58869 58870 24:22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered 58871 in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days 58872 shall they be visited. 58873 58874 24:23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the 58875 LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before 58876 his ancients gloriously. 58877 58878 25:1 O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy 58879 name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are 58880 faithfulness and truth. 58881 58882 25:2 For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: 58883 a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. 58884 58885 25:3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the 58886 terrible nations shall fear thee. 58887 58888 25:4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the 58889 needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the 58890 heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the 58891 wall. 58892 58893 25:5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a 58894 dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the 58895 terrible ones shall be brought low. 58896 58897 25:6 And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people 58898 a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things 58899 full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. 58900 58901 25:7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering 58902 cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. 58903 58904 25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe 58905 away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he 58906 take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. 58907 58908 25:9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have 58909 waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited 58910 for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. 58911 58912 25:10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab 58913 shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the 58914 dunghill. 58915 58916 25:11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he 58917 that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring 58918 down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. 58919 58920 25:12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring 58921 down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. 58922 58923 26:1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have 58924 a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. 58925 58926 26:2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the 58927 truth may enter in. 58928 58929 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on 58930 thee: because he trusteth in thee. 58931 58932 26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is 58933 everlasting strength: 26:5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on 58934 high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the 58935 ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. 58936 58937 26:6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the 58938 steps of the needy. 58939 58940 26:7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost 58941 weigh the path of the just. 58942 58943 26:8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for 58944 thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of 58945 thee. 58946 58947 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my 58948 spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in 58949 the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. 58950 58951 26:10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn 58952 righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and 58953 will not behold the majesty of the LORD. 58954 58955 26:11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they 58956 shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire 58957 of thine enemies shall devour them. 58958 58959 26:12 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought 58960 all our works in us. 58961 58962 26:13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over 58963 us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. 58964 58965 26:14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they 58966 shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and 58967 made all their memory to perish. 58968 58969 26:15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the 58970 nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the 58971 ends of the earth. 58972 58973 26:16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a 58974 prayer when thy chastening was upon them. 58975 58976 26:17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her 58977 delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in 58978 thy sight, O LORD. 58979 58980 26:18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it 58981 were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the 58982 earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. 58983 58984 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they 58985 arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the 58986 dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. 58987 58988 26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy 58989 doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until 58990 the indignation be overpast. 58991 58992 26:21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the 58993 inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall 58994 disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. 58995 58996 27:1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword 58997 shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that 58998 crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. 58999 59000 27:2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. 59001 59002 27:3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any 59003 hurt it, I will keep it night and day. 59004 59005 27:4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me 59006 in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. 59007 59008 27:5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with 59009 me; and he shall make peace with me. 59010 59011 27:6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall 59012 blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. 59013 59014 27:7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he 59015 slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? 27:8 59016 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he 59017 stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. 59018 59019 27:9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this 59020 is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones 59021 of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and 59022 images shall not stand up. 59023 59024 27:10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation 59025 forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and 59026 there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. 59027 59028 27:11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: 59029 the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no 59030 understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on 59031 them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. 59032 59033 27:12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat 59034 off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye 59035 shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. 59036 59037 27:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet 59038 shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the 59039 land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall 59040 worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. 59041 59042 28:1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose 59043 glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat 59044 valleys of them that are overcome with wine! 28:2 Behold, the Lord 59045 hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a 59046 destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast 59047 down to the earth with the hand. 59048 59049 28:3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden 59050 under feet: 28:4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the 59051 fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before 59052 the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet 59053 in his hand he eateth it up. 59054 59055 28:5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and 59056 for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, 28:6 And for a 59057 spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength 59058 to them that turn the battle to the gate. 59059 59060 28:7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink 59061 are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through 59062 strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way 59063 through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. 59064 59065 28:8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is 59066 no place clean. 59067 59068 28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to 59069 understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn 59070 from the breasts. 59071 59072 28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line 59073 upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 28:11 59074 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this 59075 people. 59076 59077 28:12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the 59078 weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 59079 59080 28:13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, 59081 precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, 59082 and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be 59083 broken, and snared, and taken. 59084 59085 28:14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule 59086 this people which is in Jerusalem. 59087 59088 28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and 59089 with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass 59090 through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, 59091 and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 28:16 Therefore thus saith 59092 the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried 59093 stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth 59094 shall not make haste. 59095 59096 28:17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the 59097 plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the 59098 waters shall overflow the hiding place. 59099 59100 28:18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your 59101 agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge 59102 shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. 59103 59104 28:19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning 59105 by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a 59106 vexation only to understand the report. 59107 59108 28:20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on 59109 it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. 59110 59111 28:21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be 59112 wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange 59113 work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. 59114 59115 28:22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: 59116 for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even 59117 determined upon the whole earth. 59118 59119 28:23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. 59120 59121 28:24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the 59122 clods of his ground? 28:25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, 59123 doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast 59124 in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their 59125 place? 28:26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth 59126 teach him. 59127 59128 28:27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, 59129 neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches 59130 are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. 59131 59132 28:28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, 59133 nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his 59134 horsemen. 59135 59136 28:29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is 59137 wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. 59138 59139 29:1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year 59140 to year; let them kill sacrifices. 59141 59142 29:2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and 59143 sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. 59144 59145 29:3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege 59146 against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. 59147 59148 29:4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the 59149 ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice 59150 shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, 59151 and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. 59152 59153 29:5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, 59154 and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth 59155 away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. 59156 59157 29:6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with 59158 earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of 59159 devouring fire. 59160 59161 29:7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, 59162 even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress 59163 her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. 59164 59165 29:8 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he 59166 eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty 59167 man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, 59168 he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all 59169 the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. 59170 59171 29:9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are 59172 drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 59173 59174 29:10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, 59175 and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers 59176 hath he covered. 59177 59178 29:11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book 59179 that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read 59180 this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: 29:12 And 59181 the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I 59182 pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. 59183 59184 29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me 59185 with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed 59186 their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the 59187 precept of men: 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a 59188 marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a 59189 wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the 59190 understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. 59191 59192 29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the 59193 LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and 59194 who knoweth us? 29:16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall 59195 be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that 59196 made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that 59197 framed it, He had no understanding? 29:17 Is it not yet a very little 59198 while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the 59199 fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? 29:18 And in that day 59200 shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind 59201 shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. 59202 59203 29:19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor 59204 among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 59205 59206 29:20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is 59207 consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: 29:21 That make 59208 a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth 59209 in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. 59210 59211 29:22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning 59212 the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his 59213 face now wax pale. 59214 59215 29:23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the 59216 midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One 59217 of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. 59218 59219 29:24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and 59220 they that murmured shall learn doctrine. 59221 59222 30:1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take 59223 counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my 59224 spirit, that they may add sin to sin: 30:2 That walk to go down into 59225 Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the 59226 strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 30:3 59227 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust 59228 in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. 59229 59230 30:4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. 59231 59232 30:5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor 59233 be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. 59234 59235 30:6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble 59236 and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and 59237 fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders 59238 of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a 59239 people that shall not profit them. 59240 59241 30:7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: 59242 therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit 59243 still. 59244 59245 30:8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, 59246 that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: 30:9 That this 59247 is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear 59248 the law of the LORD: 30:10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the 59249 prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth 59250 things, prophesy deceits: 30:11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out 59251 of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 59252 59253 30:12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise 59254 this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: 59255 30:13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to 59256 fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at 59257 an instant. 59258 59259 30:14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel 59260 that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not 59261 be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, 59262 or to take water withal out of the pit. 59263 59264 30:15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In 59265 returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence 59266 shall be your strength: and ye would not. 59267 59268 30:16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall 59269 ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that 59270 pursue you be swift. 59271 59272 30:17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of 59273 five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a 59274 mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. 59275 59276 30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto 59277 you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon 59278 you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait 59279 for him. 59280 59281 30:19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep 59282 no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; 59283 when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. 59284 59285 30:20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the 59286 water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a 59287 corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 30:21 And 59288 thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, 59289 walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the 59290 left. 59291 59292 30:22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of 59293 silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast 59294 them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee 59295 hence. 59296 59297 30:23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the 59298 ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be 59299 fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large 59300 pastures. 59301 59302 30:24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall 59303 eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with 59304 the fan. 59305 59306 30:25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high 59307 hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, 59308 when the towers fall. 59309 59310 30:26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, 59311 and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven 59312 days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, 59313 and healeth the stroke of their wound. 59314 59315 30:27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his 59316 anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of 59317 indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: 30:28 And his breath, 59318 as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to 59319 sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle 59320 in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. 59321 59322 30:29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is 59323 kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come 59324 into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. 59325 59326 30:30 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and 59327 shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his 59328 anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and 59329 tempest, and hailstones. 59330 59331 30:31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten 59332 down, which smote with a rod. 59333 59334 30:32 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which 59335 the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and 59336 in battles of shaking will he fight with it. 59337 59338 30:33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; 59339 he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much 59340 wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle 59341 it. 59342 59343 31:1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, 59344 and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because 59345 they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, 59346 neither seek the LORD! 31:2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, 59347 and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of 59348 the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. 59349 59350 31:3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, 59351 and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that 59352 helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they 59353 all shall fail together. 59354 59355 31:4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the 59356 young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is 59357 called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor 59358 abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come 59359 down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. 59360 59361 31:5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; 59362 defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve 59363 it. 59364 59365 31:6 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply 59366 revolted. 59367 59368 31:7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, 59369 and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a 59370 sin. 59371 59372 31:8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; 59373 and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee 59374 from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. 59375 59376 31:9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his 59377 princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is 59378 in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. 59379 59380 32:1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall 59381 rule in judgment. 59382 59383 32:2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert 59384 from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of 59385 a great rock in a weary land. 59386 59387 32:3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of 59388 them that hear shall hearken. 59389 59390 32:4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the 59391 tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. 59392 59393 32:5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl 59394 said to be bountiful. 59395 59396 32:6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work 59397 iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, 59398 to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of 59399 the thirsty to fail. 59400 59401 32:7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked 59402 devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy 59403 speaketh right. 59404 59405 32:8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things 59406 shall he stand. 59407 59408 32:9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless 59409 daughters; give ear unto my speech. 59410 59411 32:10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for 59412 the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. 59413 59414 32:11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless 59415 ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your 59416 loins. 59417 59418 32:12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for 59419 the fruitful vine. 59420 59421 32:13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, 59422 upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: 32:14 Because the 59423 palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; 59424 the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, 59425 a pasture of flocks; 32:15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on 59426 high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field 59427 be counted for a forest. 59428 59429 32:16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness 59430 remain in the fruitful field. 59431 59432 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of 59433 righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. 59434 59435 32:18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure 59436 dwellings, and in quiet resting places; 32:19 When it shall hail, 59437 coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. 59438 59439 32:20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth 59440 thither the feet of the ox and the ass. 59441 59442 33:1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest 59443 treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou 59444 shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make 59445 an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. 59446 59447 33:2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou 59448 their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. 59449 59450 33:3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of 59451 thyself the nations were scattered. 59452 59453 33:4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the 59454 caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon 59455 them. 59456 59457 33:5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion 59458 with judgment and righteousness. 59459 59460 33:6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and 59461 strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. 59462 59463 33:7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of 59464 peace shall weep bitterly. 59465 59466 33:8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken 59467 the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. 59468 59469 33:9 The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn 59470 down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off 59471 their fruits. 59472 59473 33:10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will 59474 I lift up myself. 59475 59476 33:11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your 59477 breath, as fire, shall devour you. 59478 59479 33:12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut 59480 up shall they be burned in the fire. 59481 59482 33:13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are 59483 near, acknowledge my might. 59484 59485 33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the 59486 hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who 59487 among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? 33:15 He that walketh 59488 righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of 59489 oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that 59490 stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from 59491 seeing evil; 33:16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall 59492 be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall 59493 be sure. 59494 59495 33:17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold 59496 the land that is very far off. 59497 59498 33:18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is 59499 the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? 33:19 Thou shalt 59500 not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst 59501 perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. 59502 59503 33:20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall 59504 see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken 59505 down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither 59506 shall any of the cords thereof be broken. 59507 59508 33:21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad 59509 rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither 59510 shall gallant ship pass thereby. 59511 59512 33:22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is 59513 our king; he will save us. 59514 59515 33:23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their 59516 mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great 59517 spoil divided; the lame take the prey. 59518 59519 33:24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that 59520 dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. 59521 59522 34:1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the 59523 earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that 59524 come forth of it. 59525 59526 34:2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury 59527 upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath 59528 delivered them to the slaughter. 59529 59530 34:3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up 59531 out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their 59532 blood. 59533 59534 34:4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens 59535 shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall 59536 down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from 59537 the fig tree. 59538 59539 34:5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come 59540 down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. 59541 59542 34:6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with 59543 fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the 59544 kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great 59545 slaughter in the land of Idumea. 59546 59547 34:7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with 59548 the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust 59549 made fat with fatness. 59550 59551 34:8 For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of 59552 recompences for the controversy of Zion. 59553 59554 34:9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust 59555 thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning 59556 pitch. 59557 59558 34:10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall 59559 go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none 59560 shall pass through it for ever and ever. 59561 59562 34:11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also 59563 and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the 59564 line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. 59565 59566 34:12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none 59567 shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. 59568 59569 34:13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in 59570 the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and 59571 a court for owls. 59572 59573 34:14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild 59574 beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the 59575 screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of 59576 rest. 59577 59578 34:15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and 59579 gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, 59580 every one with her mate. 59581 59582 34:16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these 59583 shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, 59584 and his spirit it hath gathered them. 59585 59586 34:17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it 59587 unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to 59588 generation shall they dwell therein. 59589 59590 35:1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and 59591 the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 59592 59593 35:2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and 59594 singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency 59595 of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the 59596 excellency of our God. 59597 59598 35:3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. 59599 59600 35:4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: 59601 behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; 59602 he will come and save you. 59603 59604 35:5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the 59605 deaf shall be unstopped. 59606 59607 35:6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the 59608 dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams 59609 in the desert. 59610 59611 35:7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land 59612 springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall 59613 be grass with reeds and rushes. 59614 59615 35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called 59616 The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall 59617 be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. 59618 59619 35:9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up 59620 thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk 59621 there: 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to 59622 Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall 59623 obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 59624 59625 36:1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that 59626 Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of 59627 Judah, and took them. 59628 59629 36:2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem 59630 unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of 59631 the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field. 59632 59633 36:3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over 59634 the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. 59635 59636 36:4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith 59637 the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein 59638 thou trustest? 36:5 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) 59639 I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that 59640 thou rebellest against me? 36:6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of 59641 this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his 59642 hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in 59643 him. 59644 59645 36:7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not 59646 he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and 59647 said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar? 59648 36:8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of 59649 Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on 59650 thy part to set riders upon them. 59651 59652 36:9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least 59653 of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and 59654 for horsemen? 36:10 And am I now come up without the LORD against 59655 this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this 59656 land, and destroy it. 59657 59658 36:11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I 59659 pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand 59660 it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the 59661 people that are on the wall. 59662 59663 36:12 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to 59664 thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit 59665 upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own 59666 piss with you? 36:13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud 59667 voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great 59668 king, the king of Assyria. 59669 59670 36:14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall 59671 not be able to deliver you. 59672 59673 36:15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The 59674 LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the 59675 hand of the king of Assyria. 59676 59677 36:16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, 59678 Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye 59679 every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye 59680 every one the waters of his own cistern; 36:17 Until I come and take 59681 you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land 59682 of bread and vineyards. 59683 59684 36:18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will deliver 59685 us. 59686 59687 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand 59688 of the king of Assyria? 36:19 Where are the gods of Hamath and 59689 Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered 59690 Samaria out of my hand? 36:20 Who are they among all the gods of 59691 these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the 59692 LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? 36:21 But they held 59693 their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment 59694 was, saying, Answer him not. 59695 59696 36:22 Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the 59697 household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the 59698 recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words 59699 of Rabshakeh. 59700 59701 37:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent 59702 his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the 59703 house of the LORD. 59704 59705 37:2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the 59706 scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto 59707 Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 59708 59709 37:3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of 59710 trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to 59711 the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. 59712 59713 37:4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom 59714 the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, 59715 and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: 59716 wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left. 59717 59718 37:5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 59719 59720 37:6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, 59721 Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, 59722 wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 59723 59724 37:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, 59725 and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword 59726 in his own land. 59727 59728 37:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring 59729 against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 59730 59731 37:9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come 59732 forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers 59733 to Hezekiah, saying, 37:10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of 59734 Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, 59735 saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of 59736 Assyria. 59737 59738 37:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to 59739 all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? 59740 37:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers 59741 have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of 59742 Eden which were in Telassar? 37:13 Where is the king of Hamath, and 59743 the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and 59744 Ivah? 37:14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the 59745 messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the 59746 LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 59747 59748 37:15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, 37:16 O LORD of 59749 hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art 59750 the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast 59751 made heaven and earth. 59752 59753 37:17 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, 59754 and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to 59755 reproach the living God. 59756 59757 37:18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the 59758 nations, and their countries, 37:19 And have cast their gods into the 59759 fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and 59760 stone: therefore they have destroyed them. 59761 59762 37:20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all 59763 the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou 59764 only. 59765 59766 37:21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus 59767 saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against 59768 Sennacherib king of Assyria: 37:22 This is the word which the LORD 59769 hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath 59770 despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem 59771 hath shaken her head at thee. 59772 59773 37:23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast 59774 thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against 59775 the Holy One of Israel. 59776 59777 37:24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By 59778 the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the 59779 mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall 59780 cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter 59781 into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel. 59782 59783 37:25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet 59784 have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. 59785 59786 37:26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient 59787 times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou 59788 shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps. 59789 59790 37:27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were 59791 dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as 59792 the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted 59793 before it be grown up. 59794 59795 37:28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and 59796 thy rage against me. 59797 59798 37:29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into 59799 mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in 59800 thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. 59801 59802 37:30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such 59803 as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the 59804 same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and 59805 eat the fruit thereof. 59806 59807 37:31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall 59808 again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: 37:32 For out of 59809 Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount 59810 Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. 59811 59812 37:33 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He 59813 shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come 59814 before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. 59815 59816 37:34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall 59817 not come into this city, saith the LORD. 59818 59819 37:35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and 59820 for my servant David's sake. 59821 59822 37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of 59823 the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they 59824 arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. 59825 59826 37:37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, 59827 and dwelt at Nineveh. 59828 59829 37:38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of 59830 Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with 59831 the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon 59832 his son reigned in his stead. 59833 59834 38:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the 59835 prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith 59836 the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. 59837 59838 38:2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto 59839 the LORD, 38:3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I 59840 have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have 59841 done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. 59842 59843 38:4 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, 38:5 Go, and 59844 say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I 59845 have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto 59846 thy days fifteen years. 59847 59848 38:6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king 59849 of Assyria: and I will defend this city. 59850 59851 38:7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD 59852 will do this thing that he hath spoken; 38:8 Behold, I will bring 59853 again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of 59854 Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which 59855 degrees it was gone down. 59856 59857 38:9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and 59858 was recovered of his sickness: 38:10 I said in the cutting off of my 59859 days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the 59860 residue of my years. 59861 59862 38:11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of 59863 the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the 59864 world. 59865 59866 38:12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's 59867 tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with 59868 pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. 59869 59870 38:13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all 59871 my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. 59872 59873 38:14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a 59874 dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; 59875 undertake for me. 59876 59877 38:15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath 59878 done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. 59879 59880 38:16 O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is the 59881 life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. 59882 59883 38:17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love 59884 to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast 59885 all my sins behind thy back. 59886 59887 38:18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: 59888 they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 59889 59890 38:19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: 59891 the father to the children shall make known thy truth. 59892 59893 38:20 The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs 59894 to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of 59895 the LORD. 59896 59897 38:21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it 59898 for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover. 59899 59900 38:22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to 59901 the house of the LORD? 39:1 At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of 59902 Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for 59903 he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. 59904 59905 39:2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his 59906 precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the 59907 precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was 59908 found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his 59909 dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. 59910 59911 39:3 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto 59912 him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And 59913 Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from 59914 Babylon. 59915 59916 39:4 Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah 59917 answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing 59918 among my treasures that I have not shewed them. 59919 59920 39:5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: 59921 39:6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that 59922 which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be 59923 carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. 59924 59925 39:7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt 59926 beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace 59927 of the king of Babylon. 59928 59929 39:8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which 59930 thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth 59931 in my days. 59932 59933 40:1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 59934 59935 40:2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her 59936 warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath 59937 received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins. 59938 59939 40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the 59940 way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 59941 59942 40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall 59943 be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough 59944 places plain: 40:5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and 59945 all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken 59946 it. 59947 59948 40:6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is 59949 grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: 59950 40:7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the 59951 LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. 59952 59953 40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God 59954 shall stand for ever. 59955 59956 40:9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high 59957 mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice 59958 with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of 59959 Judah, Behold your God! 40:10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with 59960 strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is 59961 with him, and his work before him. 59962 59963 40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the 59964 lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead 59965 those that are with young. 59966 59967 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and 59968 meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth 59969 in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a 59970 balance? 40:13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his 59971 counsellor hath taught him? 40:14 With whom took he counsel, and who 59972 instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him 59973 knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? 40:15 Behold, 59974 the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small 59975 dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little 59976 thing. 59977 59978 40:16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof 59979 sufficient for a burnt offering. 59980 59981 40:17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to 59982 him less than nothing, and vanity. 59983 59984 40:18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare 59985 unto him? 40:19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith 59986 spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 59987 59988 40:20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a 59989 tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to 59990 prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. 59991 59992 40:21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you 59993 from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the 59994 earth? 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and 59995 the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the 59996 heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: 59997 40:23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of 59998 the earth as vanity. 59999 60000 40:24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: 60001 yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also 60002 blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take 60003 them away as stubble. 60004 60005 40:25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the 60006 Holy One. 60007 60008 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these 60009 things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by 60010 names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; 60011 not one faileth. 60012 60013 40:27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid 60014 from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? 40:28 Hast 60015 thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the 60016 LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is 60017 weary? there is no searching of his understanding. 60018 60019 40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he 60020 increaseth strength. 60021 60022 40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men 60023 shall utterly fall: 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew 60024 their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall 60025 run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. 60026 60027 41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their 60028 strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near 60029 together to judgment. 60030 60031 41:2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his 60032 foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he 60033 gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. 60034 60035 41:3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had 60036 not gone with his feet. 60037 60038 41:4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the 60039 beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. 60040 60041 41:5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, 60042 drew near, and came. 60043 60044 41:6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his 60045 brother, Be of good courage. 60046 60047 41:7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth 60048 with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the 60049 sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. 60050 60051 41:8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the 60052 seed of Abraham my friend. 60053 60054 41:9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called 60055 thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my 60056 servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. 60057 60058 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy 60059 God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold 60060 thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 60061 60062 41:11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be 60063 ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive 60064 with thee shall perish. 60065 60066 41:12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that 60067 contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, 60068 and as a thing of nought. 60069 60070 41:13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto 60071 thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 60072 60073 41:14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help 60074 thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 60075 60076 41:15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having 60077 teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt 60078 make the hills as chaff. 60079 60080 41:16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the 60081 whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and 60082 shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. 60083 60084 41:17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their 60085 tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of 60086 Israel will not forsake them. 60087 60088 41:18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of 60089 the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry 60090 land springs of water. 60091 60092 41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and 60093 the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, 60094 and the pine, and the box tree together: 41:20 That they may see, and 60095 know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD 60096 hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. 60097 60098 41:21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong 60099 reasons, saith the King of Jacob. 60100 60101 41:22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let 60102 them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, 60103 and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 60104 60105 41:23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know 60106 that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, 60107 and behold it together. 60108 60109 41:24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an 60110 abomination is he that chooseth you. 60111 60112 41:25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the 60113 rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon 60114 princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. 60115 60116 41:26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and 60117 beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that 60118 sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that 60119 heareth your words. 60120 60121 41:27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will 60122 give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. 60123 60124 41:28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there 60125 was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. 60126 60127 41:29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their 60128 molten images are wind and confusion. 60129 60130 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul 60131 delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth 60132 judgment to the Gentiles. 60133 60134 42:2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in 60135 the street. 60136 60137 42:3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he 60138 not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. 60139 60140 42:4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment 60141 in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. 60142 60143 42:5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and 60144 stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which 60145 cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and 60146 spirit to them that walk therein: 42:6 I the LORD have called thee in 60147 righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give 60148 thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 42:7 60149 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, 60150 and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. 60151 60152 42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to 60153 another, neither my praise to graven images. 60154 60155 42:9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I 60156 declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. 60157 60158 42:10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of 60159 the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the 60160 isles, and the inhabitants thereof. 60161 60162 42:11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, 60163 the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock 60164 sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. 60165 60166 42:12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the 60167 islands. 60168 60169 42:13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up 60170 jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail 60171 against his enemies. 60172 60173 42:14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and 60174 refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will 60175 destroy and devour at once. 60176 60177 42:15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their 60178 herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the 60179 pools. 60180 60181 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will 60182 lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness 60183 light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do 60184 unto them, and not forsake them. 60185 60186 42:17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that 60187 trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our 60188 gods. 60189 60190 42:18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. 60191 60192 42:19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I 60193 sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's 60194 servant? 42:20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening 60195 the ears, but he heareth not. 60196 60197 42:21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will 60198 magnify the law, and make it honourable. 60199 60200 42:22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them 60201 snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a 60202 prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. 60203 60204 42:23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear 60205 for the time to come? 42:24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to 60206 the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for 60207 they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his 60208 law. 60209 60210 42:25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the 60211 strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he 60212 knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. 60213 60214 43:1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he 60215 that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have 60216 called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 60217 60218 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and 60219 through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest 60220 through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame 60221 kindle upon thee. 60222 60223 43:3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I 60224 gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. 60225 60226 43:4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, 60227 and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people 60228 for thy life. 60229 60230 43:5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the 60231 east, and gather thee from the west; 43:6 I will say to the north, 60232 Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and 60233 my daughters from the ends of the earth; 43:7 Even every one that is 60234 called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed 60235 him; yea, I have made him. 60236 60237 43:8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that 60238 have ears. 60239 60240 43:9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be 60241 assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? 60242 let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or 60243 let them hear, and say, It is truth. 60244 60245 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have 60246 chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: 60247 before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 60248 60249 43:11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. 60250 60251 43:12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there 60252 was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the 60253 LORD, that I am God. 60254 60255 43:13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can 60256 deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? 43:14 Thus 60257 saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I 60258 have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the 60259 Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. 60260 60261 43:15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. 60262 60263 43:16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path 60264 in the mighty waters; 43:17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and 60265 horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they 60266 shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. 60267 60268 43:18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things 60269 of old. 60270 60271 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall 60272 ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers 60273 in the desert. 60274 60275 43:20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the 60276 owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the 60277 desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. 60278 60279 43:21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my 60280 praise. 60281 60282 43:22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been 60283 weary of me, O Israel. 60284 60285 43:23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt 60286 offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have 60287 not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with 60288 incense. 60289 60290 43:24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou 60291 filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to 60292 serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. 60293 60294 43:25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine 60295 own sake, and will not remember thy sins. 60296 60297 43:26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that 60298 thou mayest be justified. 60299 60300 43:27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed 60301 against me. 60302 60303 43:28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have 60304 given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. 60305 60306 44:1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: 60307 44:2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the 60308 womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, 60309 Jesurun, whom I have chosen. 60310 60311 44:3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon 60312 the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing 60313 upon thine offspring: 44:4 And they shall spring up as among the 60314 grass, as willows by the water courses. 60315 60316 44:5 One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by 60317 the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the 60318 LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. 60319 60320 44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD 60321 of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no 60322 God. 60323 60324 44:7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in 60325 order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things 60326 that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. 60327 60328 44:8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that 60329 time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God 60330 beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. 60331 60332 44:9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their 60333 delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; 60334 they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. 60335 60336 44:10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is 60337 profitable for nothing? 44:11 Behold, all his fellows shall be 60338 ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered 60339 together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be 60340 ashamed together. 60341 60342 44:12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and 60343 fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his 60344 arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no 60345 water, and is faint. 60346 60347 44:13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a 60348 line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the 60349 compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the 60350 beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. 60351 60352 44:14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, 60353 which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he 60354 planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. 60355 60356 44:15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, 60357 and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he 60358 maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and 60359 falleth down thereto. 60360 60361 44:16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth 60362 flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, 60363 and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: 44:17 And the residue 60364 thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto 60365 it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; 60366 for thou art my god. 60367 60368 44:18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, 60369 that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 60370 60371 44:19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge 60372 nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, 60373 also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, 60374 and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? 60375 shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? 44:20 He feedeth on ashes: 60376 a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his 60377 soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? 44:21 Remember 60378 these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed 60379 thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of 60380 me. 60381 60382 44:22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, 60383 as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. 60384 60385 44:23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower 60386 parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, 60387 and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and 60388 glorified himself in Israel. 60389 60390 44:24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from 60391 the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth 60392 the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; 44:25 60393 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; 60394 that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; 60395 44:26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the 60396 counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be 60397 inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will 60398 raise up the decayed places thereof: 44:27 That saith to the deep, Be 60399 dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: 44:28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my 60400 shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, 60401 Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. 60402 60403 45:1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I 60404 have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins 60405 of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall 60406 not be shut; 45:2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places 60407 straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder 60408 the bars of iron: 45:3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, 60409 and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the 60410 LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. 60411 60412 45:4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even 60413 called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not 60414 known me. 60415 60416 45:5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: 60417 I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 45:6 That they may know 60418 from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none 60419 beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. 60420 60421 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create 60422 evil: I the LORD do all these things. 60423 60424 45:8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down 60425 righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, 60426 and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it. 60427 60428 45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd 60429 strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that 60430 fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? 45:10 60431 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to 60432 the woman, What hast thou brought forth? 45:11 Thus saith the LORD, 60433 the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come 60434 concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. 60435 60436 45:12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my 60437 hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I 60438 commanded. 60439 60440 45:13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his 60441 ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for 60442 price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. 60443 60444 45:14 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of 60445 Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto 60446 thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains 60447 they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall 60448 make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there 60449 is none else, there is no God. 60450 60451 45:15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the 60452 Saviour. 60453 60454 45:16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they 60455 shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. 60456 60457 45:17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting 60458 salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. 60459 60460 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself 60461 that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created 60462 it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there 60463 is none else. 60464 60465 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I 60466 said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak 60467 righteousness, I declare things that are right. 60468 60469 45:20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are 60470 escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of 60471 their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. 60472 60473 45:21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel 60474 together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it 60475 from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside 60476 me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. 60477 60478 45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I 60479 am God, and there is none else. 60480 60481 45:23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in 60482 righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall 60483 bow, every tongue shall swear. 60484 60485 45:24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and 60486 strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed 60487 against him shall be ashamed. 60488 60489 45:25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall 60490 glory. 60491 60492 46:1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, 60493 and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a 60494 burden to the weary beast. 60495 60496 46:2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the 60497 burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. 60498 60499 46:3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the 60500 house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are 60501 carried from the womb: 46:4 And even to your old age I am he; and even 60502 to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I 60503 will carry, and will deliver you. 60504 60505 46:5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that 60506 we may be like? 46:6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh 60507 silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: 60508 they fall down, yea, they worship. 60509 60510 46:7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in 60511 his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, 60512 one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his 60513 trouble. 60514 60515 46:8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O 60516 ye transgressors. 60517 60518 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is 60519 none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 46:10 Declaring the 60520 end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not 60521 yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my 60522 pleasure: 46:11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that 60523 executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will 60524 also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. 60525 60526 46:12 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from 60527 righteousness: 46:13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be 60528 far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation 60529 in Zion for Israel my glory. 60530 60531 47:1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit 60532 on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for 60533 thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. 60534 60535 47:2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare 60536 the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. 60537 60538 47:3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I 60539 will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. 60540 60541 47:4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One 60542 of Israel. 60543 60544 47:5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the 60545 Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. 60546 60547 47:6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and 60548 given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the 60549 ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. 60550 60551 47:7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst 60552 not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter 60553 end of it. 60554 60555 47:8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that 60556 dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else 60557 beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss 60558 of children: 47:9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment 60559 in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon 60560 thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for 60561 the great abundance of thine enchantments. 60562 60563 47:10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None 60564 seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and 60565 thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. 60566 60567 47:11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from 60568 whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be 60569 able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, 60570 which thou shalt not know. 60571 60572 47:12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy 60573 sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou 60574 shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. 60575 60576 47:13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the 60577 astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, 60578 and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. 60579 60580 47:14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they 60581 shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall 60582 not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. 60583 60584 47:15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even 60585 thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his 60586 quarter; none shall save thee. 60587 60588 48:1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of 60589 Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by 60590 the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not 60591 in truth, nor in righteousness. 60592 60593 48:2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves 60594 upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. 60595 60596 48:3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they 60597 went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, 60598 and they came to pass. 60599 60600 48:4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron 60601 sinew, and thy brow brass; 48:5 I have even from the beginning 60602 declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest 60603 thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and 60604 my molten image, hath commanded them. 60605 60606 48:6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have 60607 shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou 60608 didst not know them. 60609 60610 48:7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the 60611 day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I 60612 knew them. 60613 60614 48:8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that 60615 time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal 60616 very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. 60617 60618 48:9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise 60619 will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. 60620 60621 48:10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen 60622 thee in the furnace of affliction. 60623 60624 48:11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how 60625 should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. 60626 60627 48:12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am 60628 the first, I also am the last. 60629 60630 48:13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my 60631 right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand 60632 up together. 60633 60634 48:14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath 60635 declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his 60636 pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. 60637 60638 48:15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought 60639 him, and he shall make his way prosperous. 60640 60641 48:16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret 60642 from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the 60643 Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. 60644 60645 48:17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am 60646 the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by 60647 the way that thou shouldest go. 60648 60649 48:18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy 60650 peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: 60651 48:19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy 60652 bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off 60653 nor destroyed from before me. 60654 60655 48:20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice 60656 of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the 60657 earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. 60658 60659 48:21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he 60660 caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock 60661 also, and the waters gushed out. 60662 60663 48:22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. 60664 60665 49:1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The 60666 LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath 60667 he made mention of my name. 60668 60669 49:2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of 60670 his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver 60671 hath he hid me; 49:3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, 60672 in whom I will be glorified. 60673 60674 49:4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength 60675 for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and 60676 my work with my God. 60677 60678 49:5 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his 60679 servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, 60680 yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be 60681 my strength. 60682 60683 49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my 60684 servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved 60685 of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that 60686 thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. 60687 60688 49:7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to 60689 him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant 60690 of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, 60691 because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and 60692 he shall choose thee. 60693 60694 49:8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and 60695 in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, 60696 and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to 60697 cause to inherit the desolate heritages; 49:9 That thou mayest say to 60698 the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew 60699 yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be 60700 in all high places. 60701 60702 49:10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun 60703 smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by 60704 the springs of water shall he guide them. 60705 60706 49:11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be 60707 exalted. 60708 60709 49:12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north 60710 and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. 60711 60712 49:13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into 60713 singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will 60714 have mercy upon his afflicted. 60715 60716 49:14 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath 60717 forgotten me. 60718 60719 49:15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have 60720 compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I 60721 not forget thee. 60722 60723 49:16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls 60724 are continually before me. 60725 60726 49:17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made 60727 thee waste shall go forth of thee. 60728 60729 49:18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather 60730 themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou 60731 shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind 60732 them on thee, as a bride doeth. 60733 60734 49:19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy 60735 destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the 60736 inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. 60737 60738 49:20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the 60739 other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: 60740 give place to me that I may dwell. 60741 60742 49:21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, 60743 seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and 60744 removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left 60745 alone; these, where had they been? 49:22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, 60746 Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my 60747 standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, 60748 and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. 60749 60750 49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy 60751 nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward 60752 the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that 60753 I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. 60754 60755 49:24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive 60756 delivered? 49:25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the 60757 mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be 60758 delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and 60759 I will save thy children. 60760 60761 49:26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and 60762 they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and 60763 all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, 60764 the mighty One of Jacob. 60765 60766 50:1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's 60767 divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to 60768 whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold 60769 yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. 60770 60771 50:2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was 60772 there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot 60773 redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up 60774 the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because 60775 there is no water, and dieth for thirst. 60776 60777 50:3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their 60778 covering. 60779 60780 50:4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I 60781 should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he 60782 wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the 60783 learned. 60784 60785 50:5 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, 60786 neither turned away back. 60787 60788 50:6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked 60789 off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. 60790 60791 50:7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be 60792 confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that 60793 I shall not be ashamed. 60794 60795 50:8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us 60796 stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. 60797 60798 50:9 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn 60799 me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them 60800 up. 60801 60802 50:10 Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice 60803 of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him 60804 trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. 60805 60806 50:11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about 60807 with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye 60808 have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in 60809 sorrow. 60810 60811 51:1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek 60812 the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of 60813 the pit whence ye are digged. 60814 60815 51:2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for 60816 I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. 60817 60818 51:3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste 60819 places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like 60820 the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, 60821 thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. 60822 60823 51:4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: 60824 for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest 60825 for a light of the people. 60826 60827 51:5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine 60828 arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine 60829 arm shall they trust. 60830 60831 51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth 60832 beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth 60833 shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in 60834 like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness 60835 shall not be abolished. 60836 60837 51:7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose 60838 heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid 60839 of their revilings. 60840 60841 51:8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall 60842 eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my 60843 salvation from generation to generation. 60844 60845 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in 60846 the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath 60847 cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? 51:10 Art thou not it which hath 60848 dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths 60849 of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? 51:11 Therefore the 60850 redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; 60851 and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain 60852 gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. 60853 60854 51:12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou 60855 shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man 60856 which shall be made as grass; 51:13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, 60857 that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the 60858 earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of 60859 the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury 60860 of the oppressor? 51:14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be 60861 loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread 60862 should fail. 60863 60864 51:15 But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves 60865 roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. 60866 60867 51:16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in 60868 the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the 60869 foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people. 60870 60871 51:17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the 60872 hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of 60873 the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. 60874 60875 51:18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath 60876 brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all 60877 the sons that she hath brought up. 60878 60879 51:19 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for 60880 thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by 60881 whom shall I comfort thee? 51:20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at 60882 the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of 60883 the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. 60884 60885 51:21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not 60886 with wine: 51:22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that 60887 pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine 60888 hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou 60889 shalt no more drink it again: 51:23 But I will put it into the hand of 60890 them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we 60891 may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the 60892 street, to them that went over. 60893 60894 52:1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful 60895 garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no 60896 more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. 60897 60898 52:2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: 60899 loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. 60900 60901 52:3 For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and 60902 ye shall be redeemed without money. 60903 60904 52:4 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into 60905 Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. 60906 60907 52:5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people 60908 is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, 60909 saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. 60910 60911 52:6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know 60912 in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. 60913 60914 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that 60915 bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good 60916 tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy 60917 God reigneth! 52:8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the 60918 voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when 60919 the LORD shall bring again Zion. 60920 60921 52:9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of 60922 Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed 60923 Jerusalem. 60924 60925 52:10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the 60926 nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our 60927 God. 60928 60929 52:11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean 60930 thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the 60931 vessels of the LORD. 60932 60933 52:12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the 60934 LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward. 60935 60936 52:13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and 60937 extolled, and be very high. 60938 60939 52:14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more 60940 than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: 52:15 So shall 60941 he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: 60942 for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which 60943 they had not heard shall they consider. 60944 60945 53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD 60946 revealed? 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and 60947 as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and 60948 when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 60949 60950 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and 60951 acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he 60952 was despised, and we esteemed him not. 60953 60954 53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we 60955 did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 60956 60957 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our 60958 iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his 60959 stripes we are healed. 60960 60961 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to 60962 his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 60963 60964 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his 60965 mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before 60966 her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 60967 60968 53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare 60969 his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for 60970 the transgression of my people was he stricken. 60971 60972 53:9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his 60973 death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his 60974 mouth. 60975 60976 53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: 60977 when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his 60978 seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall 60979 prosper in his hand. 60980 60981 53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: 60982 by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall 60983 bear their iniquities. 60984 60985 53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he 60986 shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his 60987 soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he 60988 bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. 60989 60990 54:1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into 60991 singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for 60992 more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married 60993 wife, saith the LORD. 60994 60995 54:2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the 60996 curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and 60997 strengthen thy stakes; 54:3 For thou shalt break forth on the right 60998 hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and 60999 make the desolate cities to be inhabited. 61000 61001 54:4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou 61002 confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget 61003 the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy 61004 widowhood any more. 61005 61006 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; 61007 and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth 61008 shall he be called. 61009 61010 54:6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in 61011 spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. 61012 61013 54:7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies 61014 will I gather thee. 61015 61016 54:8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with 61017 everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy 61018 Redeemer. 61019 61020 54:9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn 61021 that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I 61022 sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. 61023 61024 54:10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my 61025 kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my 61026 peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee. 61027 61028 54:11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, 61029 behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy 61030 foundations with sapphires. 61031 61032 54:12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of 61033 carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. 61034 61035 54:13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great 61036 shall be the peace of thy children. 61037 61038 54:14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far 61039 from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it 61040 shall not come near thee. 61041 61042 54:15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: 61043 whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. 61044 61045 54:16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the 61046 fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have 61047 created the waster to destroy. 61048 61049 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every 61050 tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. 61051 This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their 61052 righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. 61053 61054 55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that 61055 hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk 61056 without money and without price. 61057 61058 55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your 61059 labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and 61060 eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in 61061 fatness. 61062 61063 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall 61064 live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure 61065 mercies of David. 61066 61067 55:4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader 61068 and commander to the people. 61069 61070 55:5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and 61071 nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy 61072 God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. 61073 61074 55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he 61075 is near: 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man 61076 his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy 61077 upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 61078 61079 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my 61080 ways, saith the LORD. 61081 61082 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways 61083 higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 61084 61085 55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and 61086 returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring 61087 forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the 61088 eater: 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it 61089 shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I 61090 please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 61091 61092 55:12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the 61093 mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and 61094 all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 61095 61096 55:13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of 61097 the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD 61098 for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. 61099 61100 56:1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my 61101 salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. 61102 61103 56:2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that 61104 layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and 61105 keepeth his hand from doing any evil. 61106 61107 56:3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to 61108 the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his 61109 people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. 61110 61111 56:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, 61112 and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; 61113 56:5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a 61114 place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give 61115 them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. 61116 61117 56:6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, 61118 to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, 61119 every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold 61120 of my covenant; 56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and 61121 make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and 61122 their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house 61123 shall be called an house of prayer for all people. 61124 61125 56:8 The Lord GOD, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet 61126 will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him. 61127 61128 56:9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in 61129 the forest. 61130 61131 56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb 61132 dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. 61133 61134 56:11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they 61135 are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, 61136 every one for his gain, from his quarter. 61137 61138 56:12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves 61139 with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more 61140 abundant. 61141 61142 57:1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and 61143 merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is 61144 taken away from the evil to come. 61145 61146 57:2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each 61147 one walking in his uprightness. 61148 61149 57:3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the 61150 adulterer and the whore. 61151 61152 57:4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide 61153 mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, 61154 a seed of falsehood. 61155 61156 57:5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying 61157 the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? 57:6 Among 61158 the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy 61159 lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered 61160 a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these? 57:7 Upon a lofty 61161 and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up 61162 to offer sacrifice. 61163 61164 57:8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy 61165 remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and 61166 art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with 61167 them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it. 61168 61169 57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase 61170 thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase 61171 thyself even unto hell. 61172 61173 57:10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou 61174 not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; 61175 therefore thou wast not grieved. 61176 61177 57:11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast 61178 lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I 61179 held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? 57:12 I will 61180 declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit 61181 thee. 61182 61183 57:13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind 61184 shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth 61185 his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy 61186 mountain; 57:14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the 61187 way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. 61188 61189 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, 61190 whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also 61191 that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the 61192 humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 61193 61194 57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: 61195 for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. 61196 61197 57:17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: 61198 I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his 61199 heart. 61200 61201 57:18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, 61202 and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. 61203 61204 57:19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far 61205 off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him. 61206 61207 57:20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, 61208 whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 61209 61210 57:21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. 61211 61212 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew 61213 my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. 61214 61215 58:2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation 61216 that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: 61217 they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in 61218 approaching to God. 61219 61220 58:3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore 61221 have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in 61222 the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. 61223 61224 58:4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist 61225 of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice 61226 to be heard on high. 61227 61228 58:5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict 61229 his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread 61230 sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an 61231 acceptable day to the LORD? 58:6 Is not this the fast that I have 61232 chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, 61233 and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 58:7 61234 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the 61235 poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that 61236 thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? 61237 58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health 61238 shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before 61239 thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. 61240 61241 58:9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, 61242 and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee 61243 the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; 58:10 61244 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted 61245 soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as 61246 the noon day: 58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and 61247 satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be 61248 like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail 61249 not. 61250 61251 58:12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: 61252 thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou 61253 shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to 61254 dwell in. 61255 61256 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy 61257 pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of 61258 the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, 61259 nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 58:14 61260 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to 61261 ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the 61262 heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken 61263 it. 61264 61265 59:1 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; 61266 neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 59:2 But your iniquities 61267 have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his 61268 face from you, that he will not hear. 61269 61270 59:3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with 61271 iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered 61272 perverseness. 61273 61274 59:4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust 61275 in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth 61276 iniquity. 61277 61278 59:5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that 61279 eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out 61280 into a viper. 61281 61282 59:6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover 61283 themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and 61284 the act of violence is in their hands. 61285 61286 59:7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent 61287 blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and 61288 destruction are in their paths. 61289 61290 59:8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their 61291 goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein 61292 shall not know peace. 61293 61294 59:9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake 61295 us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we 61296 walk in darkness. 61297 61298 59:10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had 61299 no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate 61300 places as dead men. 61301 61302 59:11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for 61303 judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. 61304 61305 59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins 61306 testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our 61307 iniquities, we know them; 59:13 In transgressing and lying against the 61308 LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, 61309 conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 61310 61311 59:14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar 61312 off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 61313 61314 59:15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh 61315 himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there 61316 was no judgment. 61317 61318 59:16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no 61319 intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his 61320 righteousness, it sustained him. 61321 61322 59:17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of 61323 salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for 61324 clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. 61325 61326 59:18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his 61327 adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay 61328 recompence. 61329 61330 59:19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his 61331 glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a 61332 flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. 61333 61334 59:20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn 61335 from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. 61336 61337 59:21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My 61338 spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, 61339 shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, 61340 nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from 61341 henceforth and for ever. 61342 61343 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is 61344 risen upon thee. 61345 61346 60:2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross 61347 darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory 61348 shall be seen upon thee. 61349 61350 60:3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the 61351 brightness of thy rising. 61352 61353 60:4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather 61354 themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, 61355 and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. 61356 61357 60:5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall 61358 fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be 61359 converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. 61360 61361 60:6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of 61362 Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring 61363 gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD. 61364 61365 60:7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the 61366 rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with 61367 acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. 61368 61369 60:8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their 61370 windows? 60:9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of 61371 Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their 61372 gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One 61373 of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. 61374 61375 60:10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their 61376 kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in 61377 my favour have I had mercy on thee. 61378 61379 60:11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be 61380 shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the 61381 Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. 61382 61383 60:12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall 61384 perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. 61385 61386 60:13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the 61387 pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my 61388 sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. 61389 61390 60:14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending 61391 unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down 61392 at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of the 61393 LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. 61394 61395 60:15 Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated, so that no man went 61396 through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many 61397 generations. 61398 61399 60:16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck 61400 the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy 61401 Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. 61402 61403 60:17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, 61404 and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers 61405 peace, and thine exactors righteousness. 61406 61407 60:18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor 61408 destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls 61409 Salvation, and thy gates Praise. 61410 61411 60:19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for 61412 brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be 61413 unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 61414 61415 60:20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw 61416 itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of 61417 thy mourning shall be ended. 61418 61419 60:21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the 61420 land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I 61421 may be glorified. 61422 61423 60:22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong 61424 nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time. 61425 61426 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath 61427 anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to 61428 bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and 61429 the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 61:2 To proclaim the 61430 acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to 61431 comfort all that mourn; 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, 61432 to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the 61433 garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be 61434 called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might 61435 be glorified. 61436 61437 61:4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the 61438 former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the 61439 desolations of many generations. 61440 61441 61:5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of 61442 the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. 61443 61444 61:6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you 61445 the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and 61446 in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. 61447 61448 61:7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall 61449 rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess 61450 the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. 61451 61452 61:8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; 61453 and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting 61454 covenant with them. 61455 61456 61:9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their 61457 offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, 61458 that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed. 61459 61460 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in 61461 my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath 61462 covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh 61463 himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her 61464 jewels. 61465 61466 61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden 61467 causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord 61468 GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the 61469 nations. 61470 61471 62:1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's 61472 sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as 61473 brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. 61474 61475 62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy 61476 glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the 61477 LORD shall name. 61478 61479 62:3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and 61480 a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. 61481 61482 62:4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any 61483 more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy 61484 land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be 61485 married. 61486 61487 62:5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry 61488 thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God 61489 rejoice over thee. 61490 61491 62:6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall 61492 never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the 61493 LORD, keep not silence, 62:7 And give him no rest, till he establish, 61494 and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. 61495 61496 62:8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his 61497 strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine 61498 enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for 61499 the which thou hast laboured: 62:9 But they that have gathered it 61500 shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it 61501 together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness. 61502 61503 62:10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the 61504 people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a 61505 standard for the people. 61506 61507 62:11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say 61508 ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his 61509 reward is with him, and his work before him. 61510 61511 62:12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the 61512 LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken. 61513 61514 63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from 61515 Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the 61516 greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to 61517 save. 61518 61519 63:2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like 61520 him that treadeth in the winefat? 63:3 I have trodden the winepress 61521 alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them 61522 in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be 61523 sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. 61524 61525 63:4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my 61526 redeemed is come. 61527 61528 63:5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that 61529 there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation 61530 unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. 61531 61532 63:6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them 61533 drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. 61534 61535 63:7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises 61536 of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and 61537 the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed 61538 on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of 61539 his lovingkindnesses. 61540 61541 63:8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not 61542 lie: so he was their Saviour. 61543 61544 63:9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his 61545 presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and 61546 he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. 61547 61548 63:10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was 61549 turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. 61550 61551 63:11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, 61552 saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the 61553 shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within 61554 him? 63:12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious 61555 arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting 61556 name? 63:13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the 61557 wilderness, that they should not stumble? 63:14 As a beast goeth down 61558 into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst 61559 thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. 61560 61561 63:15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy 61562 holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the 61563 sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they 61564 restrained? 63:16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be 61565 ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our 61566 father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. 61567 61568 63:17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened 61569 our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of 61570 thine inheritance. 61571 61572 63:18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: 61573 our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. 61574 61575 63:19 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not 61576 called by thy name. 61577 61578 64:1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come 61579 down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, 64:2 As when 61580 the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make 61581 thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at 61582 thy presence! 64:3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked 61583 not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. 61584 61585 64:4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor 61586 perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, 61587 what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. 61588 61589 64:5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those 61590 that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have 61591 sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. 61592 61593 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses 61594 are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, 61595 like the wind, have taken us away. 61596 61597 64:7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up 61598 himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and 61599 hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. 61600 61601 64:8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou 61602 our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. 61603 61604 64:9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for 61605 ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. 61606 61607 64:10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, 61608 Jerusalem a desolation. 61609 61610 64:11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised 61611 thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid 61612 waste. 61613 61614 64:12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou 61615 hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? 65:1 I am sought of them 61616 that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, 61617 Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. 61618 61619 65:2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, 61620 which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; 61621 65:3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that 61622 sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; 65:4 61623 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat 61624 swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; 61625 65:5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier 61626 than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the 61627 day. 61628 61629 65:6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but 61630 will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, 65:7 Your 61631 iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the 61632 LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me 61633 upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their 61634 bosom. 61635 61636 65:8 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and 61637 one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for 61638 my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. 61639 61640 65:9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an 61641 inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my 61642 servants shall dwell there. 61643 61644 65:10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a 61645 place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. 61646 61647 65:11 But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy 61648 mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the 61649 drink offering unto that number. 61650 61651 65:12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow 61652 down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when 61653 I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did 61654 choose that wherein I delighted not. 61655 61656 65:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall 61657 eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye 61658 shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be 61659 ashamed: 65:14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye 61660 shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. 61661 61662 65:15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the 61663 Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name: 65:16 61664 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the 61665 God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God 61666 of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they 61667 are hid from mine eyes. 61668 61669 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the 61670 former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. 61671 61672 65:18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, 61673 behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 61674 61675 65:19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the 61676 voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of 61677 crying. 61678 61679 65:20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man 61680 that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred 61681 years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be 61682 accursed. 61683 61684 65:21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall 61685 plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 61686 61687 65:22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, 61688 and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, 61689 and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 61690 61691 65:23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for 61692 they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with 61693 them. 61694 61695 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; 61696 and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. 61697 61698 65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall 61699 eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They 61700 shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. 61701 61702 66:1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my 61703 footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the 61704 place of my rest? 66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and 61705 all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I 61706 look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth 61707 at my word. 61708 61709 66:3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth 61710 a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, 61711 as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he 61712 blessed an idol. 61713 61714 Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in 61715 their abominations. 61716 61717 66:4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears 61718 upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they 61719 did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in 61720 which I delighted not. 61721 61722 66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your 61723 brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, 61724 Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they 61725 shall be ashamed. 61726 61727 66:6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice 61728 of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies. 61729 61730 66:7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, 61731 she was delivered of a man child. 61732 61733 66:8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the 61734 earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at 61735 once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. 61736 61737 66:9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith 61738 the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy 61739 God. 61740 61741 66:10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that 61742 love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 66:11 61743 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her 61744 consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the 61745 abundance of her glory. 61746 61747 66:12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like 61748 a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then 61749 shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon 61750 her knees. 61751 61752 66:13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye 61753 shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 61754 61755 66:14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones 61756 shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known 61757 toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. 61758 61759 66:15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots 61760 like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with 61761 flames of fire. 61762 61763 66:16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: 61764 and the slain of the LORD shall be many. 61765 61766 66:17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the 61767 gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the 61768 abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the 61769 LORD. 61770 61771 66:18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I 61772 will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my 61773 glory. 61774 61775 66:19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that 61776 escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw 61777 the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not 61778 heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my 61779 glory among the Gentiles. 61780 61781 66:20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the 61782 LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, 61783 and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, 61784 saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean 61785 vessel into the house of the LORD. 61786 61787 66:21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith 61788 the LORD. 61789 61790 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, 61791 shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your 61792 name remain. 61793 61794 66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, 61795 and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship 61796 before me, saith the LORD. 61797 61798 66:24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men 61799 that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, 61800 neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring 61801 unto all flesh. 61802 61803 61804 61805 61806 The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 61807 61808 61809 1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that 61810 were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 1:2 To whom the word of the 61811 LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the 61812 thirteenth year of his reign. 61813 61814 1:3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of 61815 Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah 61816 king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the 61817 fifth month. 61818 61819 1:4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 1:5 Before I 61820 formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out 61821 of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the 61822 nations. 61823 61824 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a 61825 child. 61826 61827 1:7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt 61828 go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou 61829 shalt speak. 61830 61831 1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, 61832 saith the LORD. 61833 61834 1:9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the 61835 LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. 61836 61837 1:10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the 61838 kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw 61839 down, to build, and to plant. 61840 61841 1:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, 61842 what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. 61843 61844 1:12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will 61845 hasten my word to perform it. 61846 61847 1:13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, 61848 What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face 61849 thereof is toward the north. 61850 61851 1:14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break 61852 forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. 61853 61854 1:15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the 61855 north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every 61856 one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against 61857 all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of 61858 Judah. 61859 61860 1:16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their 61861 wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other 61862 gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. 61863 61864 1:17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them 61865 all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I 61866 confound thee before them. 61867 61868 1:18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an 61869 iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the 61870 kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests 61871 thereof, and against the people of the land. 61872 61873 1:19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail 61874 against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. 61875 61876 2:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2:2 Go and cry 61877 in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember 61878 thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when 61879 thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 61880 61881 2:3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his 61882 increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, 61883 saith the LORD. 61884 61885 2:4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the 61886 families of the house of Israel: 2:5 Thus saith the LORD, What 61887 iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from 61888 me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? 2:6 Neither 61889 said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of 61890 Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts 61891 and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, 61892 through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? 61893 2:7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit 61894 thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my 61895 land, and made mine heritage an abomination. 61896 61897 2:8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the 61898 law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the 61899 prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not 61900 profit. 61901 61902 2:9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your 61903 children's children will I plead. 61904 61905 2:10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, 61906 and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. 61907 61908 2:11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my 61909 people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. 61910 61911 2:12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be 61912 ye very desolate, saith the LORD. 61913 61914 2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the 61915 fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken 61916 cisterns, that can hold no water. 61917 61918 2:14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? 61919 2:15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his 61920 land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. 61921 61922 2:16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of 61923 thy head. 61924 61925 2:17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast 61926 forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? 2:18 And now 61927 what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of 61928 Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the 61929 waters of the river? 2:19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, 61930 and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that 61931 it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy 61932 God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. 61933 61934 2:20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and 61935 thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and 61936 under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. 61937 61938 2:21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how 61939 then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto 61940 me? 2:22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much 61941 soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. 61942 61943 2:23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after 61944 Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art 61945 a swift dromedary traversing her ways; 2:24 A wild ass used to the 61946 wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion 61947 who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary 61948 themselves; in her month they shall find her. 61949 61950 2:25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: 61951 but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and 61952 after them will I go. 61953 61954 2:26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of 61955 Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, 61956 and their prophets. 61957 61958 2:27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast 61959 brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not 61960 their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and 61961 save us. 61962 61963 2:28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, 61964 if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the 61965 number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. 61966 61967 2:29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against 61968 me, saith the LORD. 61969 61970 2:30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no 61971 correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a 61972 destroying lion. 61973 61974 2:31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a 61975 wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, 61976 We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? 2:32 Can a maid forget 61977 her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me 61978 days without number. 61979 61980 2:33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also 61981 taught the wicked ones thy ways. 61982 61983 2:34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor 61984 innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. 61985 61986 2:35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall 61987 turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I 61988 have not sinned. 61989 61990 2:36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt 61991 be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. 61992 61993 2:37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine 61994 head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not 61995 prosper in them. 61996 61997 3:1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and 61998 become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that 61999 land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many 62000 lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD. 62001 62002 3:2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast 62003 not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian 62004 in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms 62005 and with thy wickedness. 62006 62007 3:3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no 62008 latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be 62009 ashamed. 62010 62011 3:4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the 62012 guide of my youth? 3:5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he 62013 keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as 62014 thou couldest. 62015 62016 3:6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast 62017 thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon 62018 every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played 62019 the harlot. 62020 62021 3:7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. 62022 But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. 62023 62024 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel 62025 committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of 62026 divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and 62027 played the harlot also. 62028 62029 3:9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that 62030 she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with 62031 stocks. 62032 62033 3:10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned 62034 unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD. 62035 62036 3:11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified 62037 herself more than treacherous Judah. 62038 62039 3:12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, 62040 thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine 62041 anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will 62042 not keep anger for ever. 62043 62044 3:13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed 62045 against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers 62046 under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the 62047 LORD. 62048 62049 3:14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married 62050 unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and 62051 I will bring you to Zion: 3:15 And I will give you pastors according 62052 to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. 62053 62054 3:16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in 62055 the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The 62056 ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: 62057 neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither 62058 shall that be done any more. 62059 62060 3:17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; 62061 and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the 62062 LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the 62063 imagination of their evil heart. 62064 62065 3:18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of 62066 Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to 62067 the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. 62068 62069 3:19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give 62070 thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I 62071 said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. 62072 62073 3:20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so 62074 have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the 62075 LORD. 62076 62077 3:21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications 62078 of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they 62079 have forgotten the LORD their God. 62080 62081 3:22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your 62082 backslidings. 62083 62084 Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God. 62085 62086 3:23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the 62087 multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of 62088 Israel. 62089 62090 3:24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; 62091 their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. 62092 62093 3:25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we 62094 have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our 62095 youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD 62096 our God. 62097 62098 4:1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and 62099 if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt 62100 thou not remove. 62101 62102 4:2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and 62103 in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and 62104 in him shall they glory. 62105 62106 4:3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break 62107 up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. 62108 62109 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of 62110 your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury 62111 come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the 62112 evil of your doings. 62113 62114 4:5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye 62115 the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble 62116 yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. 62117 62118 4:6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will 62119 bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. 62120 62121 4:7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the 62122 Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy 62123 land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an 62124 inhabitant. 62125 62126 4:8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce 62127 anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. 62128 62129 4:9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the 62130 heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the 62131 priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. 62132 62133 4:10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this 62134 people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword 62135 reacheth unto the soul. 62136 62137 4:11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A 62138 dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of 62139 my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, 4:12 Even a full wind from 62140 those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against 62141 them. 62142 62143 4:13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as 62144 a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we 62145 are spoiled. 62146 62147 4:14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest 62148 be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? 4:15 62149 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount 62150 Ephraim. 62151 62152 4:16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against 62153 Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their 62154 voice against the cities of Judah. 62155 62156 4:17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because 62157 she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. 62158 62159 4:18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this 62160 is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto 62161 thine heart. 62162 62163 4:19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart 62164 maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, 62165 O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 62166 62167 4:20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is 62168 spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. 62169 62170 4:21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the 62171 trumpet? 4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they 62172 are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise 62173 to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. 62174 62175 4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and 62176 the heavens, and they had no light. 62177 62178 4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills 62179 moved lightly. 62180 62181 4:25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the 62182 heavens were fled. 62183 62184 4:26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all 62185 the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and 62186 by his fierce anger. 62187 62188 4:27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; 62189 yet will I not make a full end. 62190 62191 4:28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; 62192 because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, 62193 neither will I turn back from it. 62194 62195 4:29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and 62196 bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: 62197 every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. 62198 62199 4:30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou 62200 clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments 62201 of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt 62202 thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek 62203 thy life. 62204 62205 4:31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the 62206 anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of 62207 the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her 62208 hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of 62209 murderers. 62210 62211 5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, 62212 and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, 62213 if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I 62214 will pardon it. 62215 62216 5:2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. 62217 62218 5:3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken 62219 them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they 62220 have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder 62221 than a rock; they have refused to return. 62222 62223 5:4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for 62224 they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. 62225 62226 5:5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for 62227 they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: 62228 but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. 62229 62230 5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of 62231 the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their 62232 cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: 62233 because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are 62234 increased. 62235 62236 5:7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, 62237 and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, 62238 they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in 62239 the harlots' houses. 62240 62241 5:8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after 62242 his neighbour's wife. 62243 62244 5:9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not 62245 my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 5:10 Go ye up upon her 62246 walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her 62247 battlements; for they are not the LORD's. 62248 62249 5:11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very 62250 treacherously against me, saith the LORD. 62251 62252 5:12 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall 62253 evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: 5:13 And the 62254 prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it 62255 be done unto them. 62256 62257 5:14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this 62258 word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people 62259 wood, and it shall devour them. 62260 62261 5:15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, 62262 saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a 62263 nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what 62264 they say. 62265 62266 5:16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. 62267 62268 5:17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy 62269 sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and 62270 thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall 62271 impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. 62272 62273 5:18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a 62274 full end with you. 62275 62276 5:19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the 62277 LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, 62278 Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so 62279 shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not your's. 62280 62281 5:20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, 62282 saying, 5:21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without 62283 understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear 62284 not: 5:22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my 62285 presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a 62286 perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof 62287 toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can 62288 they not pass over it? 5:23 But this people hath a revolting and a 62289 rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. 62290 62291 5:24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our 62292 God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: 62293 he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. 62294 62295 5:25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have 62296 withholden good things from you. 62297 62298 5:26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he 62299 that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. 62300 62301 5:27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: 62302 therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. 62303 62304 5:28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of 62305 the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet 62306 they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. 62307 62308 5:29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my 62309 soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 5:30 A wonderful and 62310 horrible thing is committed in the land; 5:31 The prophets prophesy 62311 falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love 62312 to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? 6:1 O ye 62313 children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of 62314 Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in 62315 Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great 62316 destruction. 62317 62318 6:2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate 62319 woman. 62320 62321 6:3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall 62322 pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one 62323 in his place. 62324 62325 6:4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe 62326 unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are 62327 stretched out. 62328 62329 6:5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. 62330 62331 6:6 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast 62332 a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is 62333 wholly oppression in the midst of her. 62334 62335 6:7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her 62336 wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually 62337 is grief and wounds. 62338 62339 6:8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; 62340 lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. 62341 62342 6:9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the 62343 remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer 62344 into the baskets. 62345 62346 6:10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? 62347 behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, 62348 the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in 62349 it. 62350 62351 6:11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with 62352 holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the 62353 assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife 62354 shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days. 62355 62356 6:12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields 62357 and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the 62358 inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD. 62359 62360 6:13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every 62361 one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the 62362 priest every one dealeth falsely. 62363 62364 6:14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people 62365 slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 62366 62367 6:15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they 62368 were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they 62369 shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they 62370 shall be cast down, saith the LORD. 62371 62372 6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for 62373 the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall 62374 find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. 62375 62376 6:17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the 62377 trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. 62378 62379 6:18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is 62380 among them. 62381 62382 6:19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even 62383 the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my 62384 words, nor to my law, but rejected it. 62385 62386 6:20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the 62387 sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not 62388 acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. 62389 62390 6:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks 62391 before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall 62392 upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish. 62393 62394 6:22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north 62395 country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the 62396 earth. 62397 62398 6:23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no 62399 mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, 62400 set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion. 62401 62402 6:24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish 62403 hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 62404 62405 6:25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword 62406 of the enemy and fear is on every side. 62407 62408 6:26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow 62409 thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter 62410 lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. 62411 62412 6:27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that 62413 thou mayest know and try their way. 62414 62415 6:28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are 62416 brass and iron; they are all corrupters. 62417 62418 6:29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the 62419 founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. 62420 62421 6:30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath 62422 rejected them. 62423 62424 7:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 7:2 Stand in 62425 the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, 62426 Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these 62427 gates to worship the LORD. 62428 62429 7:3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways 62430 and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 62431 62432 7:4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The 62433 temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. 62434 62435 7:5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye 62436 throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 7:6 If ye 62437 oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not 62438 innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your 62439 hurt: 7:7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land 62440 that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. 62441 62442 7:8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. 62443 62444 7:9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and 62445 burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; 62446 7:10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my 62447 name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? 7:11 Is 62448 this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in 62449 your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD. 62450 62451 7:12 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my 62452 name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my 62453 people Israel. 62454 62455 7:13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, 62456 and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; 62457 and I called you, but ye answered not; 7:14 Therefore will I do unto 62458 this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the 62459 place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to 62460 Shiloh. 62461 62462 7:15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your 62463 brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. 62464 62465 7:16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor 62466 prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear 62467 thee. 62468 62469 7:17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the 62470 streets of Jerusalem? 7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers 62471 kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the 62472 queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that 62473 they may provoke me to anger. 62474 62475 7:19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke 62476 themselves to the confusion of their own faces? 7:20 Therefore thus 62477 saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out 62478 upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the 62479 field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall 62480 not be quenched. 62481 62482 7:21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt 62483 offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. 62484 62485 7:22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day 62486 that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt 62487 offerings or sacrifices: 7:23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, 62488 Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and 62489 walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well 62490 unto you. 62491 62492 7:24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the 62493 counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went 62494 backward, and not forward. 62495 62496 7:25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of 62497 Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the 62498 prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: 7:26 Yet they 62499 hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their 62500 neck: they did worse than their fathers. 62501 62502 7:27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they 62503 will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they 62504 will not answer thee. 62505 62506 7:28 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not 62507 the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is 62508 perished, and is cut off from their mouth. 62509 62510 7:29 Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a 62511 lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken 62512 the generation of his wrath. 62513 62514 7:30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the 62515 LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by 62516 my name, to pollute it. 62517 62518 7:31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the 62519 valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in 62520 the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. 62521 62522 7:32 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall 62523 no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the 62524 valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no 62525 place. 62526 62527 7:33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of 62528 the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them 62529 away. 62530 62531 7:34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the 62532 streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, 62533 the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land 62534 shall be desolate. 62535 62536 8:1 At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of 62537 the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the 62538 priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the 62539 inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: 8:2 And they shall 62540 spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, 62541 whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they 62542 have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: 62543 they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon 62544 the face of the earth. 62545 62546 8:3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of 62547 them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places 62548 whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts. 62549 62550 8:4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they 62551 fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? 8:5 Why then 62552 is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? 62553 they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. 62554 62555 8:6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented 62556 him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to 62557 his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. 62558 62559 8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the 62560 turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; 62561 but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. 62562 62563 8:8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? 62564 Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. 62565 62566 8:9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they 62567 have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? 8:10 62568 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to 62569 them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto 62570 the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the 62571 priest every one dealeth falsely. 62572 62573 8:11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people 62574 slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 62575 62576 8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they 62577 were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall 62578 they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they 62579 shall be cast down, saith the LORD. 62580 62581 8:13 I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no 62582 grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; 62583 and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. 62584 62585 8:14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into 62586 the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God 62587 hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because 62588 we have sinned against the LORD. 62589 62590 8:15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, 62591 and behold trouble! 8:16 The snorting of his horses was heard from 62592 Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his 62593 strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all 62594 that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein. 62595 62596 8:17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which 62597 will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD. 62598 62599 8:18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in 62600 me. 62601 62602 8:19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because 62603 of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not 62604 her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven 62605 images, and with strange vanities? 8:20 The harvest is past, the 62606 summer is ended, and we are not saved. 62607 62608 8:21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; 62609 astonishment hath taken hold on me. 62610 62611 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then 62612 is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? 9:1 Oh that 62613 my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might 62614 weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! 9:2 Oh 62615 that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I 62616 might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, 62617 an assembly of treacherous men. 62618 62619 9:3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are 62620 not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil 62621 to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. 62622 62623 9:4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any 62624 brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour 62625 will walk with slanders. 62626 62627 9:5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak 62628 the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary 62629 themselves to commit iniquity. 62630 62631 9:6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they 62632 refuse to know me, saith the LORD. 62633 62634 9:7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, 62635 and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people? 9:8 62636 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh 62637 peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his 62638 wait. 62639 62640 9:9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not 62641 my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 9:10 For the mountains 62642 will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the 62643 wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can 62644 pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both 62645 the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. 62646 62647 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will 62648 make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. 62649 62650 9:12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to 62651 whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for 62652 what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none 62653 passeth through? 9:13 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken 62654 my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither 62655 walked therein; 9:14 But have walked after the imagination of their 62656 own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: 9:15 62657 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I 62658 will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water 62659 of gall to drink. 62660 62661 9:16 I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor 62662 their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I 62663 have consumed them. 62664 62665 9:17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the 62666 mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that 62667 they may come: 9:18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for 62668 us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out 62669 with waters. 62670 62671 9:19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! 62672 we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because 62673 our dwellings have cast us out. 62674 62675 9:20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear 62676 receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and 62677 every one her neighbour lamentation. 62678 62679 9:21 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our 62680 palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from 62681 the streets. 62682 62683 9:22 Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall 62684 as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, 62685 and none shall gather them. 62686 62687 9:23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, 62688 neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man 62689 glory in his riches: 9:24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, 62690 that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which 62691 exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: 62692 for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. 62693 62694 9:25 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all 62695 them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; 9:26 Egypt, and 62696 Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are 62697 in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these 62698 nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are 62699 uncircumcised in the heart. 62700 62701 10:1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of 62702 Israel: 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, 62703 and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are 62704 dismayed at them. 62705 62706 10:3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree 62707 out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 62708 62709 10:4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails 62710 and with hammers, that it move not. 62711 62712 10:5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs 62713 be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they 62714 cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. 62715 62716 10:6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art 62717 great, and thy name is great in might. 62718 62719 10:7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it 62720 appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in 62721 all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. 62722 62723 10:8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a 62724 doctrine of vanities. 62725 62726 10:9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from 62727 Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue 62728 and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. 62729 62730 10:10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an 62731 everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the 62732 nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. 62733 62734 10:11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the 62735 heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from 62736 under these heavens. 62737 62738 10:12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the 62739 world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his 62740 discretion. 62741 62742 10:13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in 62743 the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the 62744 earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out 62745 of his treasures. 62746 62747 10:14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is 62748 confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and 62749 there is no breath in them. 62750 62751 10:15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their 62752 visitation they shall perish. 62753 62754 10:16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of 62755 all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of 62756 hosts is his name. 62757 62758 10:17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the 62759 fortress. 62760 62761 10:18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the 62762 inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that 62763 they may find it so. 62764 62765 10:19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly 62766 this is a grief, and I must bear it. 62767 62768 10:20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my 62769 children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to 62770 stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. 62771 62772 10:21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the 62773 LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be 62774 scattered. 62775 62776 10:22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion 62777 out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a 62778 den of dragons. 62779 62780 10:23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not 62781 in man that walketh to direct his steps. 62782 62783 10:24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest 62784 thou bring me to nothing. 62785 62786 10:25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon 62787 the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, 62788 and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation 62789 desolate. 62790 62791 11:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying, 11:2 Hear ye 62792 the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to 62793 the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 11:3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith 62794 the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words 62795 of this covenant, 11:4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that 62796 I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, 62797 saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command 62798 you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: 11:5 That I may 62799 perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a 62800 land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, 62801 and said, So be it, O LORD. 62802 62803 11:6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the 62804 cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the 62805 words of this covenant, and do them. 62806 62807 11:7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I 62808 brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising 62809 early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. 62810 62811 11:8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one 62812 in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon 62813 them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do: but 62814 they did them not. 62815 62816 11:9 And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of 62817 Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 62818 62819 11:10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, 62820 which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to 62821 serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my 62822 covenant which I made with their fathers. 62823 62824 11:11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon 62825 them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall 62826 cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. 62827 62828 11:12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, 62829 and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not 62830 save them at all in the time of their trouble. 62831 62832 11:13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O 62833 Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye 62834 set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto 62835 Baal. 62836 62837 11:14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry 62838 or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry 62839 unto me for their trouble. 62840 62841 11:15 What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath 62842 wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? 62843 when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. 62844 62845 11:16 The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of 62846 goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire 62847 upon it, and the branches of it are broken. 62848 62849 11:17 For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil 62850 against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of 62851 Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger 62852 in offering incense unto Baal. 62853 62854 11:18 And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then 62855 thou shewedst me their doings. 62856 62857 11:19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; 62858 and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let 62859 us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off 62860 from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. 62861 62862 11:20 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the 62863 reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee 62864 have I revealed my cause. 62865 62866 11:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek 62867 thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die 62868 not by our hand: 11:22 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, 62869 I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons 62870 and their daughters shall die by famine: 11:23 And there shall be no 62871 remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even 62872 the year of their visitation. 62873 62874 12:1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me 62875 talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked 62876 prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? 62877 12:2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, 62878 yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far 62879 from their reins. 62880 62881 12:3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine 62882 heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and 62883 prepare them for the day of slaughter. 62884 62885 12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field 62886 wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are 62887 consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last 62888 end. 62889 62890 12:5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, 62891 then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, 62892 wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in 62893 the swelling of Jordan? 12:6 For even thy brethren, and the house of 62894 thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they 62895 have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they 62896 speak fair words unto thee. 62897 62898 12:7 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have 62899 given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. 62900 62901 12:8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out 62902 against me: therefore have I hated it. 62903 62904 12:9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round 62905 about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, 62906 come to devour. 62907 62908 12:10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my 62909 portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate 62910 wilderness. 62911 62912 12:11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto 62913 me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to 62914 heart. 62915 62916 12:12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the 62917 wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of 62918 the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. 62919 62920 12:13 They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put 62921 themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of 62922 your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD. 62923 62924 12:14 Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch 62925 the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; 62926 Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house 62927 of Judah from among them. 62928 62929 12:15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I 62930 will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, 62931 every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. 62932 62933 12:16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the 62934 ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they 62935 taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the 62936 midst of my people. 62937 62938 12:17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy 62939 that nation, saith the LORD. 62940 62941 13:1 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and 62942 put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. 62943 62944 13:2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it 62945 on my loins. 62946 62947 13:3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, 62948 13:4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and 62949 arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. 62950 62951 13:5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. 62952 62953 13:6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, 62954 Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I 62955 commanded thee to hide there. 62956 62957 13:7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from 62958 the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it 62959 was profitable for nothing. 62960 62961 13:8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 13:9 Thus saith 62962 the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the 62963 great pride of Jerusalem. 62964 62965 13:10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in 62966 the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve 62967 them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good 62968 for nothing. 62969 62970 13:11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I 62971 caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house 62972 of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and 62973 for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not 62974 hear. 62975 62976 13:12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the 62977 LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they 62978 shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall 62979 be filled with wine? 13:13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith 62980 the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even 62981 the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the 62982 prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. 62983 62984 13:14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and 62985 the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor 62986 have mercy, but destroy them. 62987 62988 13:15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. 62989 62990 13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and 62991 before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look 62992 for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross 62993 darkness. 62994 62995 13:17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places 62996 for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, 62997 because the LORD's flock is carried away captive. 62998 62999 13:18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: 63000 for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. 63001 63002 13:19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open 63003 them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be 63004 wholly carried away captive. 63005 63006 13:20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: 63007 where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? 13:21 63008 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught 63009 them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take 63010 thee, as a woman in travail? 13:22 And if thou say in thine heart, 63011 Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine 63012 iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare. 63013 63014 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? 63015 then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. 63016 63017 13:24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away 63018 by the wind of the wilderness. 63019 63020 13:25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the 63021 LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. 63022 63023 13:26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy 63024 shame may appear. 63025 63026 13:27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of 63027 thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe 63028 unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it 63029 once be? 14:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning 63030 the dearth. 63031 63032 14:2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black 63033 unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 63034 63035 14:3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they 63036 came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels 63037 empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. 63038 63039 14:4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, 63040 the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. 63041 63042 14:5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because 63043 there was no grass. 63044 63045 14:6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up 63046 the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no 63047 grass. 63048 63049 14:7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for 63050 thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against 63051 thee. 63052 63053 14:8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why 63054 shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man 63055 that turneth aside to tarry for a night? 14:9 Why shouldest thou be 63056 as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, 63057 art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not. 63058 63059 14:10 Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to 63060 wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth 63061 not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their 63062 sins. 63063 63064 14:11 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their 63065 good. 63066 63067 14:12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer 63068 burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will 63069 consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. 63070 63071 14:13 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, 63072 Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will 63073 give you assured peace in this place. 63074 63075 14:14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my 63076 name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake 63077 unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a 63078 thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. 63079 63080 14:15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that 63081 prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and 63082 famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those 63083 prophets be consumed. 63084 63085 14:16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the 63086 streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they 63087 shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor 63088 their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them. 63089 63090 14:17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run 63091 down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin 63092 daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very 63093 grievous blow. 63094 63095 14:18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the 63096 sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick 63097 with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a 63098 land that they know not. 63099 63100 14:19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why 63101 hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for 63102 peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold 63103 trouble! 14:20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the 63104 iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. 63105 63106 14:21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne 63107 of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. 63108 63109 14:22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause 63110 rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our 63111 God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these 63112 things. 63113 63114 15:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before 63115 me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my 63116 sight, and let them go forth. 63117 63118 15:2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall 63119 we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as 63120 are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; 63121 and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the 63122 captivity, to the captivity. 63123 63124 15:3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the 63125 sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and 63126 the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. 63127 63128 15:4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the 63129 earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that 63130 which he did in Jerusalem. 63131 63132 15:5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall 63133 bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest? 15:6 Thou 63134 hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore 63135 will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary 63136 with repenting. 63137 63138 15:7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will 63139 bereave them of children, I will destroy my people since they return 63140 not from their ways. 63141 63142 15:8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I 63143 have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler 63144 at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors 63145 upon the city. 63146 63147 15:9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the 63148 ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been 63149 ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the 63150 sword before their enemies, saith the LORD. 63151 63152 15:10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife 63153 and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on 63154 usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth 63155 curse me. 63156 63157 15:11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily 63158 I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in 63159 the time of affliction. 63160 63161 15:12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? 15:13 Thy 63162 substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, 63163 and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders. 63164 63165 15:14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land 63166 which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which 63167 shall burn upon you. 63168 63169 15:15 O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me 63170 of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that 63171 for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. 63172 63173 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto 63174 me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O 63175 LORD God of hosts. 63176 63177 15:17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat 63178 alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. 63179 63180 15:18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth 63181 to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters 63182 that fail? 15:19 Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then 63183 will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou 63184 take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let 63185 them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. 63186 63187 15:20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and 63188 they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against 63189 thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the 63190 LORD. 63191 63192 15:21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I 63193 will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible. 63194 63195 16:1 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying, 16:2 Thou shalt 63196 not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in 63197 this place. 63198 63199 16:3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the 63200 daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers 63201 that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this 63202 land; 16:4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be 63203 lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon 63204 the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by 63205 famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and 63206 for the beasts of the earth. 63207 63208 16:5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, 63209 neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace 63210 from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies. 63211 63212 16:6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall 63213 not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, 63214 nor make themselves bald for them: 16:7 Neither shall men tear 63215 themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither 63216 shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father 63217 or for their mother. 63218 63219 16:8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with 63220 them to eat and to drink. 63221 63222 16:9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I 63223 will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, 63224 the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the 63225 bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. 63226 63227 16:10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all 63228 these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD 63229 pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or 63230 what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? 63231 16:11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have 63232 forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and 63233 have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and 63234 have not kept my law; 16:12 And ye have done worse than your fathers; 63235 for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil 63236 heart, that they may not hearken unto me: 16:13 Therefore will I cast 63237 you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your 63238 fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I 63239 will not shew you favour. 63240 63241 16:14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall 63242 no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of 63243 Israel out of the land of Egypt; 16:15 But, The LORD liveth, that 63244 brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from 63245 all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again 63246 into their land that I gave unto their fathers. 63247 63248 16:16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they 63249 shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they 63250 shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of 63251 the holes of the rocks. 63252 63253 16:17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my 63254 face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. 63255 63256 16:18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; 63257 because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance 63258 with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. 63259 63260 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day 63261 of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the 63262 earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, 63263 and things wherein there is no profit. 63264 63265 16:20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? 16:21 63266 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause 63267 them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name 63268 is The LORD. 63269 63270 17:1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the 63271 point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and 63272 upon the horns of your altars; 17:2 Whilst their children remember 63273 their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. 63274 63275 17:3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy 63276 treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all 63277 thy borders. 63278 63279 17:4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage 63280 that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the 63281 land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, 63282 which shall burn for ever. 63283 63284 17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and 63285 maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. 63286 63287 17:6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see 63288 when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the 63289 wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. 63290 63291 17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the 63292 LORD is. 63293 63294 17:8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that 63295 spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat 63296 cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the 63297 year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. 63298 63299 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: 63300 who can know it? 17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, 63301 even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the 63302 fruit of his doings. 63303 63304 17:11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he 63305 that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst 63306 of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. 63307 63308 17:12 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our 63309 sanctuary. 63310 63311 17:13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be 63312 ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, 63313 because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. 63314 63315 17:14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be 63316 saved: for thou art my praise. 63317 63318 17:15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it 63319 come now. 63320 63321 17:16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow 63322 thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which 63323 came out of my lips was right before thee. 63324 63325 17:17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil. 63326 63327 17:18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be 63328 confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring 63329 upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. 63330 63331 17:19 Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the 63332 children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the 63333 which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 17:20 And say 63334 unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all 63335 Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these 63336 gates: 17:21 Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no 63337 burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 63338 17:22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath 63339 day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I 63340 commanded your fathers. 63341 63342 17:23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their 63343 neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. 63344 63345 17:24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, 63346 saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city 63347 on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein; 63348 17:25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and 63349 princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on 63350 horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants 63351 of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever. 63352 63353 17:26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the 63354 places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the 63355 plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt 63356 offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and 63357 bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD. 63358 63359 17:27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, 63360 and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem 63361 on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, 63362 and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be 63363 quenched. 63364 63365 18:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 18:2 63366 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee 63367 to hear my words. 63368 63369 18:3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a 63370 work on the wheels. 63371 63372 18:4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the 63373 potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the 63374 potter to make it. 63375 63376 18:5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 18:6 O house of 63377 Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, 63378 as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house 63379 of Israel. 63380 63381 18:7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning 63382 a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; 18:8 If 63383 that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I 63384 will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. 63385 63386 18:9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and 63387 concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 18:10 If it do evil in 63388 my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, 63389 wherewith I said I would benefit them. 63390 63391 18:11 Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the 63392 inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame 63393 evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every 63394 one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. 63395 63396 18:12 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own 63397 devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. 63398 63399 18:13 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who 63400 hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible 63401 thing. 63402 63403 18:14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock 63404 of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another 63405 place be forsaken? 18:15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they 63406 have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in 63407 their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast 63408 up; 18:16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every 63409 one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. 63410 63411 18:17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I 63412 will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their 63413 calamity. 63414 63415 18:18 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; 63416 for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the 63417 wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with 63418 the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. 63419 63420 18:19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that 63421 contend with me. 63422 63423 18:20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit 63424 for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, 63425 and to turn away thy wrath from them. 63426 63427 18:21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out 63428 their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved 63429 of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; 63430 let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. 63431 63432 18:22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a 63433 troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and 63434 hid snares for my feet. 63435 63436 18:23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: 63437 forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, 63438 but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the 63439 time of thine anger. 63440 63441 19:1 Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and 63442 take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the 63443 priests; 19:2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which 63444 is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I 63445 shall tell thee, 19:3 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings 63446 of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, 63447 the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the 63448 which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. 63449 63450 19:4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and 63451 have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their 63452 fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place 63453 with the blood of innocents; 19:5 They have built also the high places 63454 of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, 63455 which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind: 63456 19:6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place 63457 shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, 63458 but The valley of slaughter. 63459 63460 19:7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this 63461 place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their 63462 enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their 63463 carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for 63464 the beasts of the earth. 63465 63466 19:8 And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one 63467 that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the 63468 plagues thereof. 63469 63470 19:9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the 63471 flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of 63472 his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and 63473 they that seek their lives, shall straiten them. 63474 63475 19:10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go 63476 with thee, 19:11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of 63477 hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh 63478 a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall 63479 bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury. 63480 63481 19:12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the 63482 inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet: 19:13 And the 63483 houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be 63484 defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose 63485 roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have 63486 poured out drink offerings unto other gods. 63487 63488 19:14 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to 63489 prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house; and said to 63490 all the people, 19:15 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; 63491 Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the 63492 evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened 63493 their necks, that they might not hear my words. 63494 63495 20:1 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief 63496 governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied 63497 these things. 63498 63499 20:2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks 63500 that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the 63501 LORD. 63502 63503 20:3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth 63504 Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath 63505 not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib. 63506 63507 20:4 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to 63508 thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of 63509 their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all 63510 Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them 63511 captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword. 63512 63513 20:5 Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all 63514 the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the 63515 treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their 63516 enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to 63517 Babylon. 63518 63519 20:6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into 63520 captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, 63521 and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou 63522 hast prophesied lies. 63523 63524 20:7 O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art 63525 stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one 63526 mocketh me. 63527 63528 20:8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; 63529 because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a 63530 derision, daily. 63531 63532 20:9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more 63533 in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up 63534 in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. 63535 63536 20:10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, 63537 say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my 63538 halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail 63539 against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. 63540 63541 20:11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my 63542 persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be 63543 greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting 63544 confusion shall never be forgotten. 63545 63546 20:12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the 63547 reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee 63548 have I opened my cause. 63549 63550 20:13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered 63551 the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. 63552 63553 20:14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my 63554 mother bare me be blessed. 63555 63556 20:15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A 63557 man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. 63558 63559 20:16 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and 63560 repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the 63561 shouting at noontide; 20:17 Because he slew me not from the womb; or 63562 that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always 63563 great with me. 63564 63565 20:18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, 63566 that my days should be consumed with shame? 21:1 The word which came 63567 unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur 63568 the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, 63569 saying, 21:2 Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for 63570 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that 63571 the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that 63572 he may go up from us. 63573 63574 21:3 Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: 21:4 63575 Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the 63576 weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the 63577 king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without 63578 the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city. 63579 63580 21:5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and 63581 with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. 63582 63583 21:6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and 63584 beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. 63585 63586 21:7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of 63587 Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this 63588 city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into 63589 the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their 63590 enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall 63591 smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, 63592 neither have pity, nor have mercy. 63593 63594 21:8 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, 63595 I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. 63596 63597 21:9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the 63598 famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to 63599 the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be 63600 unto him for a prey. 63601 63602 21:10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for 63603 good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of 63604 Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. 63605 63606 21:11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the 63607 word of the LORD; 21:12 O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute 63608 judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the 63609 hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that 63610 none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. 63611 63612 21:13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock 63613 of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against 63614 us? or who shall enter into our habitations? 21:14 But I will punish 63615 you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will 63616 kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things 63617 round about it. 63618 63619 22:1 Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, 63620 and speak there this word, 22:2 And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O 63621 king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy 63622 servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: 22:3 Thus saith 63623 the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the 63624 spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no 63625 violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed 63626 innocent blood in this place. 63627 63628 22:4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the 63629 gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in 63630 chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. 63631 63632 22:5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the 63633 LORD, that this house shall become a desolation. 63634 63635 22:6 For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art 63636 Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a 63637 wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. 63638 63639 22:7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his 63640 weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into 63641 the fire. 63642 63643 22:8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say 63644 every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto 63645 this great city? 22:9 Then they shall answer, Because they have 63646 forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other 63647 gods, and served them. 63648 63649 22:10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for 63650 him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native 63651 country. 63652 63653 22:11 For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king 63654 of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth 63655 out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: 22:12 But he 63656 shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall 63657 see this land no more. 63658 63659 22:13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his 63660 chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, 63661 and giveth him not for his work; 22:14 That saith, I will build me a 63662 wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is 63663 cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. 63664 63665 22:15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not 63666 thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was 63667 well with him? 22:16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then 63668 it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD. 63669 63670 22:17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, 63671 and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, 63672 to do it. 63673 63674 22:18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of 63675 Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my 63676 brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah 63677 lord! or, Ah his glory! 22:19 He shall be buried with the burial of 63678 an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. 63679 63680 22:20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and 63681 cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. 63682 63683 22:21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not 63684 hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not 63685 my voice. 63686 63687 22:22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go 63688 into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for 63689 all thy wickedness. 63690 63691 22:23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how 63692 gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a 63693 woman in travail! 22:24 As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the 63694 son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet 63695 would I pluck thee thence; 22:25 And I will give thee into the hand of 63696 them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou 63697 fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and 63698 into the hand of the Chaldeans. 63699 63700 22:26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into 63701 another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. 63702 63703 22:27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall 63704 they not return. 63705 63706 22:28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel 63707 wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, 63708 and are cast into a land which they know not? 22:29 O earth, earth, 63709 earth, hear the word of the LORD. 63710 63711 22:30 Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that 63712 shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, 63713 sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah. 63714 63715 23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my 63716 pasture! saith the LORD. 63717 63718 23:2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors 63719 that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, 63720 and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of 63721 your doings, saith the LORD. 63722 63723 23:3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries 63724 whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; 63725 and they shall be fruitful and increase. 63726 63727 23:4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and 63728 they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be 63729 lacking, saith the LORD. 63730 63731 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto 63732 David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and 63733 shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 63734 63735 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: 63736 and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR 63737 RIGHTEOUSNESS. 63738 63739 23:7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall 63740 no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel 63741 out of the land of Egypt; 23:8 But, The LORD liveth, which brought up 63742 and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north 63743 country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they 63744 shall dwell in their own land. 63745 63746 23:9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my 63747 bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath 63748 overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his 63749 holiness. 63750 63751 23:10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the 63752 land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and 63753 their course is evil, and their force is not right. 63754 63755 23:11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I 63756 found their wickedness, saith the LORD. 63757 63758 23:12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the 63759 darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring 63760 evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. 63761 63762 23:13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they 63763 prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. 63764 63765 23:14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: 63766 they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands 63767 of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all 63768 of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. 63769 63770 23:15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; 63771 Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water 63772 of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth 63773 into all the land. 63774 63775 23:16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the 63776 prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a 63777 vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. 63778 63779 23:17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye 63780 shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the 63781 imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. 63782 63783 23:18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath 63784 perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it? 63785 23:19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a 63786 grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the 63787 wicked. 63788 63789 23:20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, 63790 and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter 63791 days ye shall consider it perfectly. 63792 63793 23:21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken 63794 to them, yet they prophesied. 63795 63796 23:22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to 63797 hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, 63798 and from the evil of their doings. 63799 63800 23:23 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? 63801 23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? 63802 saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD. 63803 63804 23:25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my 63805 name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. 63806 63807 23:26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that 63808 prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own 63809 heart; 23:27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their 63810 dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers 63811 have forgotten my name for Baal. 63812 63813 23:28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that 63814 hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to 63815 the wheat? saith the LORD. 63816 63817 23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer 63818 that breaketh the rock in pieces? 23:30 Therefore, behold, I am 63819 against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one 63820 from his neighbour. 63821 63822 23:31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use 63823 their tongues, and say, He saith. 63824 63825 23:32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the 63826 LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and 63827 by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore 63828 they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD. 63829 63830 23:33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask 63831 thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto 63832 them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD. 63833 63834 23:34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that 63835 shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his 63836 house. 63837 63838 23:35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to 63839 his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD 63840 spoken? 23:36 And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: 63841 for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the 63842 words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God. 63843 63844 23:37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered 63845 thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken? 23:38 But since ye say, The 63846 burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this 63847 word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye 63848 shall not say, The burden of the LORD; 23:39 Therefore, behold, I, 63849 even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city 63850 that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence: 63851 23:40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a 63852 perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten. 63853 63854 24:1 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set 63855 before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of 63856 Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of 63857 Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from 63858 Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. 63859 63860 24:2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first 63861 ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be 63862 eaten, they were so bad. 63863 63864 24:3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I 63865 said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that 63866 cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 63867 63868 24:4 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:5 Thus saith 63869 the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I 63870 acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have 63871 sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. 63872 63873 24:6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring 63874 them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them 63875 down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. 63876 63877 24:7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and 63878 they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall 63879 return unto me with their whole heart. 63880 63881 24:8 And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; 63882 surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, 63883 and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this 63884 land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: 24:9 And I will 63885 deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for 63886 their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in 63887 all places whither I shall drive them. 63888 63889 24:10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among 63890 them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them 63891 and to their fathers. 63892 63893 25:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah 63894 in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that 63895 was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; 25:2 The which 63896 Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all 63897 the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 25:3 From the thirteenth year of 63898 Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the 63899 three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and 63900 I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not 63901 hearkened. 63902 63903 25:4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, 63904 rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined 63905 your ear to hear. 63906 63907 25:5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and 63908 from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath 63909 given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: 25:6 And go not 63910 after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me 63911 not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. 63912 63913 25:7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might 63914 provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. 63915 63916 25:8 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard 63917 my words, 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the 63918 north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my 63919 servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the 63920 inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and 63921 will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an 63922 hissing, and perpetual desolations. 63923 63924 25:10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice 63925 of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, 63926 the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. 63927 63928 25:11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; 63929 and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 63930 63931 25:12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, 63932 that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the 63933 LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make 63934 it perpetual desolations. 63935 63936 25:13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have 63937 pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which 63938 Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. 63939 63940 25:14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them 63941 also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and 63942 according to the works of their own hands. 63943 63944 25:15 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup 63945 of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send 63946 thee, to drink it. 63947 63948 25:16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the 63949 sword that I will send among them. 63950 63951 25:17 Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations 63952 to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: 25:18 To wit, Jerusalem, and 63953 the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, 63954 to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; 63955 as it is this day; 25:19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and 63956 his princes, and all his people; 25:20 And all the mingled people, and 63957 all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the 63958 Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of 63959 Ashdod, 25:21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, 25:22 And all 63960 the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the 63961 isles which are beyond the sea, 25:23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and 63962 all that are in the utmost corners, 25:24 And all the kings of Arabia, 63963 and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, 63964 25:25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all 63965 the kings of the Medes, 25:26 And all the kings of the north, far and 63966 near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are 63967 upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after 63968 them. 63969 63970 25:27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of 63971 hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and 63972 fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among 63973 you. 63974 63975 25:28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to 63976 drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye 63977 shall certainly drink. 63978 63979 25:29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my 63980 name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: 63981 for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, 63982 saith the LORD of hosts. 63983 63984 25:30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say 63985 unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from 63986 his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he 63987 shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the 63988 inhabitants of the earth. 63989 63990 25:31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD 63991 hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he 63992 will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. 63993 63994 25:32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from 63995 nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the 63996 coasts of the earth. 63997 63998 25:33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of 63999 the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be 64000 lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the 64001 ground. 64002 64003 25:34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, 64004 ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your 64005 dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant 64006 vessel. 64007 64008 25:35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal 64009 of the flock to escape. 64010 64011 25:36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the 64012 principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled 64013 their pasture. 64014 64015 25:37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce 64016 anger of the LORD. 64017 64018 25:38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is 64019 desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of 64020 his fierce anger. 64021 64022 26:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king 64023 of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, 26:2 Thus saith the 64024 LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak unto all the 64025 cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's house, all the 64026 words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word: 64027 26:3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, 64028 that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them 64029 because of the evil of their doings. 64030 64031 26:4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not 64032 hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, 26:5 To 64033 hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto 64034 you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not 64035 hearkened; 26:6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make 64036 this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. 64037 64038 26:7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah 64039 speaking these words in the house of the LORD. 64040 64041 26:8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking 64042 all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that 64043 the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou 64044 shalt surely die. 64045 64046 26:9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This 64047 house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an 64048 inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the 64049 house of the LORD. 64050 64051 26:10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up 64052 from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the 64053 entry of the new gate of the LORD's house. 64054 64055 26:11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to 64056 all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath 64057 prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. 64058 64059 26:12 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, 64060 saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against 64061 this city all the words that ye have heard. 64062 64063 26:13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the 64064 voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil 64065 that he hath pronounced against you. 64066 64067 26:14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good 64068 and meet unto you. 64069 64070 26:15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall 64071 surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and 64072 upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me 64073 unto you to speak all these words in your ears. 64074 64075 26:16 Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to 64076 the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us 64077 in the name of the LORD our God. 64078 64079 26:17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all 64080 the assembly of the people, saying, 26:18 Micah the Morasthite 64081 prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the 64082 people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be 64083 plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the 64084 mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. 64085 64086 26:19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to 64087 death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD 64088 repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus 64089 might we procure great evil against our souls. 64090 64091 26:20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the 64092 LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied 64093 against this city and against this land according to all the words of 64094 Jeremiah. 64095 64096 26:21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all 64097 the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but 64098 when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; 64099 26:22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the 64100 son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt. 64101 64102 26:23 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto 64103 Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead 64104 body into the graves of the common people. 64105 64106 26:24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with 64107 Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to 64108 put him to death. 64109 64110 27:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king 64111 of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 27:2 Thus 64112 saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy 64113 neck, 27:3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, 64114 and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the 64115 king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem 64116 unto Zedekiah king of Judah; 27:4 And command them to say unto their 64117 masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall 64118 ye say unto your masters; 27:5 I have made the earth, the man and the 64119 beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my 64120 outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. 64121 64122 27:6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of 64123 Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the 64124 field have I given him also to serve him. 64125 64126 27:7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, 64127 until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great 64128 kings shall serve themselves of him. 64129 64130 27:8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will 64131 not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will 64132 not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation 64133 will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, 64134 and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. 64135 64136 27:9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, 64137 nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, 64138 which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: 64139 27:10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your 64140 land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. 64141 64142 27:11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king 64143 of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own 64144 land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. 64145 64146 27:12 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these 64147 words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, 64148 and serve him and his people, and live. 64149 64150 27:13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the 64151 famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the 64152 nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 27:14 Therefore 64153 hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, 64154 saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a 64155 lie unto you. 64156 64157 27:15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a 64158 lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, 64159 ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. 64160 64161 27:16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus 64162 saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that 64163 prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house 64164 shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a 64165 lie unto you. 64166 64167 27:17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: 64168 wherefore should this city be laid waste? 27:18 But if they be 64169 prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make 64170 intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in 64171 the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at 64172 Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. 64173 64174 27:19 For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and 64175 concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the 64176 residue of the vessels that remain in this city. 64177 64178 27:20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried 64179 away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from 64180 Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; 27:21 64181 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the 64182 vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the 64183 king of Judah and of Jerusalem; 27:22 They shall be carried to 64184 Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, 64185 saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this 64186 place. 64187 64188 28:1 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign 64189 of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, 64190 that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake 64191 unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and 64192 of all the people, saying, 28:2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the 64193 God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 64194 64195 28:3 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the 64196 vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took 64197 away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: 28:4 And I will 64198 bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, 64199 with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the 64200 LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. 64201 64202 28:5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the 64203 presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that 64204 stood in the house of the LORD, 28:6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, 64205 Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast 64206 prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD's house, and all 64207 that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. 64208 64209 28:7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, 64210 and in the ears of all the people; 28:8 The prophets that have been 64211 before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many 64212 countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of 64213 pestilence. 64214 64215 28:9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the 64216 prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the 64217 LORD hath truly sent him. 64218 64219 28:10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet 64220 Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. 64221 64222 28:11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, 64223 Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar 64224 king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two 64225 full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. 64226 64227 28:12 Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after 64228 that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the 64229 prophet Jeremiah, saying, 28:13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus 64230 saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt 64231 make for them yokes of iron. 64232 64233 28:14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put 64234 a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve 64235 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have 64236 given him the beasts of the field also. 64237 64238 28:15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear 64239 now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this 64240 people to trust in a lie. 64241 64242 28:16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off 64243 the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast 64244 taught rebellion against the LORD. 64245 64246 28:17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. 64247 64248 29:1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet 64249 sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried 64250 away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the 64251 people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to 64252 Babylon; 29:2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the 64253 eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and 64254 the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) 29:3 By the hand of Elasah 64255 the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah 64256 king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) 64257 saying, 29:4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all 64258 that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away 64259 from Jerusalem unto Babylon; 29:5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; 64260 and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; 29:6 Take ye wives, and 64261 beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your 64262 daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye 64263 may be increased there, and not diminished. 64264 64265 29:7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be 64266 carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace 64267 thereof shall ye have peace. 64268 64269 29:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your 64270 prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, 64271 neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. 64272 64273 29:9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent 64274 them, saith the LORD. 64275 64276 29:10 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be 64277 accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word 64278 toward you, in causing you to return to this place. 64279 64280 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, 64281 thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 64282 64283 29:12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, 64284 and I will hearken unto you. 64285 64286 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me 64287 with all your heart. 64288 64289 29:14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away 64290 your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from 64291 all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will 64292 bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away 64293 captive. 64294 64295 29:15 Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in 64296 Babylon; 29:16 Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth 64297 upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this 64298 city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into 64299 captivity; 29:17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send 64300 upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make 64301 them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 64302 64303 29:18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and 64304 with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the 64305 kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an 64306 hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven 64307 them: 29:19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the 64308 LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up 64309 early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. 64310 64311 29:20 Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, 64312 whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: 29:21 Thus saith the LORD 64313 of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of 64314 Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my 64315 name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king 64316 of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; 29:22 And of them 64317 shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in 64318 Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom 64319 the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; 29:23 Because they have 64320 committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their 64321 neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I 64322 have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the 64323 LORD. 64324 64325 29:24 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, 64326 29:25 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, 64327 Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that 64328 are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and 64329 to all the priests, saying, 29:26 The LORD hath made thee priest in 64330 the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the 64331 house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a 64332 prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks. 64333 64334 29:27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, 64335 which maketh himself a prophet to you? 29:28 For therefore he sent 64336 unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, 64337 and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 64338 64339 29:29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of 64340 Jeremiah the prophet. 64341 64342 29:30 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 29:31 Send 64343 to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning 64344 Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto 64345 you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: 29:32 64346 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the 64347 Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this 64348 people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, 64349 saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD. 64350 64351 30:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 30:2 Thus 64352 speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that 64353 I have spoken unto thee in a book. 64354 64355 30:3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again 64356 the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I 64357 will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, 64358 and they shall possess it. 64359 64360 30:4 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and 64361 concerning Judah. 64362 64363 30:5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of 64364 fear, and not of peace. 64365 64366 30:6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? 64367 wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman 64368 in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? 30:7 Alas! for 64369 that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of 64370 Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it. 64371 64372 30:8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, 64373 that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy 64374 bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: 30:9 But 64375 they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will 64376 raise up unto them. 64377 64378 30:10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; 64379 neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, 64380 and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, 64381 and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. 64382 64383 30:11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make 64384 a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will 64385 not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and 64386 will not leave thee altogether unpunished. 64387 64388 30:12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound 64389 is grievous. 64390 64391 30:13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: 64392 thou hast no healing medicines. 64393 64394 30:14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I 64395 have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of 64396 a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins 64397 were increased. 64398 64399 30:15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable 64400 for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, 64401 I have done these things unto thee. 64402 64403 30:16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all 64404 thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and 64405 they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee 64406 will I give for a prey. 64407 64408 30:17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy 64409 wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, 64410 This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. 64411 64412 30:18 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of 64413 Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city 64414 shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after 64415 the manner thereof. 64416 64417 30:19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them 64418 that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; 64419 I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. 64420 64421 30:20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their 64422 congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all 64423 that oppress them. 64424 64425 30:21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor 64426 shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw 64427 near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his 64428 heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. 64429 64430 30:22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. 64431 64432 30:23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a 64433 continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the 64434 wicked. 64435 64436 30:24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath 64437 done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the 64438 latter days ye shall consider it. 64439 64440 31:1 At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the 64441 families of Israel, and they shall be my people. 64442 64443 31:2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword 64444 found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him 64445 to rest. 64446 64447 31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved 64448 thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I 64449 drawn thee. 64450 64451 31:4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of 64452 Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go 64453 forth in the dances of them that make merry. 64454 64455 31:5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the 64456 planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. 64457 64458 31:6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount 64459 Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD 64460 our God. 64461 64462 31:7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout 64463 among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O 64464 LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. 64465 64466 31:8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them 64467 from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, 64468 the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a 64469 great company shall return thither. 64470 64471 31:9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead 64472 them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight 64473 way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and 64474 Ephraim is my firstborn. 64475 64476 31:10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the 64477 isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and 64478 keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. 64479 64480 31:11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand 64481 of him that was stronger than he. 64482 64483 31:12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and 64484 shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for 64485 wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and 64486 their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any 64487 more at all. 64488 64489 31:13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and 64490 old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will 64491 comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. 64492 64493 31:14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my 64494 people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD. 64495 64496 31:15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, 64497 and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be 64498 comforted for her children, because they were not. 64499 64500 31:16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine 64501 eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and 64502 they shall come again from the land of the enemy. 64503 64504 31:17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy 64505 children shall come again to their own border. 64506 64507 31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast 64508 chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the 64509 yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my 64510 God. 64511 64512 31:19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was 64513 instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even 64514 confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 64515 64516 31:20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I 64517 spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my 64518 bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith 64519 the LORD. 64520 64521 31:21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart 64522 toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O 64523 virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. 64524 64525 31:22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for 64526 the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass 64527 a man. 64528 64529 31:23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they 64530 shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, 64531 when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O 64532 habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. 64533 64534 31:24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities 64535 thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks. 64536 64537 31:25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every 64538 sorrowful soul. 64539 64540 31:26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. 64541 64542 31:27 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house 64543 of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the 64544 seed of beast. 64545 64546 31:28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over 64547 them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to 64548 destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to 64549 plant, saith the LORD. 64550 64551 31:29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a 64552 sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. 64553 64554 31:30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that 64555 eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. 64556 64557 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new 64558 covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 31:32 64559 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the 64560 day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of 64561 Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto 64562 them, saith the LORD: 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will 64563 make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I 64564 will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; 64565 and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 64566 64567 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every 64568 man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, 64569 from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for 64570 I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. 64571 64572 31:35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, 64573 and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, 64574 which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts 64575 is his name: 31:36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith 64576 the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation 64577 before me for ever. 64578 64579 31:37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the 64580 foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off 64581 all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. 64582 64583 31:38 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be 64584 built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the 64585 corner. 64586 64587 31:39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon 64588 the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. 64589 64590 31:40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and 64591 all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse 64592 gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be 64593 plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever. 64594 64595 32:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of 64596 Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of 64597 Nebuchadrezzar. 64598 64599 32:2 For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and 64600 Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was 64601 in the king of Judah's house. 64602 64603 32:3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore 64604 dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give 64605 this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; 64606 32:4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of 64607 the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king 64608 of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes 64609 shall behold his eyes; 32:5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and 64610 there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight 64611 with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper. 64612 64613 32:6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 64614 32:7 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto 64615 thee saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of 64616 redemption is thine to buy it. 64617 64618 32:8 So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the 64619 prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my 64620 field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of 64621 Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is 64622 thine; buy it for thyself. 64623 64624 Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. 64625 64626 32:9 And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in 64627 Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. 64628 64629 32:10 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took 64630 witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. 64631 64632 32:11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was 64633 sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open: 32:12 64634 And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, 64635 the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in 64636 the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the 64637 purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison. 64638 64639 32:13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying, 32:14 Thus saith the 64640 LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence 64641 of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is 64642 open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many 64643 days. 64644 64645 32:15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and 64646 fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. 64647 64648 32:16 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto 64649 Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, 32:17 Ah 64650 Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great 64651 power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: 64652 32:18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the 64653 iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: 64654 the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, 32:19 Great 64655 in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the 64656 ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and 64657 according to the fruit of his doings: 32:20 Which hast set signs and 64658 wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and 64659 among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day; 32:21 And 64660 hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with 64661 signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched 64662 out arm, and with great terror; 32:22 And hast given them this land, 64663 which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing 64664 with milk and honey; 32:23 And they came in, and possessed it; but 64665 they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done 64666 nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast 64667 caused all this evil to come upon them: 32:24 Behold the mounts, they 64668 are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand 64669 of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of 64670 the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come 64671 to pass; and, behold, thou seest it. 64672 64673 32:25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for 64674 money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the 64675 Chaldeans. 64676 64677 32:26 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 32:27 64678 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too 64679 hard for me? 32:28 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give 64680 this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of 64681 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: 32:29 And the 64682 Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on 64683 this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have 64684 offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other 64685 gods, to provoke me to anger. 64686 64687 32:30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only 64688 done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have 64689 only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the 64690 LORD. 64691 64692 32:31 For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and 64693 of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I 64694 should remove it from before my face, 32:32 Because of all the evil of 64695 the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have 64696 done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their 64697 priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants 64698 of Jerusalem. 64699 64700 32:33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though 64701 I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not 64702 hearkened to receive instruction. 64703 64704 32:34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by 64705 my name, to defile it. 64706 64707 32:35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley 64708 of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass 64709 through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came 64710 it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah 64711 to sin. 64712 64713 32:36 And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, 64714 concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the 64715 hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by 64716 the pestilence; 32:37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, 64717 whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great 64718 wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause 64719 them to dwell safely: 32:38 And they shall be my people, and I will be 64720 their God: 32:39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that 64721 they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children 64722 after them: 32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, 64723 that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put 64724 my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. 64725 64726 32:41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant 64727 them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole 64728 soul. 64729 64730 32:42 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great 64731 evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I 64732 have promised them. 64733 64734 32:43 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is 64735 desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the 64736 Chaldeans. 64737 64738 32:44 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and 64739 seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the 64740 places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities 64741 of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities 64742 of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the 64743 LORD. 64744 64745 33:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, 64746 while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, 33:2 Thus 64747 saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to 64748 establish it; the LORD is his name; 33:3 Call unto me, and I will 64749 answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest 64750 not. 64751 64752 33:4 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses 64753 of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which 64754 are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; 33:5 They come to 64755 fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies 64756 of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all 64757 whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. 64758 64759 33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, 64760 and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. 64761 64762 33:7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of 64763 Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. 64764 64765 33:8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they 64766 have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, 64767 whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against 64768 me. 64769 64770 33:9 And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour 64771 before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good 64772 that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the 64773 goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. 64774 64775 33:10 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, 64776 which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in 64777 the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are 64778 desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, 64779 33:11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the 64780 bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall 64781 say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy 64782 endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of 64783 praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the 64784 captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD. 64785 64786 33:12 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is 64787 desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, 64788 shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. 64789 64790 33:13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and 64791 in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the 64792 places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks 64793 pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD. 64794 64795 33:14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that 64796 good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the 64797 house of Judah. 64798 64799 33:15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of 64800 righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and 64801 righteousness in the land. 64802 64803 33:16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell 64804 safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD 64805 our righteousness. 64806 64807 33:17 For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit 64808 upon the throne of the house of Israel; 33:18 Neither shall the 64809 priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and 64810 to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. 64811 64812 33:19 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, 33:20 Thus 64813 saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my 64814 covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in 64815 their season; 33:21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my 64816 servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and 64817 with the Levites the priests, my ministers. 64818 64819 33:22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of 64820 the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and 64821 the Levites that minister unto me. 64822 64823 33:23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, 33:24 64824 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two 64825 families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus 64826 they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation 64827 before them. 64828 64829 33:25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, 64830 and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 33:26 64831 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that 64832 I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, 64833 Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have 64834 mercy on them. 64835 64836 34:1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when 64837 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms 64838 of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against 64839 Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, 34:2 Thus saith 64840 the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, 64841 and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into 64842 the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: 34:3 64843 And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, 64844 and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of 64845 the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and 64846 thou shalt go to Babylon. 64847 64848 34:4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus 64849 saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: 34:5 But thou 64850 shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former 64851 kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and 64852 they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the 64853 word, saith the LORD. 64854 64855 34:6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah 64856 king of Judah in Jerusalem, 34:7 When the king of Babylon's army 64857 fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that 64858 were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced 64859 cities remained of the cities of Judah. 64860 64861 34:8 This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after 64862 that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which 64863 were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; 34:9 That every man 64864 should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an 64865 Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of 64866 them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. 64867 64868 34:10 Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered 64869 into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and 64870 every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves 64871 of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. 64872 64873 34:11 But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the 64874 handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into 64875 subjection for servants and for handmaids. 64876 64877 34:12 Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, 64878 saying, 34:13 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a 64879 covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of 64880 the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, 34:14 At the 64881 end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which 64882 hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou 64883 shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto 64884 me, neither inclined their ear. 64885 64886 34:15 And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in 64887 proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a 64888 covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: 34:16 But 64889 ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and 64890 every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, 64891 to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for 64892 servants and for handmaids. 64893 64894 34:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in 64895 proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his 64896 neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to 64897 the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you 64898 to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 64899 64900 34:18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, 64901 which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made 64902 before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the 64903 parts thereof, 34:19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of 64904 Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the 64905 land, which passed between the parts of the calf; 34:20 I will even 64906 give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them 64907 that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the 64908 fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. 64909 64910 34:21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the 64911 hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, 64912 and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up 64913 from you. 64914 64915 34:22 Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return 64916 to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn 64917 it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without 64918 an inhabitant. 64919 64920 35:1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of 64921 Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 35:2 Go unto the 64922 house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the 64923 house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to 64924 drink. 64925 64926 35:3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, 64927 and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the 64928 Rechabites; 35:4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into 64929 the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, 64930 which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber 64931 of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: 35:5 And I set 64932 before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and 64933 cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. 64934 64935 35:6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of 64936 Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, 64937 neither ye, nor your sons for ever: 35:7 Neither shall ye build house, 64938 nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye 64939 shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye 64940 be strangers. 64941 64942 35:8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our 64943 father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, 64944 we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; 35:9 Nor to build houses 64945 for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: 64946 35:10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according 64947 to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. 64948 64949 35:11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up 64950 into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear 64951 of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: 64952 so we dwell at Jerusalem. 64953 64954 35:12 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 35:13 Thus 64955 saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of 64956 Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive 64957 instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. 64958 64959 35:14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his 64960 sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink 64961 none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have 64962 spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto 64963 me. 64964 64965 35:15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising 64966 up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his 64967 evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve 64968 them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to 64969 your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto 64970 me. 64971 64972 35:16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the 64973 commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people 64974 hath not hearkened unto me: 35:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of 64975 hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all 64976 the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced 64977 against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not 64978 heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered. 64979 64980 35:18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith 64981 the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the 64982 commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and 64983 done according unto all that he hath commanded you: 35:19 Therefore 64984 thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of 64985 Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever. 64986 64987 36:1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of 64988 Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, 64989 saying, 36:2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the 64990 words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, 64991 and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the 64992 days of Josiah, even unto this day. 64993 64994 36:3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I 64995 purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil 64996 way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. 64997 64998 36:4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote 64999 from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had 65000 spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. 65001 65002 36:5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go 65003 into the house of the LORD: 36:6 Therefore go thou, and read in the 65004 roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in 65005 the ears of the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and 65006 also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of 65007 their cities. 65008 65009 36:7 It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, 65010 and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger 65011 and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people. 65012 65013 36:8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah 65014 the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD 65015 in the LORD's house. 65016 65017 36:9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of 65018 Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast 65019 before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people 65020 that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. 65021 65022 36:10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house 65023 of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, 65024 in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, 65025 in the ears of all the people. 65026 65027 36:11 When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard 65028 out of the book all the words of the LORD, 36:12 Then he went down 65029 into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the 65030 princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of 65031 Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of 65032 Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. 65033 65034 36:13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had 65035 heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. 65036 65037 36:14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the 65038 son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine 65039 hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and 65040 come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came 65041 unto them. 65042 65043 36:15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. 65044 So Baruch read it in their ears. 65045 65046 36:16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they 65047 were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely 65048 tell the king of all these words. 65049 65050 36:17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write 65051 all these words at his mouth? 36:18 Then Baruch answered them, He 65052 pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them 65053 with ink in the book. 65054 65055 36:19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and 65056 Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be. 65057 65058 36:20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up 65059 the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words 65060 in the ears of the king. 65061 65062 36:21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of 65063 Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the 65064 king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. 65065 65066 36:22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and 65067 there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. 65068 65069 36:23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four 65070 leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that 65071 was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that 65072 was on the hearth. 65073 65074 36:24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the 65075 king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. 65076 65077 36:25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made 65078 intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would 65079 not hear them. 65080 65081 36:26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and 65082 Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take 65083 Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. 65084 65085 36:27 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king 65086 had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of 65087 Jeremiah, saying, 36:28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it 65088 all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the 65089 king of Judah hath burned. 65090 65091 36:29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the 65092 LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written 65093 therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy 65094 this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? 36:30 65095 Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall 65096 have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be 65097 cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. 65098 65099 36:31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their 65100 iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of 65101 Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have 65102 pronounced against them; but they hearkened not. 65103 65104 36:32 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the 65105 scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of 65106 Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had 65107 burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like 65108 words. 65109 65110 37:1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the 65111 son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the 65112 land of Judah. 65113 65114 37:2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did 65115 hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet 65116 Jeremiah. 65117 65118 37:3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and 65119 Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, 65120 saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. 65121 65122 37:4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had 65123 not put him into prison. 65124 65125 37:5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the 65126 Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed 65127 from Jerusalem. 65128 65129 37:6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah saying, 65130 37:7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the 65131 king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, 65132 Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt 65133 into their own land. 65134 65135 37:8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, 65136 and take it, and burn it with fire. 65137 65138 37:9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The 65139 Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. 65140 65141 37:10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that 65142 fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet 65143 should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with 65144 fire. 65145 65146 37:11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was 65147 broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 37:12 Then 65148 Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, 65149 to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. 65150 65151 37:13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward 65152 was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of 65153 Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away 65154 to the Chaldeans. 65155 65156 37:14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the 65157 Chaldeans. 65158 65159 But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him 65160 to the princes. 65161 65162 37:15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, 65163 and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they 65164 had made that the prison. 65165 65166 37:16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, 65167 and Jeremiah had remained there many days; 37:17 Then Zedekiah the 65168 king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his 65169 house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, 65170 There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the 65171 king of Babylon. 65172 65173 37:18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended 65174 against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye 65175 have put me in prison? 37:19 Where are now your prophets which 65176 prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come 65177 against you, nor against this land? 37:20 Therefore hear now, I pray 65178 thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be 65179 accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of 65180 Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. 65181 65182 37:21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit 65183 Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him 65184 daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread 65185 in the city were spent. 65186 65187 Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. 65188 65189 38:1 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of 65190 Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of 65191 Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the 65192 people, saying, 38:2 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this 65193 city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but 65194 he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his 65195 life for a prey, and shall live. 65196 65197 38:3 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the 65198 hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. 65199 65200 38:4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let 65201 this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men 65202 of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in 65203 speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of 65204 this people, but the hurt. 65205 65206 38:5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the 65207 king is not he that can do any thing against you. 65208 65209 38:6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of 65210 Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: 65211 and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no 65212 water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. 65213 65214 38:7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was 65215 in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; 65216 the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; 38:8 Ebedmelech went 65217 forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king saying, 38:9 My 65218 lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to 65219 Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is 65220 like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more 65221 bread in the city. 65222 65223 38:10 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take 65224 from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out 65225 of the dungeon, before he die. 65226 65227 38:11 So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of 65228 the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old 65229 rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 65230 65231 38:12 And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these 65232 old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. 65233 And Jeremiah did so. 65234 65235 38:13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the 65236 dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. 65237 65238 38:14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto 65239 him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the 65240 king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from 65241 me. 65242 65243 38:15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, 65244 wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt 65245 thou not hearken unto me? 38:16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly 65246 unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I 65247 will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of 65248 these men that seek thy life. 65249 65250 38:17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God 65251 of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the 65252 king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city 65253 shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: 65254 38:18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, 65255 then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they 65256 shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand. 65257 65258 38:19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the 65259 Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their 65260 hand, and they mock me. 65261 65262 38:20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech 65263 thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be 65264 well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. 65265 65266 38:21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD 65267 hath shewed me: 38:22 And, behold, all the women that are left in the 65268 king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's 65269 princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and 65270 have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they 65271 are turned away back. 65272 65273 38:23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the 65274 Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be 65275 taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this 65276 city to be burned with fire. 65277 65278 38:24 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these 65279 words, and thou shalt not die. 65280 65281 38:25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they 65282 come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast 65283 said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to 65284 death; also what the king said unto thee: 38:26 Then thou shalt say 65285 unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would 65286 not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there. 65287 65288 38:27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he 65289 told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So 65290 they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. 65291 65292 38:28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that 65293 Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken. 65294 65295 39:1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, 65296 came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against 65297 Jerusalem, and they besieged it. 65298 65299 39:2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the 65300 ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. 65301 65302 39:3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in 65303 the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, 65304 Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the 65305 king of Babylon. 65306 65307 39:4 And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw 65308 them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of 65309 the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate 65310 betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. 65311 65312 39:5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah 65313 in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought 65314 him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of 65315 Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. 65316 65317 39:6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah 65318 before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of 65319 Judah. 65320 65321 39:7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, 65322 to carry him to Babylon. 65323 65324 39:8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the 65325 people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. 65326 65327 39:9 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive 65328 into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and 65329 those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people 65330 that remained. 65331 65332 39:10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the 65333 people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them 65334 vineyards and fields at the same time. 65335 65336 39:11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning 65337 Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, 39:12 Take 65338 him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as 65339 he shall say unto thee. 65340 65341 39:13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, 65342 Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's 65343 princes; 39:14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of 65344 the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son 65345 of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the 65346 people. 65347 65348 39:15 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut 65349 up in the court of the prison, saying, 39:16 Go and speak to 65350 Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the 65351 God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, 65352 and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before 65353 thee. 65354 65355 39:17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou 65356 shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. 65357 65358 39:18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the 65359 sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast 65360 put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. 65361 65362 40:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that 65363 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when 65364 he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried 65365 away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive 65366 unto Babylon. 65367 65368 40:2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, 65369 The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. 65370 65371 40:3 Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: 65372 because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his 65373 voice, therefore this thing is come upon you. 65374 65375 40:4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were 65376 upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into 65377 Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto 65378 thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is 65379 before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, 65380 thither go. 65381 65382 40:5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to 65383 Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of 65384 Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with 65385 him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto 65386 thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a 65387 reward, and let him go. 65388 65389 40:6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and 65390 dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land. 65391 65392 40:7 Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, 65393 even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made 65394 Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed 65395 unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of 65396 them that were not carried away captive to Babylon; 40:8 Then they 65397 came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and 65398 Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of 65399 Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the 65400 son of a Maachathite, they and their men. 65401 65402 40:9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them 65403 and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in 65404 the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with 65405 you. 65406 65407 40:10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the 65408 Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer 65409 fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your 65410 cities that ye have taken. 65411 65412 40:11 Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the 65413 Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that 65414 the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set 65415 over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan; 40:12 Even 65416 all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and 65417 came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine 65418 and summer fruits very much. 65419 65420 40:13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the 65421 forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 40:14 And 65422 said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the 65423 Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But 65424 Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. 65425 65426 40:15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah 65427 secretly saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the 65428 son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay 65429 thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be 65430 scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish? 40:16 But Gedaliah the 65431 son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do 65432 this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael. 65433 65434 41:1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of 65435 Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of 65436 the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam 65437 to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah. 65438 65439 41:2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that 65440 were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan 65441 with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made 65442 governor over the land. 65443 65444 41:3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with 65445 Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the 65446 men of war. 65447 65448 41:4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, 65449 and no man knew it, 41:5 That there came certain from Shechem, from 65450 Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards 65451 shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with 65452 offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the 65453 LORD. 65454 65455 41:6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet 65456 them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met 65457 them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. 65458 65459 41:7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that 65460 Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst 65461 of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. 65462 65463 41:8 But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us 65464 not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and 65465 of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their 65466 brethren. 65467 65468 41:9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the 65469 men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king 65470 had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of 65471 Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. 65472 65473 41:10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people 65474 that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people 65475 that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had 65476 committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of 65477 Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the 65478 Ammonites. 65479 65480 41:11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the 65481 forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son 65482 of Nethaniah had done, 41:12 Then they took all the men, and went to 65483 fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great 65484 waters that are in Gibeon. 65485 65486 41:13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with 65487 Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the 65488 forces that were with him, then they were glad. 65489 65490 41:14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from 65491 Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of 65492 Kareah. 65493 65494 41:15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight 65495 men, and went to the Ammonites. 65496 65497 41:16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the 65498 forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had 65499 recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that 65500 he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and 65501 the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought 65502 again from Gibeon: 41:17 And they departed, and dwelt in the 65503 habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into 65504 Egypt, 41:18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, 65505 because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of 65506 Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land. 65507 65508 42:1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of 65509 Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the 65510 least even unto the greatest, came near, 42:2 And said unto Jeremiah 65511 the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before 65512 thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this 65513 remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold 65514 us:) 42:3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may 65515 walk, and the thing that we may do. 65516 65517 42:4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; 65518 behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; 65519 and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer 65520 you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you. 65521 65522 42:5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful 65523 witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the 65524 which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us. 65525 65526 42:6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice 65527 of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with 65528 us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God. 65529 65530 42:7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD 65531 came unto Jeremiah. 65532 65533 42:8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of 65534 the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even 65535 to the greatest, 42:9 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God 65536 of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before 65537 him; 42:10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, 65538 and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for 65539 I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. 65540 65541 42:11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be 65542 not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and 65543 to deliver you from his hand. 65544 65545 42:12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon 65546 you, and cause you to return to your own land. 65547 65548 42:13 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the 65549 voice of the LORD your God, 42:14 Saying, No; but we will go into the 65550 land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the 65551 trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: 42:15 And 65552 now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus 65553 saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your 65554 faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; 42:16 Then it 65555 shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake 65556 you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were 65557 afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye 65558 shall die. 65559 65560 42:17 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into 65561 Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, 65562 and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from 65563 the evil that I will bring upon them. 65564 65565 42:18 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine 65566 anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of 65567 Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall 65568 enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, 65569 and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more. 65570 65571 42:19 The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye 65572 not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. 65573 65574 42:20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD 65575 your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according 65576 unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we 65577 will do it. 65578 65579 42:21 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not 65580 obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he 65581 hath sent me unto you. 65582 65583 42:22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by 65584 the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to 65585 go and to sojourn. 65586 65587 43:1 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of 65588 speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for 65589 which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words, 65590 43:2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of 65591 Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest 65592 falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt 65593 to sojourn there: 43:3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on 65594 against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that 65595 they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. 65596 65597 43:4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, 65598 and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the 65599 land of Judah. 65600 65601 43:5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the 65602 forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all 65603 nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah; 65604 43:6 Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and 65605 every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with 65606 Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the 65607 prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. 65608 65609 43:7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the 65610 voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes. 65611 65612 43:8 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, 65613 saying, 43:9 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the 65614 clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in 65615 Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; 43:10 And say unto them, 65616 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send 65617 and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set 65618 his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his 65619 royal pavilion over them. 65620 65621 43:11 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and 65622 deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity 65623 to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword. 65624 65625 43:12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and 65626 he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array 65627 himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; 65628 and he shall go forth from thence in peace. 65629 65630 43:13 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the 65631 land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he 65632 burn with fire. 65633 65634 44:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which 65635 dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, 65636 and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, 44:2 Thus saith 65637 the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I 65638 have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, 65639 behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein, 65640 44:3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke 65641 me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other 65642 gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. 65643 65644 44:4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising 65645 early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that 65646 I hate. 65647 65648 44:5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their 65649 wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. 65650 65651 44:6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was 65652 kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and 65653 they are wasted and desolate, as at this day. 65654 65655 44:7 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of 65656 Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut 65657 off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave 65658 you none to remain; 44:8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the 65659 works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of 65660 Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, 65661 and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of 65662 the earth? 44:9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and 65663 the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their 65664 wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, 65665 which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of 65666 Jerusalem? 44:10 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither 65667 have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set 65668 before you and before your fathers. 65669 65670 44:11 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; 65671 Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all 65672 Judah. 65673 65674 44:12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces 65675 to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be 65676 consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed 65677 by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even 65678 unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be 65679 an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. 65680 65681 44:13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I 65682 have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the 65683 pestilence: 44:14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone 65684 into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that 65685 they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a 65686 desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as 65687 shall escape. 65688 65689 44:15 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense 65690 unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, 65691 even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, 65692 answered Jeremiah, saying, 44:16 As for the word that thou hast spoken 65693 unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. 65694 65695 44:17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our 65696 own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out 65697 drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our 65698 kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of 65699 Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw 65700 no evil. 65701 65702 44:18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, 65703 and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, 65704 and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. 65705 65706 44:19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured 65707 out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, 65708 and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men? 44:20 Then 65709 Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and 65710 to all the people which had given him that answer, saying, 44:21 The 65711 incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of 65712 Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the 65713 people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not 65714 into his mind? 44:22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because 65715 of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye 65716 have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an 65717 astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. 65718 65719 44:23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned 65720 against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor 65721 walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; 65722 therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day. 65723 65724 44:24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the 65725 women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of 65726 Egypt: 44:25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; 65727 Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled 65728 with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have 65729 vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink 65730 offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely 65731 perform your vows. 65732 65733 44:26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in 65734 the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the 65735 LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of 65736 Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth. 65737 65738 44:27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and 65739 all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed 65740 by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. 65741 65742 44:28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the 65743 land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, 65744 that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know 65745 whose words shall stand, mine, or their's. 65746 65747 44:29 And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will 65748 punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely 65749 stand against you for evil: 44:30 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will 65750 give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and 65751 into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of 65752 Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and 65753 that sought his life. 65754 65755 45:1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of 65756 Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of 65757 Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of 65758 Judah, saying, 45:2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, 65759 O Baruch: 45:3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added 65760 grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. 65761 65762 45:4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that 65763 which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I 65764 will pluck up, even this whole land. 65765 65766 45:5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, 65767 behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life 65768 will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest. 65769 65770 46:1 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against 65771 the Gentiles; 46:2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho 65772 king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which 65773 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim 65774 the son of Josiah king of Judah. 65775 65776 46:3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. 65777 65778 46:4 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with 65779 your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines. 65780 65781 46:5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and 65782 their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not 65783 back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD. 65784 65785 46:6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they 65786 shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. 65787 65788 46:7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as 65789 the rivers? 46:8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are 65790 moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the 65791 earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. 65792 65793 46:9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men 65794 come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; 65795 and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. 65796 65797 46:10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of 65798 vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword 65799 shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: 65800 for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the 65801 river Euphrates. 65802 65803 46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of 65804 Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be 65805 cured. 65806 65807 46:12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the 65808 land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they 65809 are fallen both together. 65810 65811 46:13 The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how 65812 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of 65813 Egypt. 65814 65815 46:14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph 65816 and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword 65817 shall devour round about thee. 65818 65819 46:15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the 65820 LORD did drive them. 65821 65822 46:16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, 65823 Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our 65824 nativity, from the oppressing sword. 65825 65826 46:17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he 65827 hath passed the time appointed. 65828 65829 46:18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, 65830 Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so 65831 shall he come. 65832 65833 46:19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into 65834 captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. 65835 65836 46:20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it 65837 cometh out of the north. 65838 65839 46:21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; 65840 for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did 65841 not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and 65842 the time of their visitation. 65843 65844 46:22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march 65845 with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. 65846 65847 46:23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot 65848 be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are 65849 innumerable. 65850 65851 46:24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be 65852 delivered into the hand of the people of the north. 65853 65854 46:25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will 65855 punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, 65856 and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him: 46:26 65857 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, 65858 and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand 65859 of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days 65860 of old, saith the LORD. 65861 65862 46:27 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O 65863 Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from 65864 the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest 65865 and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. 65866 65867 46:28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with 65868 thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have 65869 driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee 65870 in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. 65871 65872 47:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against 65873 the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. 65874 65875 47:2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and 65876 shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all 65877 that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men 65878 shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. 65879 65880 47:3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, 65881 at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the 65882 fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands; 65883 47:4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and 65884 to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the 65885 LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of 65886 Caphtor. 65887 65888 47:5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant 65889 of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? 47:6 O thou sword of 65890 the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into 65891 thy scabbard, rest, and be still. 65892 65893 47:7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge 65894 against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed 65895 it. 65896 65897 48:1 Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe 65898 unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: 65899 Misgab is confounded and dismayed. 65900 65901 48:2 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have 65902 devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a 65903 nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue 65904 thee. 65905 65906 48:3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great 65907 destruction. 65908 65909 48:4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. 65910 65911 48:5 For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for 65912 in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of 65913 destruction. 65914 65915 48:6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. 65916 65917 48:7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, 65918 thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity 65919 with his priests and his princes together. 65920 65921 48:8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall 65922 escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be 65923 destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken. 65924 65925 48:9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the 65926 cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein. 65927 65928 48:10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and 65929 cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. 65930 65931 48:11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on 65932 his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither 65933 hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and 65934 his scent is not changed. 65935 65936 48:12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will 65937 send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall 65938 empty his vessels, and break their bottles. 65939 65940 48:13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was 65941 ashamed of Bethel their confidence. 65942 65943 48:14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? 48:15 65944 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young 65945 men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the 65946 LORD of hosts. 65947 65948 48:16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth 65949 fast. 65950 65951 48:17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his 65952 name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! 65953 48:18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, 65954 and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and 65955 he shall destroy thy strong holds. 65956 65957 48:19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that 65958 fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done? 48:20 Moab is 65959 confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, 65960 that Moab is spoiled, 48:21 And judgment is come upon the plain 65961 country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, 48:22 And 65962 upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim, 48:23 And upon 65963 Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon, 48:24 And upon 65964 Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, 65965 far or near. 65966 65967 48:25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the 65968 LORD. 65969 65970 48:26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: 65971 Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. 65972 65973 48:27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among 65974 thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. 65975 65976 48:28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the 65977 rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the 65978 hole's mouth. 65979 65980 48:29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his 65981 loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of 65982 his heart. 65983 65984 48:30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his 65985 lies shall not so effect it. 65986 65987 48:31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; 65988 mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. 65989 65990 48:32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of 65991 Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of 65992 Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy 65993 vintage. 65994 65995 48:33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from 65996 the land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: 65997 none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting. 65998 65999 48:34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, 66000 have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an 66001 heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be 66002 desolate. 66003 66004 48:35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that 66005 offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods. 66006 66007 48:36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine 66008 heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the 66009 riches that he hath gotten are perished. 66010 66011 48:37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all 66012 the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. 66013 66014 48:38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of 66015 Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel 66016 wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. 66017 66018 48:39 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab 66019 turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a 66020 dismaying to all them about him. 66021 66022 48:40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and 66023 shall spread his wings over Moab. 66024 66025 48:41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the 66026 mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a 66027 woman in her pangs. 66028 66029 48:42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath 66030 magnified himself against the LORD. 66031 66032 48:43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O 66033 inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. 66034 66035 48:44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he 66036 that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will 66037 bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the 66038 LORD. 66039 66040 48:45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the 66041 force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from 66042 the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown 66043 of the head of the tumultuous ones. 66044 66045 48:46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for 66046 thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives. 66047 66048 48:47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, 66049 saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. 66050 66051 49:1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no 66052 sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his 66053 people dwell in his cities? 49:2 Therefore, behold, the days come, 66054 saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in 66055 Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her 66056 daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto 66057 them that were his heirs, saith the LORD. 66058 66059 49:3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, 66060 gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for 66061 their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes 66062 together. 66063 66064 49:4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O 66065 backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall 66066 come unto me? 49:5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the 66067 Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be 66068 driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that 66069 wandereth. 66070 66071 49:6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of 66072 Ammon, saith the LORD. 66073 66074 49:7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more 66075 in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom 66076 vanished? 49:8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of 66077 Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I 66078 will visit him. 66079 66080 49:9 If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some 66081 gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have 66082 enough. 66083 66084 49:10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, 66085 and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his 66086 brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. 66087 66088 49:11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and 66089 let thy widows trust in me. 66090 66091 49:12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to 66092 drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall 66093 altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt 66094 surely drink of it. 66095 66096 49:13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall 66097 become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the 66098 cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. 66099 66100 49:14 I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent 66101 unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, 66102 and rise up to the battle. 66103 66104 49:15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised 66105 among men. 66106 66107 49:16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine 66108 heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest 66109 the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as 66110 the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. 66111 66112 49:17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it 66113 shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. 66114 66115 49:18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour 66116 cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither 66117 shall a son of man dwell in it. 66118 66119 49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan 66120 against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run 66121 away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? 66122 for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that 66123 shepherd that will stand before me? 49:20 Therefore hear the counsel 66124 of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that 66125 he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of 66126 the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations 66127 desolate with them. 66128 66129 49:21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the 66130 noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. 66131 66132 49:22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his 66133 wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men 66134 of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. 66135 66136 49:23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they 66137 have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the 66138 sea; it cannot be quiet. 66139 66140 49:24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear 66141 hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in 66142 travail. 66143 66144 49:25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 49:26 66145 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of 66146 war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. 66147 66148 49:27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall 66149 consume the palaces of Benhadad. 66150 66151 49:28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which 66152 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise 66153 ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. 66154 66155 49:29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall 66156 take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their 66157 camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side. 66158 66159 49:30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, 66160 saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel 66161 against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. 66162 66163 49:31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without 66164 care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell 66165 alone. 66166 66167 49:32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their 66168 cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the 66169 utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides 66170 thereof, saith the LORD. 66171 66172 49:33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for 66173 ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. 66174 66175 49:34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against 66176 Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 66177 49:35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of 66178 Elam, the chief of their might. 66179 66180 49:36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters 66181 of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there 66182 shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. 66183 66184 49:37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and 66185 before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, 66186 even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after 66187 them, till I have consumed them: 49:38 And I will set my throne in 66188 Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the 66189 LORD. 66190 66191 49:39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring 66192 again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. 66193 66194 50:1 The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land 66195 of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. 66196 66197 50:2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; 66198 publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, 66199 Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are 66200 broken in pieces. 66201 66202 50:3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which 66203 shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall 66204 remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. 66205 66206 50:4 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of 66207 Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and 66208 weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. 66209 66210 50:5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, 66211 saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual 66212 covenant that shall not be forgotten. 66213 66214 50:6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them 66215 to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have 66216 gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. 66217 66218 50:7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries 66219 said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the 66220 habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. 66221 66222 50:8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land 66223 of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. 66224 66225 50:9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an 66226 assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set 66227 themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their 66228 arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. 66229 66230 50:10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be 66231 satisfied, saith the LORD. 66232 66233 50:11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of 66234 mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and 66235 bellow as bulls; 50:12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that 66236 bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall 66237 be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 66238 66239 50:13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but 66240 it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be 66241 astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. 66242 66243 50:14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that 66244 bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned 66245 against the LORD. 66246 66247 50:15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her 66248 foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the 66249 vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do 66250 unto her. 66251 66252 50:16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle 66253 in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall 66254 turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own 66255 land. 66256 66257 50:17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: 66258 first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this 66259 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. 66260 66261 50:18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; 66262 Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have 66263 punished the king of Assyria. 66264 66265 50:19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall 66266 feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount 66267 Ephraim and Gilead. 66268 66269 50:20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of 66270 Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of 66271 Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I 66272 reserve. 66273 66274 50:21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and 66275 against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after 66276 them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded 66277 thee. 66278 66279 50:22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. 66280 66281 50:23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how 66282 is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 50:24 I have laid a 66283 snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not 66284 aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven 66285 against the LORD. 66286 66287 50:25 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the 66288 weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of 66289 hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. 66290 66291 50:26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: 66292 cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be 66293 left. 66294 66295 50:27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe 66296 unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. 66297 66298 50:28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of 66299 Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the 66300 vengeance of his temple. 66301 66302 50:29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the 66303 bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense 66304 her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do 66305 unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy 66306 One of Israel. 66307 66308 50:30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her 66309 men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. 66310 66311 50:31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD 66312 of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. 66313 66314 50:32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise 66315 him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour 66316 all round about him. 66317 66318 50:33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the 66319 children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them 66320 captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. 66321 66322 50:34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he 66323 shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, 66324 and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 66325 66326 50:35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the 66327 inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. 66328 66329 50:36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon 66330 her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. 66331 66332 50:37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon 66333 all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall 66334 become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be 66335 robbed. 66336 66337 50:38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it 66338 is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. 66339 66340 50:39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of 66341 the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and 66342 it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in 66343 from generation to generation. 66344 66345 50:40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities 66346 thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall 66347 any son of man dwell therein. 66348 66349 50:41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, 66350 and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 66351 66352 50:42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will 66353 not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall 66354 ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, 66355 against thee, O daughter of Babylon. 66356 66357 50:43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands 66358 waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in 66359 travail. 66360 66361 50:44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan 66362 unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run 66363 away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? 66364 for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that 66365 shepherd that will stand before me? 50:45 Therefore hear ye the 66366 counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his 66367 purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: 66368 Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall 66369 make their habitation desolate with them. 66370 66371 50:46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and 66372 the cry is heard among the nations. 66373 66374 51:1 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and 66375 against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, 66376 a destroying wind; 51:2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall 66377 fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they 66378 shall be against her round about. 66379 66380 51:3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against 66381 him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her 66382 young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. 66383 66384 51:4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they 66385 that are thrust through in her streets. 66386 66387 51:5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the 66388 LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy 66389 One of Israel. 66390 66391 51:6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: 66392 be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's 66393 vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence. 66394 66395 51:7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all 66396 the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the 66397 nations are mad. 66398 66399 51:8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm 66400 for her pain, if so be she may be healed. 66401 66402 51:9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, 66403 and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment 66404 reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. 66405 66406 51:10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us 66407 declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. 66408 66409 51:11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised 66410 up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against 66411 Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the 66412 vengeance of his temple. 66413 66414 51:12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch 66415 strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath 66416 both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of 66417 Babylon. 66418 66419 51:13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, 66420 thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. 66421 66422 51:14 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will 66423 fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a 66424 shout against thee. 66425 66426 51:15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the 66427 world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his 66428 understanding. 66429 66430 51:16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in 66431 the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the 66432 earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out 66433 of his treasures. 66434 66435 51:17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is 66436 confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and 66437 there is no breath in them. 66438 66439 51:18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their 66440 visitation they shall perish. 66441 66442 51:19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of 66443 all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of 66444 hosts is his name. 66445 66446 51:20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I 66447 break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; 66448 51:21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; 66449 and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; 51:22 66450 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee 66451 will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in 66452 pieces the young man and the maid; 51:23 I will also break in pieces 66453 with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in 66454 pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break 66455 in pieces captains and rulers. 66456 66457 51:24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of 66458 Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, 66459 saith the LORD. 66460 66461 51:25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the 66462 LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand 66463 upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a 66464 burnt mountain. 66465 66466 51:26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a 66467 stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the 66468 LORD. 66469 66470 51:27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the 66471 nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her 66472 the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain 66473 against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. 66474 66475 51:28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the 66476 captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his 66477 dominion. 66478 66479 51:29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the 66480 LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a 66481 desolation without an inhabitant. 66482 66483 51:30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have 66484 remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as 66485 women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. 66486 66487 51:31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet 66488 another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one 66489 end, 51:32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have 66490 burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. 66491 66492 51:33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The 66493 daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh 66494 her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. 66495 66496 51:34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath 66497 crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up 66498 like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath 66499 cast me out. 66500 66501 51:35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall 66502 the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of 66503 Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. 66504 66505 51:36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, 66506 and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her 66507 springs dry. 66508 66509 51:37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an 66510 astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. 66511 66512 51:38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' 66513 whelps. 66514 66515 51:39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them 66516 drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not 66517 wake, saith the LORD. 66518 66519 51:40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams 66520 with he goats. 66521 66522 51:41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth 66523 surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! 66524 51:42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the 66525 multitude of the waves thereof. 66526 66527 51:43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a 66528 land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass 66529 thereby. 66530 66531 51:44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of 66532 his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not 66533 flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. 66534 66535 51:45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every 66536 man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. 66537 66538 51:46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall 66539 be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after 66540 that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, 66541 ruler against ruler. 66542 66543 51:47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon 66544 the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, 66545 and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. 66546 66547 51:48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall 66548 sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, 66549 saith the LORD. 66550 66551 51:49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at 66552 Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. 66553 66554 51:50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: 66555 remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. 66556 66557 51:51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath 66558 covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the 66559 LORD's house. 66560 66561 51:52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do 66562 judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded 66563 shall groan. 66564 66565 51:53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should 66566 fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come 66567 unto her, saith the LORD. 66568 66569 51:54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from 66570 the land of the Chaldeans: 51:55 Because the LORD hath spoiled 66571 Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do 66572 roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: 51:56 66573 Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her 66574 mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD 66575 God of recompences shall surely requite. 66576 66577 51:57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her 66578 captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a 66579 perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD 66580 of hosts. 66581 66582 51:58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall 66583 be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and 66584 the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they 66585 shall be weary. 66586 66587 51:59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of 66588 Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of 66589 Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah 66590 was a quiet prince. 66591 66592 51:60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon 66593 Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. 66594 66595 51:61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and 66596 shalt see, and shalt read all these words; 51:62 Then shalt thou say, 66597 O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none 66598 shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be 66599 desolate for ever. 66600 66601 51:63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this 66602 book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst 66603 of Euphrates: 51:64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and 66604 shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they 66605 shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. 66606 66607 52:1 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and 66608 he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was 66609 Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 66610 66611 52:2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according 66612 to all that Jehoiakim had done. 66613 66614 52:3 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem 66615 and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah 66616 rebelled against the king of Babylon. 66617 66618 52:4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth 66619 month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of 66620 Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched 66621 against it, and built forts against it round about. 66622 66623 52:5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 66624 66625 52:6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the 66626 famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people 66627 of the land. 66628 66629 52:7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and 66630 went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the 66631 two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by 66632 the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain. 66633 66634 52:8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and 66635 overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was 66636 scattered from him. 66637 66638 52:9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of 66639 Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon 66640 him. 66641 66642 52:10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his 66643 eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. 66644 66645 52:11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon 66646 bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison 66647 till the day of his death. 66648 66649 52:12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was 66650 the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came 66651 Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, 66652 into Jerusalem, 52:13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's 66653 house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the 66654 great men, burned he with fire: 52:14 And all the army of the 66655 Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the 66656 walls of Jerusalem round about. 66657 66658 52:15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive 66659 certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that 66660 remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king 66661 of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. 66662 66663 52:16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the 66664 poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. 66665 66666 52:17 Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, 66667 and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, 66668 the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. 66669 66670 52:18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the 66671 bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they 66672 ministered, took they away. 66673 66674 52:19 And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the 66675 caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that 66676 which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, 66677 took the captain of the guard away. 66678 66679 52:20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were 66680 under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: 66681 the brass of all these vessels was without weight. 66682 66683 52:21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was 66684 eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the 66685 thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. 66686 66687 52:22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one 66688 chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the 66689 chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the 66690 pomegranates were like unto these. 66691 66692 52:23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all 66693 the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about. 66694 66695 52:24 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and 66696 Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 52:25 66697 He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the 66698 men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, 66699 which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, 66700 who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people 66701 of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. 66702 66703 52:26 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought 66704 them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 66705 66706 52:27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in 66707 Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out 66708 of his own land. 66709 66710 52:28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in 66711 the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: 52:29 In 66712 the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from 66713 Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: 52:30 In the three and 66714 twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard 66715 carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: 66716 all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. 66717 66718 52:31 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the 66719 captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the 66720 five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon 66721 in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king 66722 of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison. 66723 66724 52:32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne 66725 of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 52:33 And changed his 66726 prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the 66727 days of his life. 66728 66729 52:34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the 66730 king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all 66731 the days of his life. 66732 66733 66734 66735 66736 The Lamentations of Jeremiah 66737 66738 66739 1:1 How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is 66740 she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and 66741 princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! 1:2 She 66742 weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all 66743 her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt 66744 treacherously with her, they are become her enemies. 66745 66746 1:3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of 66747 great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: 66748 all her persecutors overtook her between the straits. 66749 66750 1:4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: 66751 all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are 66752 afflicted, and she is in bitterness. 66753 66754 1:5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD 66755 hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her 66756 children are gone into captivity before the enemy. 66757 66758 1:6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her 66759 princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone 66760 without strength before the pursuer. 66761 66762 1:7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her 66763 miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when 66764 her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the 66765 adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths. 66766 66767 1:8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all 66768 that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: 66769 yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward. 66770 66771 1:9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; 66772 therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, 66773 behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself. 66774 66775 1:10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant 66776 things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, 66777 whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy 66778 congregation. 66779 66780 1:11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their 66781 pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and 66782 consider; for I am become vile. 66783 66784 1:12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if 66785 there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, 66786 wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. 66787 66788 1:13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth 66789 against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me 66790 back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day. 66791 66792 1:14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are 66793 wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, 66794 the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able 66795 to rise up. 66796 66797 1:15 The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst 66798 of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: 66799 the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a 66800 winepress. 66801 66802 1:16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with 66803 water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from 66804 me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed. 66805 66806 1:17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: 66807 the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should 66808 be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them. 66809 66810 1:18 The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his 66811 commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my 66812 virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. 66813 66814 1:19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine 66815 elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to 66816 relieve their souls. 66817 66818 1:20 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; 66819 mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad 66820 the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death. 66821 66822 1:21 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all 66823 mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast 66824 done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall 66825 be like unto me. 66826 66827 1:22 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as 66828 thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are 66829 many, and my heart is faint. 66830 66831 2:1 How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his 66832 anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, 66833 and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! 2:2 The 66834 LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not 66835 pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the 66836 daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath 66837 polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. 66838 66839 2:3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he 66840 hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned 66841 against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about. 66842 66843 2:4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand 66844 as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the 66845 tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. 66846 66847 2:5 The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath 66848 swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and 66849 hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. 66850 66851 2:6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of 66852 a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath 66853 caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and 66854 hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. 66855 66856 2:7 The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, 66857 he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; 66858 they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a 66859 solemn feast. 66860 66861 2:8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of 66862 Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand 66863 from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; 66864 they languished together. 66865 66866 2:9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken 66867 her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is 66868 no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD. 66869 66870 2:10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep 66871 silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded 66872 themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their 66873 heads to the ground. 66874 66875 2:11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is 66876 poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my 66877 people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of 66878 the city. 66879 66880 2:12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they 66881 swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was 66882 poured out into their mothers' bosom. 66883 66884 2:13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I 66885 liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, 66886 that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is 66887 great like the sea: who can heal thee? 2:14 Thy prophets have seen 66888 vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine 66889 iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false 66890 burdens and causes of banishment. 66891 66892 2:15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag 66893 their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that 66894 men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? 2:16 66895 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and 66896 gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is 66897 the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. 66898 66899 2:17 The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled 66900 his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown 66901 down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice 66902 over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries. 66903 66904 2:18 Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, 66905 let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; 66906 let not the apple of thine eye cease. 66907 66908 2:19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour 66909 out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy 66910 hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for 66911 hunger in the top of every street. 66912 66913 2:20 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall 66914 the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the 66915 priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? 2:21 66916 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and 66917 my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day 66918 of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied. 66919 66920 2:22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so 66921 that in the day of the LORD's anger none escaped nor remained: those 66922 that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed. 66923 66924 3:1 I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 66925 66926 3:2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 66927 66928 3:3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all 66929 the day. 66930 66931 3:4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 66932 66933 3:5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and 66934 travail. 66935 66936 3:6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 66937 66938 3:7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my 66939 chain heavy. 66940 66941 3:8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. 66942 66943 3:9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths 66944 crooked. 66945 66946 3:10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret 66947 places. 66948 66949 3:11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath 66950 made me desolate. 66951 66952 3:12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. 66953 66954 3:13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. 66955 66956 3:14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. 66957 66958 3:15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with 66959 wormwood. 66960 66961 3:16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered 66962 me with ashes. 66963 66964 3:17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat 66965 prosperity. 66966 66967 3:18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: 66968 3:19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the 66969 gall. 66970 66971 3:20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. 66972 66973 3:21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 66974 66975 3:22 It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his 66976 compassions fail not. 66977 66978 3:23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 66979 66980 3:24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in 66981 him. 66982 66983 3:25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that 66984 seeketh him. 66985 66986 3:26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the 66987 salvation of the LORD. 66988 66989 3:27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke of his youth. 66990 66991 3:28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it 66992 upon him. 66993 66994 3:29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. 66995 66996 3:30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full 66997 with reproach. 66998 66999 3:31 For the LORD will not cast off for ever: 3:32 But though he cause 67000 grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his 67001 mercies. 67002 67003 3:33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. 67004 67005 3:34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. 67006 67007 3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most 67008 High, 3:36 To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not. 67009 67010 3:37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord 67011 commandeth it not? 3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth 67012 not evil and good? 3:39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man 67013 for the punishment of his sins? 3:40 Let us search and try our ways, 67014 and turn again to the LORD. 67015 67016 3:41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. 67017 67018 3:42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. 67019 67020 3:43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, 67021 thou hast not pitied. 67022 67023 3:44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should 67024 not pass through. 67025 67026 3:45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of 67027 the people. 67028 67029 3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 67030 67031 3:47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. 67032 67033 3:48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of 67034 the daughter of my people. 67035 67036 3:49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any 67037 intermission. 67038 67039 3:50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. 67040 67041 3:51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my 67042 city. 67043 67044 3:52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. 67045 67046 3:53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon 67047 me. 67048 67049 3:54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. 67050 67051 3:55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. 67052 67053 3:56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at 67054 my cry. 67055 67056 3:57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou 67057 saidst, Fear not. 67058 67059 3:58 O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast 67060 redeemed my life. 67061 67062 3:59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. 67063 67064 3:60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations 67065 against me. 67066 67067 3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their 67068 imaginations against me; 3:62 The lips of those that rose up against 67069 me, and their device against me all the day. 67070 67071 3:63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their 67072 musick. 67073 67074 3:64 Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of 67075 their hands. 67076 67077 3:65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. 67078 67079 3:66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the 67080 LORD. 67081 67082 4:1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the 67083 stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. 67084 67085 4:2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they 67086 esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! 67087 4:3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their 67088 young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the 67089 ostriches in the wilderness. 67090 67091 4:4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth 67092 for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto 67093 them. 67094 67095 4:5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they 67096 that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. 67097 67098 4:6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is 67099 greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown 67100 as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her. 67101 67102 4:7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, 67103 they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of 67104 sapphire: 4:8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known 67105 in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it 67106 is become like a stick. 67107 67108 4:9 They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be 67109 slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of 67110 the fruits of the field. 67111 67112 4:10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: 67113 they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people. 67114 67115 4:11 The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his 67116 fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured 67117 the foundations thereof. 67118 67119 4:12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, 67120 would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have 67121 entered into the gates of Jerusalem. 67122 67123 4:13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, 67124 that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, 4:14 They 67125 have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted 67126 themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. 67127 67128 4:15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, 67129 touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the 67130 heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. 67131 67132 4:16 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard 67133 them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not 67134 the elders. 67135 67136 4:17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our 67137 watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. 67138 67139 4:18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is 67140 near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. 67141 67142 4:19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they 67143 pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the 67144 wilderness. 67145 67146 4:20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken 67147 in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among 67148 the heathen. 67149 67150 4:21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the 67151 land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be 67152 drunken, and shalt make thyself naked. 67153 67154 4:22 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of 67155 Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit 67156 thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins. 67157 67158 5:1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our 67159 reproach. 67160 67161 5:2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 67162 67163 5:3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. 67164 67165 5:4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. 67166 67167 5:5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. 67168 67169 5:6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to 67170 be satisfied with bread. 67171 67172 5:7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their 67173 iniquities. 67174 67175 5:8 Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us 67176 out of their hand. 67177 67178 5:9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword 67179 of the wilderness. 67180 67181 5:10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. 67182 67183 5:11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of 67184 Judah. 67185 67186 5:12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not 67187 honoured. 67188 67189 5:13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the 67190 wood. 67191 67192 5:14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their 67193 musick. 67194 67195 5:15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into 67196 mourning. 67197 67198 5:16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have 67199 sinned! 5:17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes 67200 are dim. 67201 67202 5:18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes 67203 walk upon it. 67204 67205 5:19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to 67206 generation. 67207 67208 5:20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long 67209 time? 5:21 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; 67210 renew our days as of old. 67211 67212 5:22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. 67213 67214 67215 67216 67217 The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel 67218 67219 67220 1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, 67221 in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river 67222 of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. 67223 67224 1:2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king 67225 Jehoiachin's captivity, 1:3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto 67226 Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by 67227 the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. 67228 67229 1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a 67230 great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about 67231 it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the 67232 midst of the fire. 67233 67234 1:5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living 67235 creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a 67236 man. 67237 67238 1:6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. 67239 67240 1:7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was 67241 like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of 67242 burnished brass. 67243 67244 1:8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four 67245 sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. 67246 67247 1:9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they 67248 went; they went every one straight forward. 67249 67250 1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a 67251 man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the 67252 face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an 67253 eagle. 67254 67255 1:11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two 67256 wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their 67257 bodies. 67258 67259 1:12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was 67260 to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. 67261 67262 1:13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was 67263 like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went 67264 up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and 67265 out of the fire went forth lightning. 67266 67267 1:14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a 67268 flash of lightning. 67269 67270 1:15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the 67271 earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. 67272 67273 1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the 67274 colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their 67275 appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a 67276 wheel. 67277 67278 1:17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned 67279 not when they went. 67280 67281 1:18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; 67282 and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. 67283 67284 1:19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and 67285 when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels 67286 were lifted up. 67287 67288 1:20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their 67289 spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the 67290 spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 67291 67292 1:21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; 67293 and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted 67294 up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the 67295 wheels. 67296 67297 1:22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living 67298 creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth 67299 over their heads above. 67300 67301 1:23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward 67302 the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every 67303 one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. 67304 67305 1:24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the 67306 noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of 67307 speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their 67308 wings. 67309 67310 1:25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their 67311 heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. 67312 67313 1:26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the 67314 likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon 67315 the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man 67316 above upon it. 67317 67318 1:27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round 67319 about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and 67320 from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the 67321 appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. 67322 67323 1:28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of 67324 rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was 67325 the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I 67326 saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. 67327 67328 2:1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will 67329 speak unto thee. 67330 67331 2:2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me 67332 upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. 67333 67334 2:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of 67335 Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and 67336 their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. 67337 67338 2:4 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee 67339 unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. 67340 67341 2:5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, 67342 (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been 67343 a prophet among them. 67344 67345 2:6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of 67346 their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost 67347 dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed 67348 at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. 67349 67350 2:7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, 67351 or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. 67352 67353 2:8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou 67354 rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I 67355 give thee. 67356 67357 2:9 And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a 67358 roll of a book was therein; 2:10 And he spread it before me; and it 67359 was written within and without: and there was written therein 67360 lamentations, and mourning, and woe. 67361 67362 3:1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat 67363 this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. 67364 67365 3:2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. 67366 67367 3:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill 67368 thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it 67369 was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. 67370 67371 3:4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of 67372 Israel, and speak with my words unto them. 67373 67374 3:5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an 67375 hard language, but to the house of Israel; 3:6 Not to many people of a 67376 strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not 67377 understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened 67378 unto thee. 67379 67380 3:7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will 67381 not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and 67382 hardhearted. 67383 67384 3:8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy 67385 forehead strong against their foreheads. 67386 67387 3:9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear 67388 them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a 67389 rebellious house. 67390 67391 3:10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall 67392 speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears. 67393 67394 3:11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of 67395 thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord 67396 GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. 67397 67398 3:12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a 67399 great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his 67400 place. 67401 67402 3:13 I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that 67403 touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, 67404 and a noise of a great rushing. 67405 67406 3:14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in 67407 bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was 67408 strong upon me. 67409 67410 3:15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by 67411 the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there 67412 astonished among them seven days. 67413 67414 3:16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of 67415 the LORD came unto me, saying, 3:17 Son of man, I have made thee a 67416 watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my 67417 mouth, and give them warning from me. 67418 67419 3:18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou 67420 givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his 67421 wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his 67422 iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 67423 67424 3:19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, 67425 nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast 67426 delivered thy soul. 67427 67428 3:20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and 67429 commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: 67430 because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and 67431 his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his 67432 blood will I require at thine hand. 67433 67434 3:21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous 67435 sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is 67436 warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul. 67437 67438 3:22 And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, 67439 Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. 67440 67441 3:23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the 67442 glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river 67443 of Chebar: and I fell on my face. 67444 67445 3:24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and 67446 spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house. 67447 67448 3:25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, 67449 and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them: 67450 3:26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that 67451 thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are 67452 a rebellious house. 67453 67454 3:27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt 67455 say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; 67456 and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious 67457 house. 67458 67459 4:1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, 67460 and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: 4:2 And lay siege 67461 against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; 67462 set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round 67463 about. 67464 67465 4:3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of 67466 iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it 67467 shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be 67468 a sign to the house of Israel. 67469 67470 4:4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the 67471 house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou 67472 shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. 67473 67474 4:5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according 67475 to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt 67476 thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. 67477 67478 4:6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, 67479 and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I 67480 have appointed thee each day for a year. 67481 67482 4:7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, 67483 and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. 67484 67485 4:8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn 67486 thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy 67487 siege. 67488 67489 4:9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and 67490 lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and 67491 make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou 67492 shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat 67493 thereof. 67494 67495 4:10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty 67496 shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. 67497 67498 4:11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: 67499 from time to time shalt thou drink. 67500 67501 4:12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it 67502 with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. 67503 67504 4:13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat 67505 their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. 67506 67507 4:14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: 67508 for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which 67509 dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable 67510 flesh into my mouth. 67511 67512 4:15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's 67513 dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. 67514 67515 4:16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the 67516 staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and 67517 with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with 67518 astonishment: 4:17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied 67519 one with another, and consume away for their iniquity. 67520 67521 5:1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a 67522 barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy 67523 beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair. 67524 67525 5:2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, 67526 when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third 67527 part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt 67528 scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. 67529 67530 5:3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy 67531 skirts. 67532 67533 5:4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, 67534 and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into 67535 all the house of Israel. 67536 67537 5:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the 67538 midst of the nations and countries that are round about her. 67539 67540 5:6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the 67541 nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about 67542 her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not 67543 walked in them. 67544 67545 5:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than 67546 the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my 67547 statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according 67548 to the judgments of the nations that are round about you; 5:8 67549 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, 67550 and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the 67551 nations. 67552 67553 5:9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I 67554 will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. 67555 67556 5:10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, 67557 and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in 67558 thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. 67559 67560 5:11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou 67561 hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all 67562 thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall 67563 mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. 67564 67565 5:12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with 67566 famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part 67567 shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third 67568 part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. 67569 67570 5:13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury 67571 to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I 67572 the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury 67573 in them. 67574 67575 5:14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations 67576 that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. 67577 67578 5:15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an 67579 astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall 67580 execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. 67581 I the LORD have spoken it. 67582 67583 5:16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which 67584 shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: 67585 and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of 67586 bread: 5:17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they 67587 shall bereave thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; 67588 and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it. 67589 67590 6:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 6:2 Son of man, set 67591 thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, 67592 6:3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; 67593 Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the 67594 rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon 67595 you, and I will destroy your high places. 67596 67597 6:4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be 67598 broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. 67599 67600 6:5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before 67601 their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. 67602 67603 6:6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the 67604 high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and 67605 made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images 67606 may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. 67607 67608 6:7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know 67609 that I am the LORD. 67610 67611 6:8 Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall 67612 escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through 67613 the countries. 67614 67615 6:9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations 67616 whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their 67617 whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which 67618 go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for 67619 the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. 67620 67621 6:10 And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said 67622 in vain that I would do this evil unto them. 67623 67624 6:11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with 67625 thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of 67626 Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the 67627 pestilence. 67628 67629 6:12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is 67630 near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged 67631 shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them. 67632 67633 6:13 Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall 67634 be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, 67635 in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and 67636 under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to 67637 all their idols. 67638 67639 6:14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land 67640 desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in 67641 all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD. 67642 67643 7:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 7:2 Also, thou 67644 son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, 67645 the end is come upon the four corners of the land. 67646 67647 7:3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon 67648 thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense 67649 upon thee all thine abominations. 67650 67651 7:4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I 67652 will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in 67653 the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 67654 67655 7:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. 67656 67657 7:6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it 67658 is come. 67659 67660 7:7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: 67661 the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding 67662 again of the mountains. 67663 67664 7:8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine 67665 anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will 67666 recompense thee for all thine abominations. 67667 67668 7:9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will 67669 recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are 67670 in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that 67671 smiteth. 67672 67673 7:10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; 67674 the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. 67675 67676 7:11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall 67677 remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall 67678 there be wailing for them. 67679 67680 7:12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer 67681 rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude 67682 thereof. 67683 67684 7:13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although 67685 they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude 67686 thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself 67687 in the iniquity of his life. 67688 67689 7:14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none 67690 goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. 67691 67692 7:15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: 67693 he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in 67694 the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. 67695 67696 7:16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the 67697 mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one 67698 for his iniquity. 67699 67700 7:17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. 67701 67702 7:18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall 67703 cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all 67704 their heads. 67705 67706 7:19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall 67707 be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver 67708 them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their 67709 souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of 67710 their iniquity. 67711 67712 7:20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they 67713 made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things 67714 therein: therefore have I set it far from them. 67715 67716 7:21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, 67717 and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. 67718 67719 7:22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my 67720 secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. 67721 67722 7:23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city 67723 is full of violence. 67724 67725 7:24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall 67726 possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to 67727 cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. 67728 67729 7:25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be 67730 none. 67731 67732 7:26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon 67733 rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law 67734 shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. 67735 67736 7:27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with 67737 desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: 67738 I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts 67739 will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. 67740 67741 8:1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the 67742 fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of 67743 Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. 67744 67745 8:2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from 67746 the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins 67747 even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber. 67748 67749 8:3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of 67750 mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the 67751 heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door 67752 of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of 67753 the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. 67754 67755 8:4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according 67756 to the vision that I saw in the plain. 67757 67758 8:5 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way 67759 toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, 67760 and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy 67761 in the entry. 67762 67763 8:6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? 67764 even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, 67765 that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, 67766 and thou shalt see greater abominations. 67767 67768 8:7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, 67769 behold a hole in the wall. 67770 67771 8:8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I 67772 had digged in the wall, behold a door. 67773 67774 8:9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations 67775 that they do here. 67776 67777 8:10 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, 67778 and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, 67779 pourtrayed upon the wall round about. 67780 67781 8:11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the 67782 house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of 67783 Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of 67784 incense went up. 67785 67786 8:12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the 67787 ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the 67788 chambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD seeth us not; the LORD 67789 hath forsaken the earth. 67790 67791 8:13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see 67792 greater abominations that they do. 67793 67794 8:14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house 67795 which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for 67796 Tammuz. 67797 67798 8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn 67799 thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. 67800 67801 8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, 67802 behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and 67803 the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the 67804 temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they 67805 worshipped the sun toward the east. 67806 67807 8:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a 67808 light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations 67809 which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, 67810 and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch 67811 to their nose. 67812 67813 8:18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, 67814 neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud 67815 voice, yet will I not hear them. 67816 67817 9:1 He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them 67818 that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his 67819 destroying weapon in his hand. 67820 67821 9:2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which 67822 lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; 67823 and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn 67824 by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar. 67825 67826 9:3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, 67827 whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the 67828 man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; 67829 9:4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, 67830 through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of 67831 the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done 67832 in the midst thereof. 67833 67834 9:5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through 67835 the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: 9:6 67836 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and 67837 women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at 67838 my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the 67839 house. 67840 67841 9:7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with 67842 the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city. 67843 67844 9:8 And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, 67845 that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou 67846 destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon 67847 Jerusalem? 9:9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of 67848 Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, 67849 and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath 67850 forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not. 67851 67852 9:10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have 67853 pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head. 67854 67855 9:11 And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by 67856 his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast 67857 commanded me. 67858 67859 10:1 Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the 67860 head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire 67861 stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. 67862 67863 10:2 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in 67864 between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with 67865 coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the 67866 city. And he went in in my sight. 67867 67868 10:3 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the 67869 man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. 67870 67871 10:4 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood 67872 over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the 67873 cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory. 67874 67875 10:5 And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer 67876 court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh. 67877 67878 10:6 And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed 67879 with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between 67880 the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. 67881 67882 10:7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the 67883 cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took 67884 thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: 67885 who took it, and went out. 67886 67887 10:8 And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand 67888 under their wings. 67889 67890 10:9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one 67891 wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the 67892 appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. 67893 67894 10:10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if 67895 a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. 67896 67897 10:11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not 67898 as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed 67899 it; they turned not as they went. 67900 67901 10:12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and 67902 their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the 67903 wheels that they four had. 67904 67905 10:13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O 67906 wheel. 67907 67908 10:14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a 67909 cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the 67910 face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. 67911 67912 10:15 And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature 67913 that I saw by the river of Chebar. 67914 67915 10:16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when 67916 the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the 67917 same wheels also turned not from beside them. 67918 67919 10:17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, 67920 these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature 67921 was in them. 67922 67923 10:18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of 67924 the house, and stood over the cherubims. 67925 67926 10:19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the 67927 earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside 67928 them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD's 67929 house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. 67930 67931 10:20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel 67932 by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. 67933 67934 10:21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and 67935 the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. 67936 67937 10:22 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw 67938 by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went 67939 every one straight forward. 67940 67941 11:1 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east 67942 gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the 67943 door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the 67944 son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 67945 67946 11:2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise 67947 mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: 11:3 Which say, It is 67948 not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the 67949 flesh. 67950 67951 11:4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. 67952 67953 11:5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; 67954 Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know 67955 the things that come into your mind, every one of them. 67956 67957 11:6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled 67958 the streets thereof with the slain. 67959 67960 11:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid 67961 in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: 67962 but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it. 67963 67964 11:8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, 67965 saith the Lord GOD. 67966 67967 11:9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you 67968 into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. 67969 67970 11:10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of 67971 Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 67972 67973 11:11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the 67974 flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of 67975 Israel: 11:12 And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not 67976 walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done 67977 after the manners of the heathen that are round about you. 67978 67979 11:13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of 67980 Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud 67981 voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant 67982 of Israel? 11:14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 67983 11:15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy 67984 kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the 67985 inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us 67986 is this land given in possession. 67987 67988 11:16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast 67989 them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them 67990 among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in 67991 the countries where they shall come. 67992 67993 11:17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you 67994 from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have 67995 been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. 67996 67997 11:18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the 67998 detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from 67999 thence. 68000 68001 11:19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit 68002 within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and 68003 will give them an heart of flesh: 11:20 That they may walk in my 68004 statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my 68005 people, and I will be their God. 68006 68007 11:21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their 68008 detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way 68009 upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD. 68010 68011 11:22 Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels 68012 beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. 68013 68014 11:23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, 68015 and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city. 68016 68017 11:24 Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by 68018 the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the 68019 vision that I had seen went up from me. 68020 68021 11:25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the 68022 LORD had shewed me. 68023 68024 12:1 The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying, 12:2 Son of man, 68025 thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to 68026 see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a 68027 rebellious house. 68028 68029 12:3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and 68030 remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to 68031 another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though 68032 they be a rebellious house. 68033 68034 12:4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as 68035 stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as 68036 they that go forth into captivity. 68037 68038 12:5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. 68039 68040 12:6 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry 68041 it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not 68042 the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel. 68043 68044 12:7 And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, 68045 as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with 68046 mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my 68047 shoulder in their sight. 68048 68049 12:8 And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, 68050 12:9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, 68051 said unto thee, What doest thou? 12:10 Say thou unto them, Thus saith 68052 the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all 68053 the house of Israel that are among them. 68054 68055 12:11 Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done 68056 unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity. 68057 68058 12:12 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder 68059 in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall 68060 to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the 68061 ground with his eyes. 68062 68063 12:13 My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my 68064 snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; 68065 yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there. 68066 68067 12:14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to 68068 help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them. 68069 68070 12:15 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter 68071 them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. 68072 68073 12:16 But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the 68074 famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their 68075 abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know 68076 that I am the LORD. 68077 68078 12:17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 12:18 Son of 68079 man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling 68080 and with carefulness; 12:19 And say unto the people of the land, Thus 68081 saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of 68082 Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their 68083 water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that 68084 is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. 68085 68086 12:20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the 68087 land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 68088 68089 12:21 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 12:22 Son of man, 68090 what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The 68091 days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? 12:23 Tell them 68092 therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, 68093 and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto 68094 them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. 68095 68096 12:24 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering 68097 divination within the house of Israel. 68098 68099 12:25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak 68100 shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O 68101 rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the 68102 Lord GOD. 68103 68104 12:26 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying. 68105 68106 12:27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision 68107 that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the 68108 times that are far off. 68109 68110 12:28 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall 68111 none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have 68112 spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD. 68113 68114 13:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 13:2 Son of man, 68115 prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou 68116 unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of 68117 the LORD; 13:3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, 68118 that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! 13:4 O Israel, 68119 thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. 68120 68121 13:5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for 68122 the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. 68123 68124 13:6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD 68125 saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to 68126 hope that they would confirm the word. 68127 68128 13:7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying 68129 divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not 68130 spoken? 13:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have 68131 spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, 68132 saith the Lord GOD. 68133 68134 13:9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and 68135 that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, 68136 neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, 68137 neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know 68138 that I am the Lord GOD. 68139 68140 13:10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, 68141 Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, 68142 others daubed it with untempered morter: 13:11 Say unto them which 68143 daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an 68144 overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a 68145 stormy wind shall rend it. 68146 68147 13:12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, 68148 Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? 13:13 Therefore 68149 thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my 68150 fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and 68151 great hailstones in my fury to consume it. 68152 68153 13:14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with 68154 untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the 68155 foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye 68156 shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am 68157 the LORD. 68158 68159 13:15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them 68160 that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The 68161 wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; 13:16 To wit, the 68162 prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see 68163 visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD. 68164 68165 13:17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of 68166 thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou 68167 against them, 13:18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women 68168 that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of 68169 every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and 68170 will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? 13:19 And will ye 68171 pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of 68172 bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls 68173 alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your 68174 lies? 13:20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against 68175 your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and 68176 I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the 68177 souls that ye hunt to make them fly. 68178 68179 13:21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of 68180 your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye 68181 shall know that I am the LORD. 68182 68183 13:22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, 68184 whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, 68185 that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: 68186 13:23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: 68187 for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that 68188 I am the LORD. 68189 68190 14:1 Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before 68191 me. 68192 68193 14:2 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 14:3 Son of man, 68194 these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the 68195 stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be 68196 enquired of at all by them? 14:4 Therefore speak unto them, and say 68197 unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel 68198 that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock 68199 of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD 68200 will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; 68201 14:5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because 68202 they are all estranged from me through their idols. 68203 68204 14:6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; 68205 Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces 68206 from all your abominations. 68207 68208 14:7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that 68209 sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up 68210 his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity 68211 before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning 68212 me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: 14:8 And I will set my face 68213 against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will 68214 cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am 68215 the LORD. 68216 68217 14:9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the 68218 LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon 68219 him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 68220 68221 14:10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the 68222 punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that 68223 seeketh unto him; 14:11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray 68224 from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; 68225 but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord 68226 GOD. 68227 68228 14:12 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, 14:13 Son of man, 68229 when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will 68230 I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread 68231 thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast 68232 from it: 14:14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in 68233 it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, 68234 saith the Lord GOD. 68235 68236 14:15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they 68237 spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because 68238 of the beasts: 14:16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, 68239 saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; 68240 they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. 68241 68242 14:17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through 68243 the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: 14:18 Though these 68244 three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall 68245 deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered 68246 themselves. 68247 68248 14:19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury 68249 upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: 14:20 Though Noah, 68250 Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall 68251 deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own 68252 souls by their righteousness. 68253 68254 14:21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four 68255 sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the 68256 noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? 68257 14:22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be 68258 brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth 68259 unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be 68260 comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even 68261 concerning all that I have brought upon it. 68262 68263 14:23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their 68264 doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that 68265 I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD. 68266 68267 15:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 15:2 Son of man, 68268 what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is 68269 among the trees of the forest? 15:3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do 68270 any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? 68271 15:4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth 68272 both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any 68273 work? 15:5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how 68274 much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath 68275 devoured it, and it is burned? 15:6 Therefore thus saith the Lord 68276 GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have 68277 given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of 68278 Jerusalem. 68279 68280 15:7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one 68281 fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am 68282 the LORD, when I set my face against them. 68283 68284 15:8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a 68285 trespass, saith the Lord GOD. 68286 68287 16:1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 16:2 Son of man, 68288 cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, 16:3 And say, Thus saith the 68289 Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of 68290 Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. 68291 68292 16:4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was 68293 not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast 68294 not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. 68295 68296 16:5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have 68297 compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the 68298 lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. 68299 68300 16:6 And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own 68301 blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said 68302 unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. 68303 68304 16:7 I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou 68305 hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent 68306 ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas 68307 thou wast naked and bare. 68308 68309 16:8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time 68310 was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy 68311 nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with 68312 thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. 68313 68314 16:9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy 68315 blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. 68316 68317 16:10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with 68318 badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered 68319 thee with silk. 68320 68321 16:11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy 68322 hands, and a chain on thy neck. 68323 68324 16:12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, 68325 and a beautiful crown upon thine head. 68326 68327 16:13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was 68328 of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine 68329 flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou 68330 didst prosper into a kingdom. 68331 68332 16:14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for 68333 it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith 68334 the Lord GOD. 68335 68336 16:15 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the 68337 harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on 68338 every one that passed by; his it was. 68339 68340 16:16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high 68341 places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the 68342 like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. 68343 68344 16:17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my 68345 silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, 68346 and didst commit whoredom with them, 16:18 And tookest thy broidered 68347 garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine 68348 incense before them. 68349 68350 16:19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, 68351 wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet 68352 savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD. 68353 68354 16:20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou 68355 hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be 68356 devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, 16:21 That thou 68357 hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass 68358 through the fire for them? 16:22 And in all thine abominations and 68359 thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when 68360 thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. 68361 68362 16:23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto 68363 thee! saith the LORD GOD;) 16:24 That thou hast also built unto thee 68364 an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. 68365 68366 16:25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and 68367 hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every 68368 one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. 68369 68370 16:26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy 68371 neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to 68372 provoke me to anger. 68373 68374 16:27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and 68375 have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will 68376 of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are 68377 ashamed of thy lewd way. 68378 68379 16:28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou 68380 wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet 68381 couldest not be satisfied. 68382 68383 16:29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of 68384 Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied therewith. 68385 68386 16:30 How weak is thine heart, saith the LORD GOD, seeing thou doest 68387 all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman; 16:31 In 68388 that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and 68389 makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an 68390 harlot, in that thou scornest hire; 16:32 But as a wife that 68391 committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband! 68392 16:33 They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all 68393 thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every 68394 side for thy whoredom. 68395 68396 16:34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, 68397 whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou 68398 givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art 68399 contrary. 68400 68401 16:35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD: 16:36 Thus saith 68402 the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness 68403 discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the 68404 idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which 68405 thou didst give unto them; 16:37 Behold, therefore I will gather all 68406 thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou 68407 hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather 68408 them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto 68409 them, that they may see all thy nakedness. 68410 68411 16:38 And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed 68412 blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. 68413 68414 16:39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw 68415 down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they 68416 shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, 68417 and leave thee naked and bare. 68418 68419 16:40 They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall 68420 stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. 68421 68422 16:41 And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute 68423 judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee 68424 to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any 68425 more. 68426 68427 16:42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy 68428 shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more 68429 angry. 68430 68431 16:43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast 68432 fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will 68433 recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt 68434 not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations. 68435 68436 16:44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb 68437 against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. 68438 68439 16:45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her 68440 children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their 68441 husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your 68442 father an Amorite. 68443 68444 16:46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that 68445 dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy 68446 right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. 68447 68448 16:47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their 68449 abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast 68450 corrupted more than they in all thy ways. 68451 68452 16:48 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, 68453 she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. 68454 68455 16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, 68456 fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her 68457 daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 68458 68459 16:50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: 68460 therefore I took them away as I saw good. 68461 68462 16:51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast 68463 multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy 68464 sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done. 68465 68466 16:52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame 68467 for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they 68468 are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear 68469 thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. 68470 68471 16:53 When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom 68472 and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, 68473 then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of 68474 them: 16:54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be 68475 confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto 68476 them. 68477 68478 16:55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their 68479 former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their 68480 former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former 68481 estate. 68482 68483 16:56 For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day 68484 of thy pride, 16:57 Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the 68485 time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round 68486 about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round 68487 about. 68488 68489 16:58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the 68490 LORD. 68491 68492 16:59 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou 68493 hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. 68494 68495 16:60 Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days 68496 of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. 68497 68498 16:61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou 68499 shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will 68500 give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. 68501 68502 16:62 And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know 68503 that I am the LORD: 16:63 That thou mayest remember, and be 68504 confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, 68505 when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the 68506 Lord GOD. 68507 68508 17:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 17:2 Son of man, 68509 put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; 17:3 68510 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, 68511 longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto 68512 Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: 17:4 He cropped off 68513 the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he 68514 set it in a city of merchants. 68515 68516 17:5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a 68517 fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow 68518 tree. 68519 68520 17:6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose 68521 branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so 68522 it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. 68523 68524 17:7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many 68525 feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and 68526 shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the 68527 furrows of her plantation. 68528 68529 17:8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might 68530 bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a 68531 goodly vine. 68532 68533 17:9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not 68534 pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it 68535 wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without 68536 great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. 68537 68538 17:10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not 68539 utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the 68540 furrows where it grew. 68541 68542 17:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 17:12 Say 68543 now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell 68544 them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken 68545 the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to 68546 Babylon; 17:13 And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant 68547 with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty 68548 of the land: 17:14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might not 68549 lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. 68550 68551 17:15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into 68552 Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he 68553 prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the 68554 covenant, and be delivered? 17:16 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, 68555 surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose 68556 oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the 68557 midst of Babylon he shall die. 68558 68559 17:17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company 68560 make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to 68561 cut off many persons: 17:18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking 68562 the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these 68563 things, he shall not escape. 68564 68565 17:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath 68566 that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it 68567 will I recompense upon his own head. 68568 68569 17:20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my 68570 snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there 68571 for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. 68572 68573 17:21 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the 68574 sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and 68575 ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it. 68576 68577 17:22 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch 68578 of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of 68579 his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain 68580 and eminent: 17:23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I 68581 plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a 68582 goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the 68583 shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. 68584 68585 17:24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have 68586 brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up 68587 the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD 68588 have spoken and have done it. 68589 68590 18:1 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, 18:2 What mean 68591 ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, 68592 The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set 68593 on edge? 18:3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have 68594 occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. 68595 68596 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also 68597 the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. 68598 68599 18:5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, 18:6 68600 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes 68601 to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his 68602 neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, 18:7 68603 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his 68604 pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the 68605 hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; 18:8 He that hath 68606 not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath 68607 withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between 68608 man and man, 18:9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my 68609 judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the 68610 Lord GOD. 68611 68612 18:10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that 68613 doeth the like to any one of these things, 18:11 And that doeth not 68614 any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and 68615 defiled his neighbour's wife, 18:12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, 68616 hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath 68617 lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, 18:13 68618 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then 68619 live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall 68620 surely die; his blood shall be upon him. 68621 68622 18:14 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins 68623 which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, 18:15 68624 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his 68625 eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his 68626 neighbour's wife, 18:16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not 68627 withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath 68628 given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a 68629 garment, 18:17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath 68630 not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath 68631 walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his 68632 father, he shall surely live. 68633 68634 18:18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his 68635 brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, 68636 lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. 68637 68638 18:19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the 68639 father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and 68640 hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. 68641 68642 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the 68643 iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of 68644 the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the 68645 wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. 68646 68647 18:21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath 68648 committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and 68649 right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 68650 68651 18:22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be 68652 mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall 68653 live. 68654 68655 18:23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the 68656 Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? 68657 18:24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and 68658 committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that 68659 the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he 68660 hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath 68661 trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. 68662 68663 18:25 Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O house 68664 of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? 18:26 When 68665 a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth 68666 iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall 68667 he die. 68668 68669 18:27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that 68670 he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall 68671 save his soul alive. 68672 68673 18:28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his 68674 transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall 68675 not die. 68676 68677 18:29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the LORD is not equal. 68678 O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? 68679 18:30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one 68680 according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves 68681 from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 68682 68683 18:31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have 68684 transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will 68685 ye die, O house of Israel? 18:32 For I have no pleasure in the death 68686 of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and 68687 live ye. 68688 68689 19:1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 68690 19:2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, 68691 she nourished her whelps among young lions. 68692 68693 19:3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and 68694 it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. 68695 68696 19:4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and 68697 they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. 68698 68699 19:5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then 68700 she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. 68701 68702 19:6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, 68703 and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. 68704 68705 19:7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their 68706 cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the 68707 noise of his roaring. 68708 68709 19:8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the 68710 provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. 68711 68712 19:9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king 68713 of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more 68714 be heard upon the mountains of Israel. 68715 68716 19:10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: 68717 she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. 68718 68719 19:11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, 68720 and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared 68721 in her height with the multitude of her branches. 68722 68723 19:12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, 68724 and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and 68725 withered; the fire consumed them. 68726 68727 19:13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty 68728 ground. 68729 68730 19:14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath 68731 devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to 68732 rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation. 68733 68734 20:1 And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the 68735 tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to 68736 enquire of the LORD, and sat before me. 68737 68738 20:2 Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, 20:3 Son of man, 68739 speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the 68740 Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, 68741 I will not be enquired of by you. 68742 68743 20:4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause 68744 them to know the abominations of their fathers: 20:5 And say unto 68745 them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and 68746 lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made 68747 myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine 68748 hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; 20:6 In the day that I 68749 lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of 68750 Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and 68751 honey, which is the glory of all lands: 20:7 Then said I unto them, 68752 Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not 68753 yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. 68754 68755 20:8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they 68756 did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither 68757 did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my 68758 fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of 68759 the land of Egypt. 68760 68761 20:9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted 68762 before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself 68763 known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. 68764 68765 20:10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, 68766 and brought them into the wilderness. 68767 68768 20:11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which 68769 if a man do, he shall even live in them. 68770 68771 20:12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me 68772 and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. 68773 68774 20:13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: 68775 they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which 68776 if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly 68777 polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the 68778 wilderness, to consume them. 68779 68780 20:14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted 68781 before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. 68782 68783 20:15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I 68784 would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing 68785 with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; 20:16 Because 68786 they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but 68787 polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. 68788 68789 20:17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither 68790 did I make an end of them in the wilderness. 68791 68792 20:18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in 68793 the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor 68794 defile yourselves with their idols: 20:19 I am the LORD your God; walk 68795 in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; 20:20 And hallow 68796 my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may 68797 know that I am the LORD your God. 68798 68799 20:21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked 68800 not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a 68801 man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I 68802 said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger 68803 against them in the wilderness. 68804 68805 20:22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's 68806 sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in 68807 whose sight I brought them forth. 68808 68809 20:23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I 68810 would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the 68811 countries; 20:24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had 68812 despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes 68813 were after their fathers' idols. 68814 68815 20:25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and 68816 judgments whereby they should not live; 20:26 And I polluted them in 68817 their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that 68818 openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that 68819 they might know that I am the LORD. 68820 68821 20:27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say 68822 unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have 68823 blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me. 68824 68825 20:28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I 68826 lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, 68827 and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and 68828 there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also 68829 they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink 68830 offerings. 68831 68832 20:29 Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? 68833 And the name whereof is called Bamah unto this day. 68834 68835 20:30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; 68836 Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye 68837 whoredom after their abominations? 20:31 For when ye offer your 68838 gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute 68839 yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be 68840 enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, 68841 I will not be enquired of by you. 68842 68843 20:32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that 68844 ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, 68845 to serve wood and stone. 68846 68847 20:33 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and 68848 with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over 68849 you: 20:34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather 68850 you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, 68851 and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. 68852 68853 20:35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and 68854 there will I plead with you face to face. 68855 68856 20:36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the 68857 land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. 68858 68859 20:37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you 68860 into the bond of the covenant: 20:38 And I will purge out from among 68861 you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them 68862 forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter 68863 into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 68864 68865 20:39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, 68866 serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not 68867 hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, 68868 and with your idols. 68869 68870 20:40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of 68871 Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all 68872 of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there 68873 will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, 68874 with all your holy things. 68875 68876 20:41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out 68877 from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have 68878 been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. 68879 68880 20:42 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you 68881 into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up 68882 mine hand to give it to your fathers. 68883 68884 20:43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, 68885 wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your 68886 own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. 68887 68888 20:44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I have wrought with 68889 you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor 68890 according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord 68891 GOD. 68892 68893 20:45 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 20:46 Son of 68894 man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the 68895 south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; 20:47 And 68896 say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith 68897 the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall 68898 devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame 68899 shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall 68900 be burned therein. 68901 68902 20:48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it 68903 shall not be quenched. 68904 68905 20:49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak 68906 parables? 21:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 21:2 68907 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward 68908 the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, 21:3 And say 68909 to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, 68910 and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from 68911 thee the righteous and the wicked. 68912 68913 21:4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the 68914 wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against 68915 all flesh from the south to the north: 21:5 That all flesh may know 68916 that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall 68917 not return any more. 68918 68919 21:6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; 68920 and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. 68921 68922 21:7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? 68923 that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every 68924 heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit 68925 shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, 68926 and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD. 68927 68928 21:8 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 21:9 Son of man, 68929 prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is 68930 sharpened, and also furbished: 21:10 It is sharpened to make a sore 68931 slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make 68932 mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. 68933 68934 21:11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: 68935 this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand 68936 of the slayer. 68937 68938 21:12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it 68939 shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the 68940 sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh. 68941 68942 21:13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the 68943 rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. 68944 68945 21:14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands 68946 together. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of 68947 the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which 68948 entereth into their privy chambers. 68949 68950 21:15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that 68951 their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made 68952 bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. 68953 68954 21:16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the 68955 left, whithersoever thy face is set. 68956 68957 21:17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury 68958 to rest: I the LORD have said it. 68959 68960 21:18 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, 21:19 Also, 68961 thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of 68962 Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and 68963 choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. 68964 68965 21:20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the 68966 Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. 68967 68968 21:21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the 68969 head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he 68970 consulted with images, he looked in the liver. 68971 68972 21:22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint 68973 captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice 68974 with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a 68975 mount, and to build a fort. 68976 68977 21:23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, 68978 to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the 68979 iniquity, that they may be taken. 68980 68981 21:24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your 68982 iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, 68983 so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that 68984 ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand. 68985 68986 21:25 And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, 68987 when iniquity shall have an end, 21:26 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove 68988 the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt 68989 him that is low, and abase him that is high. 68990 68991 21:27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no 68992 more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. 68993 68994 21:28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD 68995 concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say 68996 thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is 68997 furbished, to consume because of the glittering: 21:29 Whiles they see 68998 vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee 68999 upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is 69000 come, when their iniquity shall have an end. 69001 69002 21:30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in 69003 the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. 69004 69005 21:31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow 69006 against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand 69007 of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. 69008 69009 21:32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the 69010 midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD 69011 have spoken it. 69012 69013 22:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22:2 Now, 69014 thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? 69015 yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. 69016 69017 22:3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood 69018 in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against 69019 herself to defile herself. 69020 69021 22:4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast 69022 defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast 69023 caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: 69024 therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking 69025 to all countries. 69026 69027 22:5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock 69028 thee, which art infamous and much vexed. 69029 69030 22:6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their 69031 power to shed blood. 69032 69033 22:7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of 69034 thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have 69035 they vexed the fatherless and the widow. 69036 69037 22:8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my 69038 sabbaths. 69039 69040 22:9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they 69041 eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness. 69042 69043 22:10 In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee 69044 have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. 69045 69046 22:11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; 69047 and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in 69048 thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter. 69049 69050 22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken 69051 usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by 69052 extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD. 69053 69054 22:13 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain 69055 which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of 69056 thee. 69057 69058 22:14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the 69059 days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will 69060 do it. 69061 69062 22:15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in 69063 the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee. 69064 69065 22:16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of 69066 the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. 69067 69068 22:17 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22:18 Son of man, 69069 the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and 69070 tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even 69071 the dross of silver. 69072 69073 22:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become 69074 dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of 69075 Jerusalem. 69076 69077 22:20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, 69078 into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; 69079 so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave 69080 you there, and melt you. 69081 69082 22:21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my 69083 wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst therof. 69084 69085 22:22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be 69086 melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have 69087 poured out my fury upon you. 69088 69089 22:23 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22:24 Son of man, 69090 say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon 69091 in the day of indignation. 69092 69093 22:25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like 69094 a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have 69095 taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows 69096 in the midst thereof. 69097 69098 22:26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy 69099 things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, 69100 neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, 69101 and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among 69102 them. 69103 69104 22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the 69105 prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. 69106 69107 22:28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing 69108 vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, 69109 when the LORD hath not spoken. 69110 69111 22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised 69112 robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed 69113 the stranger wrongfully. 69114 69115 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the 69116 hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not 69117 destroy it: but I found none. 69118 69119 22:31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have 69120 consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I 69121 recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD. 69122 69123 23:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 23:2 Son of man, 69124 there were two women, the daughters of one mother: 23:3 And they 69125 committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: 69126 there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of 69127 their virginity. 69128 69129 23:4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her 69130 sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus 69131 were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. 69132 69133 23:5 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on 69134 her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, 23:6 Which were clothed 69135 with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, 69136 horsemen riding upon horses. 69137 69138 23:7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that 69139 were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with 69140 all their idols she defiled herself. 69141 69142 23:8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her 69143 youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her 69144 virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. 69145 69146 23:9 Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into 69147 the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. 69148 69149 23:10 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her 69150 daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among 69151 women; for they had executed judgment upon her. 69152 69153 23:11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in 69154 her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her 69155 sister in her whoredoms. 69156 69157 23:12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers 69158 clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them 69159 desirable young men. 69160 69161 23:13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, 69162 23:14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men 69163 pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with 69164 vermilion, 23:15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in 69165 dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after 69166 the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: 69167 23:16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, 69168 and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. 69169 69170 23:17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they 69171 defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and 69172 her mind was alienated from them. 69173 69174 23:18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: 69175 then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated 69176 from her sister. 69177 69178 23:19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the 69179 days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of 69180 Egypt. 69181 69182 23:20 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh 69183 of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. 69184 69185 23:21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in 69186 bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth. 69187 69188 23:22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will 69189 raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and 69190 I will bring them against thee on every side; 23:23 The Babylonians, 69191 and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians 69192 with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great 69193 lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. 69194 69195 23:24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and 69196 wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee 69197 buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment 69198 before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. 69199 69200 23:25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal 69201 furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and 69202 thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy 69203 daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire. 69204 69205 23:26 They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy 69206 fair jewels. 69207 69208 23:27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy 69209 whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift 69210 up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more. 69211 69212 23:28 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into 69213 the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy 69214 mind is alienated: 23:29 And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and 69215 shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: 69216 and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy 69217 lewdness and thy whoredoms. 69218 69219 23:30 I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a 69220 whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their 69221 idols. 69222 69223 23:31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give 69224 her cup into thine hand. 69225 69226 23:32 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup 69227 deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it 69228 containeth much. 69229 69230 23:33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup 69231 of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. 69232 69233 23:34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break 69234 the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken 69235 it, saith the Lord GOD. 69236 69237 23:35 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten 69238 me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness 69239 and thy whoredoms. 69240 69241 23:36 The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge 69242 Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; 23:37 69243 That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and 69244 with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused 69245 their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, 69246 to devour them. 69247 69248 23:38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my 69249 sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. 69250 69251 23:39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they 69252 came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have 69253 they done in the midst of mine house. 69254 69255 23:40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, 69256 unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou 69257 didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with 69258 ornaments, 23:41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared 69259 before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil. 69260 69261 23:42 And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with 69262 the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, 69263 which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their 69264 heads. 69265 69266 23:43 Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now 69267 commit whoredoms with her, and she with them? 23:44 Yet they went in 69268 unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went 69269 they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. 69270 69271 23:45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of 69272 adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because 69273 they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. 69274 69275 23:46 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon 69276 them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. 69277 69278 23:47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them 69279 with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and 69280 burn up their houses with fire. 69281 69282 23:48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all 69283 women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. 69284 69285 23:49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall 69286 bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 69287 69288 24:1 Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of 69289 the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:2 Son of man, 69290 write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of 69291 Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day. 69292 69293 24:3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, 69294 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water 69295 into it: 24:4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good 69296 piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. 69297 69298 24:5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, 69299 and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. 69300 69301 24:6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the 69302 pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring 69303 it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. 69304 69305 24:7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of 69306 a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; 24:8 69307 That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her 69308 blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. 69309 69310 24:9 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will 69311 even make the pile for fire great. 69312 69313 24:10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it 69314 well, and let the bones be burned. 69315 69316 24:11 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it 69317 may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten 69318 in it, that the scum of it may be consumed. 69319 69320 24:12 She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not 69321 forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. 69322 69323 24:13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and 69324 thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any 69325 more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. 69326 69327 24:14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do 69328 it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; 69329 according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge 69330 thee, saith the Lord GOD. 69331 69332 24:15 Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:16 Son of 69333 man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a 69334 stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears 69335 run down. 69336 69337 24:17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of 69338 thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover 69339 not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. 69340 69341 24:18 So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife 69342 died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded. 69343 69344 24:19 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these 69345 things are to us, that thou doest so? 24:20 Then I answered them, The 69346 word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:21 Speak unto the house of 69347 Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, 69348 the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that 69349 which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have 69350 left shall fall by the sword. 69351 69352 24:22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, 69353 nor eat the bread of men. 69354 69355 24:23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon 69356 your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for 69357 your iniquities, and mourn one toward another. 69358 69359 24:24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath 69360 done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the 69361 Lord GOD. 69362 69363 24:25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take 69364 from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their 69365 eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their 69366 daughters, 24:26 That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto 69367 thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears? 24:27 In that day 69368 shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt 69369 speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and 69370 they shall know that I am the LORD. 69371 69372 25:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 25:2 Son of man, 69373 set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them; 25:3 69374 And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith 69375 the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it 69376 was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; 69377 and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; 25:4 69378 Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a 69379 possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their 69380 dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy 69381 milk. 69382 69383 25:5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a 69384 couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 69385 69386 25:6 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine 69387 hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy 69388 despite against the land of Israel; 25:7 Behold, therefore I will 69389 stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to 69390 the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause 69391 thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou 69392 shalt know that I am the LORD. 69393 69394 25:8 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, 69395 Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen; 25:9 69396 Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from 69397 his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, 69398 Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim, 25:10 Unto the men of the 69399 east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the 69400 Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. 69401 69402 25:11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that 69403 I am the LORD. 69404 69405 25:12 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against 69406 the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and 69407 revenged himself upon them; 25:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I 69408 will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and 69409 beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of 69410 Dedan shall fall by the sword. 69411 69412 25:14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people 69413 Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and 69414 according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord 69415 GOD. 69416 69417 25:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by 69418 revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy 69419 it for the old hatred; 25:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; 69420 Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will 69421 cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast. 69422 69423 25:17 And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious 69424 rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my 69425 vengeance upon them. 69426 69427 26:1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the 69428 month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 26:2 Son of 69429 man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is 69430 broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I 69431 shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: 26:3 Therefore thus saith 69432 the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many 69433 nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come 69434 up. 69435 69436 26:4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her 69437 towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the 69438 top of a rock. 69439 69440 26:5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the 69441 sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a 69442 spoil to the nations. 69443 69444 26:6 And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the 69445 sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD. 69446 69447 26:7 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus 69448 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with 69449 horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much 69450 people. 69451 69452 26:8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he 69453 shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and 69454 lift up the buckler against thee. 69455 69456 26:9 And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his 69457 axes he shall break down thy towers. 69458 69459 26:10 By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover 69460 thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the 69461 wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as 69462 men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. 69463 69464 26:11 With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy 69465 streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong 69466 garrisons shall go down to the ground. 69467 69468 26:12 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of 69469 thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy 69470 pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy 69471 dust in the midst of the water. 69472 69473 26:13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound 69474 of thy harps shall be no more heard. 69475 69476 26:14 And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a 69477 place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD 69478 have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. 69479 69480 26:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at 69481 the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is 69482 made in the midst of thee? 26:16 Then all the princes of the sea 69483 shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put 69484 off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with 69485 trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every 69486 moment, and be astonished at thee. 69487 69488 26:17 And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, 69489 How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the 69490 renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, 69491 which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it! 26:18 Now shall 69492 the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in 69493 the sea shall be troubled at thy departure. 69494 69495 26:19 For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate 69496 city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up 69497 the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee; 26:20 When I 69498 shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the 69499 people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, 69500 in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that 69501 thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the 69502 living; 26:21 I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: 69503 though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith 69504 the Lord GOD. 69505 69506 27:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 27:2 Now, thou 69507 son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus; 27:3 And say unto Tyrus, 69508 O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant 69509 of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou 69510 hast said, I am of perfect beauty. 69511 69512 27:4 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have 69513 perfected thy beauty. 69514 69515 27:5 They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they 69516 have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. 69517 69518 27:6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of 69519 the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles 69520 of Chittim. 69521 69522 27:7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou 69523 spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of 69524 Elishah was that which covered thee. 69525 69526 27:8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise 69527 men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. 69528 69529 27:9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy 69530 calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to 69531 occupy thy merchandise. 69532 69533 27:10 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy 69534 men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth 69535 thy comeliness. 69536 69537 27:11 The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round 69538 about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields 69539 upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect. 69540 69541 27:12 Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind 69542 of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs. 69543 69544 27:13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded 69545 the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. 69546 69547 27:14 They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses 69548 and horsemen and mules. 69549 69550 27:15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the 69551 merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of 69552 ivory and ebony. 69553 69554 27:16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares 69555 of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and 69556 broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. 69557 69558 27:17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they 69559 traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, 69560 and balm. 69561 69562 27:18 Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy 69563 making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and 69564 white wool. 69565 69566 27:19 Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: 69567 bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. 69568 69569 27:20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots. 69570 69571 27:21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in 69572 lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants. 69573 69574 27:22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they 69575 occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious 69576 stones, and gold. 69577 69578 27:23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and 69579 Chilmad, were thy merchants. 69580 69581 27:24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue 69582 clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with 69583 cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. 69584 69585 27:25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou 69586 wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. 69587 69588 27:26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind 69589 hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. 69590 69591 27:27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and 69592 thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all 69593 thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in 69594 the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of 69595 thy ruin. 69596 69597 27:28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. 69598 69599 27:29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of 69600 the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the 69601 land; 27:30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and 69602 shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they 69603 shall wallow themselves in the ashes: 27:31 And they shall make 69604 themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and 69605 they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. 69606 69607 27:32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, 69608 and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the 69609 destroyed in the midst of the sea? 27:33 When thy wares went forth 69610 out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the 69611 kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy 69612 merchandise. 69613 69614 27:34 In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths 69615 of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee 69616 shall fall. 69617 69618 27:35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, 69619 and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their 69620 countenance. 69621 69622 27:36 The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be 69623 a terror, and never shalt be any more. 69624 69625 28:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 28:2 Son of man, 69626 say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine 69627 heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat 69628 of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, 69629 though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: 28:3 Behold, thou art 69630 wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee: 69631 28:4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten 69632 thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: 28:5 69633 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy 69634 riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: 28:6 69635 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart 69636 as the heart of God; 28:7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers 69637 upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their 69638 swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy 69639 brightness. 69640 69641 28:8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the 69642 deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. 69643 69644 28:9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but 69645 thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. 69646 69647 28:10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of 69648 strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. 69649 69650 28:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 28:12 Son of 69651 man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, 69652 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and 69653 perfect in beauty. 69654 69655 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone 69656 was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the 69657 onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, 69658 and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared 69659 in thee in the day that thou wast created. 69660 69661 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee 69662 so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and 69663 down in the midst of the stones of fire. 69664 69665 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast 69666 created, till iniquity was found in thee. 69667 69668 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst 69669 of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast 69670 thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O 69671 covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 69672 69673 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast 69674 corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to 69675 the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. 69676 69677 28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine 69678 iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring 69679 forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will 69680 bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that 69681 behold thee. 69682 69683 28:19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at 69684 thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more. 69685 69686 28:20 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 28:21 Son of 69687 man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it, 28:22 And 69688 say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and 69689 I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I 69690 am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be 69691 sanctified in her. 69692 69693 28:23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; 69694 and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon 69695 her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD. 69696 69697 28:24 And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of 69698 Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that 69699 despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 69700 69701 28:25 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of 69702 Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be 69703 sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell 69704 in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. 69705 69706 28:26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and 69707 plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have 69708 executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; 69709 and they shall know that I am the LORD their God. 69710 69711 29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the 69712 month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 29:2 Son of man, set 69713 thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and 69714 against all Egypt: 29:3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; 69715 Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon 69716 that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is 69717 mine own, and I have made it for myself. 69718 69719 29:4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of 69720 thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of 69721 the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick 69722 unto thy scales. 69723 69724 29:5 And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all 69725 the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou 69726 shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for 69727 meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. 69728 69729 29:6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, 69730 because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 69731 69732 29:7 When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and 69733 rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, 69734 and madest all their loins to be at a stand. 69735 69736 29:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword 69737 upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. 69738 69739 29:9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall 69740 know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and 69741 I have made it. 69742 69743 29:10 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and 69744 I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the 69745 tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. 69746 69747 29:11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall 69748 pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. 69749 69750 29:12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the 69751 countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are 69752 laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the 69753 Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the 69754 countries. 69755 69756 29:13 Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I 69757 gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: 69758 29:14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause 69759 them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their 69760 habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. 69761 69762 29:15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt 69763 itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they 69764 shall no more rule over the nations. 69765 69766 29:16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, 69767 which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look 69768 after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 69769 69770 29:17 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the 69771 first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came 69772 unto me, saying, 29:18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon 69773 caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was 69774 made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his 69775 army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: 29:19 69776 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of 69777 Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her 69778 multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the 69779 wages for his army. 69780 69781 29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he 69782 served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD. 69783 69784 29:21 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud 69785 forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of 69786 them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. 69787 69788 30:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 30:2 Son of man, 69789 prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! 69790 30:3 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy 69791 day; it shall be the time of the heathen. 69792 69793 30:4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in 69794 Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away 69795 her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. 69796 69797 30:5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and 69798 Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them 69799 by the sword. 69800 69801 30:6 Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and 69802 the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall 69803 they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. 69804 69805 30:7 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are 69806 desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are 69807 wasted. 69808 69809 30:8 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in 69810 Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed. 69811 69812 30:9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make 69813 the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, 69814 as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. 69815 69816 30:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt 69817 to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. 69818 69819 30:11 He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall 69820 be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords 69821 against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. 69822 69823 30:12 And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand 69824 of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is 69825 therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. 69826 69827 30:13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I 69828 will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no 69829 more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land 69830 of Egypt. 69831 69832 30:14 And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and 69833 will execute judgments in No. 69834 69835 30:15 And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I 69836 will cut off the multitude of No. 69837 69838 30:16 And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No 69839 shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily. 69840 69841 30:17 The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: 69842 and these cities shall go into captivity. 69843 69844 30:18 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall 69845 break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall 69846 cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters 69847 shall go into captivity. 69848 69849 30:19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that 69850 I am the LORD. 69851 69852 30:20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in 69853 the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, 69854 saying, 30:21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of 69855 Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller 69856 to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. 69857 69858 30:22 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh 69859 king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was 69860 broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. 69861 69862 30:23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will 69863 disperse them through the countries. 69864 69865 30:24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put 69866 my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall 69867 groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 69868 69869 30:25 But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the 69870 arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the 69871 LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, 69872 and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. 69873 69874 30:26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse 69875 them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD. 69876 69877 31:1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in 69878 the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, 69879 saying, 31:2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his 69880 multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? 31:3 Behold, the 69881 Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a 69882 shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the 69883 thick boughs. 69884 69885 31:4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her 69886 rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers unto 69887 all the trees of the field. 69888 69889 31:5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the 69890 field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long 69891 because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. 69892 69893 31:6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under 69894 his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, 69895 and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. 69896 69897 31:7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: 69898 for his root was by great waters. 69899 69900 31:8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees 69901 were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his 69902 branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his 69903 beauty. 69904 69905 31:9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that 69906 all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him. 69907 69908 31:10 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up 69909 thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, 69910 and his heart is lifted up in his height; 31:11 I have therefore 69911 delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall 69912 surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness. 69913 69914 31:12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, 69915 and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his 69916 branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of 69917 the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his 69918 shadow, and have left him. 69919 69920 31:13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all 69921 the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches: 31:14 To the end 69922 that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their 69923 height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither 69924 their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they 69925 are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the 69926 midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. 69927 69928 31:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the 69929 grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I 69930 restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I 69931 caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field 69932 fainted for him. 69933 69934 31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I 69935 cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the 69936 trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, 69937 shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. 69938 69939 31:17 They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain 69940 with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his 69941 shadow in the midst of the heathen. 69942 69943 31:18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the 69944 trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden 69945 unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the 69946 uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh 69947 and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD. 69948 69949 32:1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in 69950 the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, 69951 saying, 32:2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of 69952 Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, 69953 and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy 69954 rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their 69955 rivers. 69956 69957 32:3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over 69958 thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my 69959 net. 69960 69961 32:4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon 69962 the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain 69963 upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee. 69964 69965 32:5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys 69966 with thy height. 69967 69968 32:6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, 69969 even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. 69970 69971 32:7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make 69972 the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the 69973 moon shall not give her light. 69974 69975 32:8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and 69976 set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. 69977 69978 32:9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy 69979 destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not 69980 known. 69981 69982 32:10 Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings 69983 shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword 69984 before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his 69985 own life, in the day of thy fall. 69986 69987 32:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon 69988 shall come upon thee. 69989 69990 32:12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, 69991 the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the 69992 pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. 69993 69994 32:13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great 69995 waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the 69996 hoofs of beasts trouble them. 69997 69998 32:14 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to 69999 run like oil, saith the Lord GOD. 70000 70001 32:15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country 70002 shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all 70003 them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD. 70004 70005 32:16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the 70006 daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, 70007 even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD. 70008 70009 32:17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day 70010 of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 32:18 70011 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even 70012 her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of 70013 the earth, with them that go down into the pit. 70014 70015 32:19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with 70016 the uncircumcised. 70017 70018 32:20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the 70019 sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. 70020 70021 32:21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst 70022 of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie 70023 uncircumcised, slain by the sword. 70024 70025 32:22 Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: 70026 all of them slain, fallen by the sword: 32:23 Whose graves are set in 70027 the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of 70028 them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of 70029 the living. 70030 70031 32:24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all 70032 of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised 70033 into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the 70034 land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go 70035 down to the pit. 70036 70037 32:25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her 70038 multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, 70039 slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the 70040 living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the 70041 pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain. 70042 70043 32:26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are 70044 round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though 70045 they caused their terror in the land of the living. 70046 70047 32:27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the 70048 uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: 70049 and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their 70050 iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of 70051 the mighty in the land of the living. 70052 70053 32:28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and 70054 shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. 70055 70056 32:29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their 70057 might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie 70058 with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit. 70059 70060 32:30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the 70061 Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they 70062 are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that 70063 be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to 70064 the pit. 70065 70066 32:31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his 70067 multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the 70068 Lord GOD. 70069 70070 32:32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he 70071 shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are 70072 slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the 70073 Lord GOD. 70074 70075 33:1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 33:2 Son of man, 70076 speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring 70077 the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their 70078 coasts, and set him for their watchman: 33:3 If when he seeth the 70079 sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; 70080 33:4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not 70081 warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon 70082 his own head. 70083 70084 33:5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his 70085 blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his 70086 soul. 70087 70088 33:6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, 70089 and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person 70090 from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will 70091 I require at the watchman's hand. 70092 70093 33:7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house 70094 of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn 70095 them from me. 70096 70097 33:8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; 70098 if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked 70099 man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine 70100 hand. 70101 70102 33:9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; 70103 if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou 70104 hast delivered thy soul. 70105 70106 33:10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; 70107 Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, 70108 and we pine away in them, how should we then live? 33:11 Say unto 70109 them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death 70110 of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn 70111 ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of 70112 Israel? 33:12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of 70113 thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him 70114 in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, 70115 he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his 70116 wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his 70117 righteousness in the day that he sinneth. 70118 70119 33:13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if 70120 he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his 70121 righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he 70122 hath committed, he shall die for it. 70123 70124 33:14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he 70125 turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; 33:15 If the 70126 wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the 70127 statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, 70128 he shall not die. 70129 70130 33:16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto 70131 him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely 70132 live. 70133 70134 33:17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not 70135 equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. 70136 70137 33:18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and 70138 committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. 70139 70140 33:19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is 70141 lawful and right, he shall live thereby. 70142 70143 33:20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of 70144 Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. 70145 70146 33:21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the 70147 tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped 70148 out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. 70149 70150 33:22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he 70151 that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in 70152 the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. 70153 70154 33:23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 33:24 Son of 70155 man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, 70156 saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; 70157 the land is given us for inheritance. 70158 70159 33:25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with 70160 the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: 70161 and shall ye possess the land? 33:26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye 70162 work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and 70163 shall ye possess the land? 33:27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith 70164 the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall 70165 by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the 70166 beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves 70167 shall die of the pestilence. 70168 70169 33:28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her 70170 strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, 70171 that none shall pass through. 70172 70173 33:29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the 70174 land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have 70175 committed. 70176 70177 33:30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are 70178 talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and 70179 speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray 70180 you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. 70181 70182 33:31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit 70183 before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not 70184 do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart 70185 goeth after their covetousness. 70186 70187 33:32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that 70188 hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they 70189 hear thy words, but they do them not. 70190 70191 33:33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall 70192 they know that a prophet hath been among them. 70193 70194 34:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 34:2 Son of man, 70195 prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, 70196 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of 70197 Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the 70198 flocks? 34:3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill 70199 them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. 70200 70201 34:4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed 70202 that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, 70203 neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have 70204 ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye 70205 ruled them. 70206 70207 34:5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they 70208 became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. 70209 70210 34:6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high 70211 hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and 70212 none did search or seek after them. 70213 70214 34:7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 34:8 As I 70215 live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and 70216 my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no 70217 shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the 70218 shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; 34:9 Therefore, O ye 70219 shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 34:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; 70220 Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at 70221 their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither 70222 shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my 70223 flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. 70224 70225 34:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search 70226 my sheep, and seek them out. 70227 70228 34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among 70229 his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will 70230 deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the 70231 cloudy and dark day. 70232 70233 34:13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from 70234 the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them 70235 upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited 70236 places of the country. 70237 70238 34:14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains 70239 of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, 70240 and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. 70241 70242 34:15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith 70243 the Lord GOD. 70244 70245 34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was 70246 driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will 70247 strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the 70248 strong; I will feed them with judgment. 70249 70250 34:17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I 70251 judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. 70252 70253 34:18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good 70254 pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your 70255 pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the 70256 residue with your feet? 34:19 And as for my flock, they eat that 70257 which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye 70258 have fouled with your feet. 70259 70260 34:20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, 70261 will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. 70262 70263 34:21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed 70264 all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; 70265 34:22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a 70266 prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. 70267 70268 34:23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed 70269 them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their 70270 shepherd. 70271 70272 34:24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince 70273 among them; I the LORD have spoken it. 70274 70275 34:25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause 70276 the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely 70277 in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 70278 70279 34:26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a 70280 blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; 70281 there shall be showers of blessing. 70282 70283 34:27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth 70284 shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and 70285 shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their 70286 yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served 70287 themselves of them. 70288 70289 34:28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall 70290 the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and 70291 none shall make them afraid. 70292 70293 34:29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall 70294 be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of 70295 the heathen any more. 70296 70297 34:30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and 70298 that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord 70299 GOD. 70300 70301 34:31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your 70302 God, saith the Lord GOD. 70303 70304 35:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 35:2 Son of 70305 man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 35:3 70306 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am 70307 against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I 70308 will make thee most desolate. 70309 70310 35:4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou 70311 shalt know that I am the LORD. 70312 70313 35:5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood 70314 of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of 70315 their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: 35:6 70316 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto 70317 blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, 70318 even blood shall pursue thee. 70319 70320 35:7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it 70321 him that passeth out and him that returneth. 70322 70323 35:8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, 70324 and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are 70325 slain with the sword. 70326 70327 35:9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not 70328 return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 70329 70330 35:10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two 70331 countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was 70332 there: 35:11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do 70333 according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast 70334 used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known 70335 among them, when I have judged thee. 70336 70337 35:12 And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard 70338 all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of 70339 Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. 70340 70341 35:13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have 70342 multiplied your words against me: I have heard them. 70343 70344 35:14 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will 70345 make thee desolate. 70346 70347 35:15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, 70348 because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be 70349 desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall 70350 know that I am the LORD. 70351 70352 36:1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and 70353 say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: 36:2 Thus 70354 saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even 70355 the ancient high places are ours in possession: 36:3 Therefore 70356 prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you 70357 desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a 70358 possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the 70359 lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: 36:4 Therefore, ye 70360 mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the 70361 Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the 70362 valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, 70363 which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that 70364 are round about; 36:5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the 70365 fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, 70366 and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their 70367 possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to 70368 cast it out for a prey. 70369 70370 36:6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto 70371 the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, 70372 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in 70373 my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen: 36:7 70374 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely 70375 the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. 70376 70377 36:8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your 70378 branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at 70379 hand to come. 70380 70381 36:9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall 70382 be tilled and sown: 36:10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the 70383 house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, 70384 and the wastes shall be builded: 36:11 And I will multiply upon you 70385 man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will 70386 settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at 70387 your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 70388 70389 36:12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; 70390 and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and 70391 thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men. 70392 70393 36:13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land 70394 devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations: 36:14 Therefore thou 70395 shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith 70396 the Lord GOD. 70397 70398 36:15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the 70399 heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people 70400 any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith 70401 the Lord GOD. 70402 70403 36:16 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 36:17 Son of 70404 man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it 70405 by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the 70406 uncleanness of a removed woman. 70407 70408 36:18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had 70409 shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted 70410 it: 36:19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were 70411 dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according 70412 to their doings I judged them. 70413 70414 36:20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they 70415 profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of 70416 the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. 70417 70418 36:21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had 70419 profaned among the heathen, whither they went. 70420 70421 36:22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; 70422 I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy 70423 name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye 70424 went. 70425 70426 36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the 70427 heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen 70428 shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be 70429 sanctified in you before their eyes. 70430 70431 36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out 70432 of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. 70433 70434 36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be 70435 clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I 70436 cleanse you. 70437 70438 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put 70439 within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, 70440 and I will give you an heart of flesh. 70441 70442 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my 70443 statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. 70444 70445 36:28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and 70446 ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. 70447 70448 36:29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will 70449 call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. 70450 70451 36:30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of 70452 the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the 70453 heathen. 70454 70455 36:31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that 70456 were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your 70457 iniquities and for your abominations. 70458 70459 36:32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known 70460 unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of 70461 Israel. 70462 70463 36:33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed 70464 you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the 70465 cities, and the wastes shall be builded. 70466 70467 36:34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate 70468 in the sight of all that passed by. 70469 70470 36:35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like 70471 the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are 70472 become fenced, and are inhabited. 70473 70474 36:36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I 70475 the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I 70476 the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. 70477 70478 36:37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by 70479 the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men 70480 like a flock. 70481 70482 36:38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn 70483 feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and 70484 they shall know that I am the LORD. 70485 70486 37:1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the 70487 spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which 70488 was full of bones, 37:2 And caused me to pass by them round about: 70489 and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they 70490 were very dry. 70491 70492 37:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I 70493 answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. 70494 70495 37:4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto 70496 them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. 70497 70498 37:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause 70499 breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 37:6 And I will lay 70500 sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with 70501 skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that 70502 I am the LORD. 70503 70504 37:7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there 70505 was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone 70506 to his bone. 70507 70508 37:8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon 70509 them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in 70510 them. 70511 70512 37:9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of 70513 man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four 70514 winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. 70515 70516 37:10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into 70517 them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great 70518 army. 70519 70520 37:11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole 70521 house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope 70522 is lost: we are cut off for our parts. 70523 70524 37:12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; 70525 Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up 70526 out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. 70527 70528 37:13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your 70529 graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, 37:14 And 70530 shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you 70531 in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, 70532 and performed it, saith the LORD. 70533 70534 37:15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 37:16 Moreover, 70535 thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, 70536 and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another 70537 stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for all 70538 the house of Israel his companions: 37:17 And join them one to another 70539 into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. 70540 70541 37:18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, 70542 saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? 37:19 Say 70543 unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of 70544 Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his 70545 fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and 70546 make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. 70547 70548 37:20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand 70549 before their eyes. 70550 70551 37:21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take 70552 the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, 70553 and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own 70554 land: 37:22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the 70555 mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they 70556 shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two 70557 kingdoms any more at all. 70558 70559 37:23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, 70560 nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their 70561 transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, 70562 wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my 70563 people, and I will be their God. 70564 70565 37:24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall 70566 have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe 70567 my statutes, and do them. 70568 70569 37:25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my 70570 servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell 70571 therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children 70572 for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. 70573 70574 37:26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be 70575 an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply 70576 them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. 70577 70578 37:27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, 70579 and they shall be my people. 70580 70581 37:28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, 70582 when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore. 70583 70584 38:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 38:2 Son of man, 70585 set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of 70586 Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 38:3 And say, Thus saith 70587 the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of 70588 Meshech and Tubal: 38:4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into 70589 thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and 70590 horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great 70591 company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 38:5 70592 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and 70593 helmet: 38:6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the 70594 north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. 70595 70596 38:7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy 70597 company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. 70598 70599 38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou 70600 shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is 70601 gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which 70602 have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, 70603 and they shall dwell safely all of them. 70604 70605 38:9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a 70606 cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with 70607 thee. 70608 70609 38:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the 70610 same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an 70611 evil thought: 38:11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of 70612 unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell 70613 safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars 70614 nor gates, 38:12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine 70615 hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the 70616 people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle 70617 and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. 70618 70619 38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the 70620 young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a 70621 spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away 70622 silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? 70623 38:14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the 70624 Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt 70625 thou not know it? 38:15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the 70626 north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon 70627 horses, a great company, and a mighty army: 38:16 And thou shalt come 70628 up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall 70629 be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the 70630 heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before 70631 their eyes. 70632 70633 38:17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in 70634 old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in 70635 those days many years that I would bring thee against them? 38:18 And 70636 it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the 70637 land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my 70638 face. 70639 70640 38:19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, 70641 Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of 70642 Israel; 38:20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the 70643 heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that 70644 creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the 70645 earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown 70646 down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to 70647 the ground. 70648 70649 38:21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my 70650 mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his 70651 brother. 70652 70653 38:22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and 70654 I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people 70655 that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, 70656 and brimstone. 70657 70658 38:23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be 70659 known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the 70660 LORD. 70661 70662 39:1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus 70663 saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince 70664 of Meshech and Tubal: 39:2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but 70665 the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north 70666 parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: 39:3 And I 70667 will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows 70668 to fall out of thy right hand. 70669 70670 39:4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy 70671 bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the 70672 ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be 70673 devoured. 70674 70675 39:5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith 70676 the Lord GOD. 70677 70678 39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell 70679 carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. 70680 70681 39:7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people 70682 Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the 70683 heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. 70684 70685 39:8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is 70686 the day whereof I have spoken. 70687 70688 39:9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and 70689 shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the 70690 bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, 70691 and they shall burn them with fire seven years: 39:10 So that they 70692 shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the 70693 forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall 70694 spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith 70695 the Lord GOD. 70696 70697 39:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog 70698 a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the 70699 east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and 70700 there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call 70701 it The valley of Hamongog. 70702 70703 39:12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, 70704 that they may cleanse the land. 70705 70706 39:13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be 70707 to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord 70708 GOD. 70709 70710 39:14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing 70711 through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon 70712 the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months 70713 shall they search. 70714 70715 39:15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a 70716 man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have 70717 buried it in the valley of Hamongog. 70718 70719 39:16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they 70720 cleanse the land. 70721 70722 39:17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every 70723 feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, 70724 and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do 70725 sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of 70726 Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. 70727 70728 39:18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the 70729 princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, 70730 all of them fatlings of Bashan. 70731 70732 39:19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be 70733 drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. 70734 70735 39:20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, 70736 with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD. 70737 70738 39:21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen 70739 shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have 70740 laid upon them. 70741 70742 39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God 70743 from that day and forward. 70744 70745 39:23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into 70746 captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, 70747 therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of 70748 their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. 70749 70750 39:24 According to their uncleanness and according to their 70751 transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. 70752 70753 39:25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the 70754 captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and 70755 will be jealous for my holy name; 39:26 After that they have borne 70756 their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed 70757 against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them 70758 afraid. 70759 70760 39:27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered 70761 them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the 70762 sight of many nations; 39:28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD 70763 their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the 70764 heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left 70765 none of them any more there. 70766 70767 39:29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have 70768 poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. 70769 70770 40:1 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning 70771 of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year 70772 after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the 70773 LORD was upon me, and brought me thither. 70774 70775 40:2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and 70776 set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city 70777 on the south. 70778 70779 40:3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose 70780 appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in 70781 his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. 70782 70783 40:4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and 70784 hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew 70785 thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou 70786 brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel. 70787 70788 40:5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in 70789 the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an 70790 hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; 70791 and the height, one reed. 70792 70793 40:6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and 70794 went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, 70795 which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which 70796 was one reed broad. 70797 70798 40:7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; 70799 and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of 70800 the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed. 70801 70802 40:8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed. 70803 70804 40:9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the 70805 posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward. 70806 70807 40:10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this 70808 side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the 70809 posts had one measure on this side and on that side. 70810 70811 40:11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten 70812 cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. 70813 70814 40:12 The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this 70815 side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little 70816 chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. 70817 70818 40:13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to 70819 the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door 70820 against door. 70821 70822 40:14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of 70823 the court round about the gate. 70824 70825 40:15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of 70826 the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits. 70827 70828 40:16 And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to 70829 their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: 70830 and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm 70831 trees. 70832 70833 40:17 Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were 70834 chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty 70835 chambers were upon the pavement. 70836 70837 40:18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the 70838 length of the gates was the lower pavement. 70839 70840 40:19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower 70841 gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits 70842 eastward and northward. 70843 70844 40:20 And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, 70845 he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof. 70846 70847 40:21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and 70848 three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were 70849 after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty 70850 cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. 70851 70852 40:22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were 70853 after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they 70854 went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before 70855 them. 70856 70857 40:23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward 70858 the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an 70859 hundred cubits. 70860 70861 40:24 After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate 70862 toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches 70863 thereof according to these measures. 70864 70865 40:25 And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round 70866 about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the 70867 breadth five and twenty cubits. 70868 70869 40:26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches 70870 thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and 70871 another on that side, upon the posts thereof. 70872 70873 40:27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he 70874 measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits. 70875 70876 40:28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he 70877 measured the south gate according to these measures; 40:29 And the 70878 little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches 70879 thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and 70880 in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five 70881 and twenty cubits broad. 70882 70883 40:30 And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and 70884 five cubits broad. 70885 70886 40:31 And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm 70887 trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight 70888 steps. 70889 70890 40:32 And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he 70891 measured the gate according to these measures. 70892 70893 40:33 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the 70894 arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were 70895 windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty 70896 cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. 70897 70898 40:34 And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm 70899 trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and 70900 the going up to it had eight steps. 70901 70902 40:35 And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according 70903 to these measures; 40:36 The little chambers thereof, the posts 70904 thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: 70905 the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. 70906 70907 40:37 And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm 70908 trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and 70909 the going up to it had eight steps. 70910 70911 40:38 And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of 70912 the gates, where they washed the burnt offering. 70913 70914 40:39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and 70915 two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the 70916 sin offering and the trespass offering. 70917 70918 40:40 And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the 70919 north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the 70920 porch of the gate, were two tables. 70921 70922 40:41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by 70923 the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their 70924 sacrifices. 70925 70926 40:42 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, 70927 of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one 70928 cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they 70929 slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice. 70930 70931 40:43 And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and 70932 upon the tables was the flesh of the offering. 70933 70934 40:44 And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in 70935 the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their 70936 prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having 70937 the prospect toward the north. 70938 70939 40:45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the 70940 south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house. 70941 70942 40:46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the 70943 priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of 70944 Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister 70945 unto him. 70946 70947 40:47 So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred 70948 cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house. 70949 70950 40:48 And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each 70951 post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that 70952 side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and 70953 three cubits on that side. 70954 70955 40:49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth 70956 eleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to 70957 it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another 70958 on that side. 70959 70960 41:1 Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, 70961 six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other 70962 side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle. 70963 70964 41:2 And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the 70965 door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other 70966 side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the 70967 breadth, twenty cubits. 70968 70969 41:3 Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two 70970 cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven 70971 cubits. 70972 70973 41:4 So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the 70974 breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This 70975 is the most holy place. 70976 70977 41:5 After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the 70978 breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on 70979 every side. 70980 70981 41:6 And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in 70982 order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the 70983 side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not 70984 hold in the wall of the house. 70985 70986 41:7 And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to 70987 the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still 70988 upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was 70989 still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest 70990 by the midst. 70991 70992 41:8 I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations 70993 of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits. 70994 70995 41:9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber 70996 without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the 70997 side chambers that were within. 70998 70999 41:10 And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round 71000 about the house on every side. 71001 71002 41:11 And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that 71003 was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the 71004 south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits 71005 round about. 71006 71007 41:12 Now the building that was before the separate place at the end 71008 toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building 71009 was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety 71010 cubits. 71011 71012 41:13 So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the 71013 separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred 71014 cubits long; 41:14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of 71015 the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits. 71016 71017 41:15 And he measured the length of the building over against the 71018 separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the 71019 one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner 71020 temple, and the porches of the court; 41:16 The door posts, and the 71021 narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, 71022 over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the 71023 ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; 41:17 To that 71024 above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the 71025 wall round about within and without, by measure. 71026 71027 41:18 And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm 71028 tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two 71029 faces; 41:19 So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the 71030 one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the 71031 other side: it was made through all the house round about. 71032 71033 41:20 From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm 71034 trees made, and on the wall of the temple. 71035 71036 41:21 The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the 71037 sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other. 71038 71039 41:22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof 71040 two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the 71041 walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table 71042 that is before the LORD. 71043 71044 41:23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. 71045 71046 41:24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two 71047 leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door. 71048 71049 41:25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, 71050 cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there 71051 were thick planks upon the face of the porch without. 71052 71053 41:26 And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and 71054 on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side 71055 chambers of the house, and thick planks. 71056 71057 42:1 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the 71058 north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the 71059 separate place, and which was before the building toward the north. 71060 71061 42:2 Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and 71062 the breadth was fifty cubits. 71063 71064 42:3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, 71065 and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was 71066 gallery against gallery in three stories. 71067 71068 42:4 And before the chambers was a walk to ten cubits breadth inward, 71069 a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north. 71070 71071 42:5 Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were 71072 higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the 71073 building. 71074 71075 42:6 For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the 71076 pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than 71077 the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. 71078 71079 42:7 And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward 71080 the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof 71081 was fifty cubits. 71082 71083 42:8 For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was 71084 fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits. 71085 71086 42:9 And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as 71087 one goeth into them from the utter court. 71088 71089 42:10 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court 71090 toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the 71091 building. 71092 71093 42:11 And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers 71094 which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: 71095 and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and 71096 according to their doors. 71097 71098 42:12 And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the 71099 south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before 71100 the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them. 71101 71102 42:13 Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, 71103 which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the 71104 priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: 71105 there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and 71106 the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy. 71107 71108 42:14 When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of 71109 the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their 71110 garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on 71111 other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the 71112 people. 71113 71114 42:15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he 71115 brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, 71116 and measured it round about. 71117 71118 42:16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred 71119 reeds, with the measuring reed round about. 71120 71121 42:17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the 71122 measuring reed round about. 71123 71124 42:18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the 71125 measuring reed. 71126 71127 42:19 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred 71128 reeds with the measuring reed. 71129 71130 42:20 He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, 71131 five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation 71132 between the sanctuary and the profane place. 71133 71134 43:1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh 71135 toward the east: 43:2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came 71136 from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many 71137 waters: and the earth shined with his glory. 71138 71139 43:3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, 71140 even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the 71141 city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river 71142 Chebar; and I fell upon my face. 71143 71144 43:4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the 71145 gate whose prospect is toward the east. 71146 71147 43:5 So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; 71148 and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. 71149 71150 43:6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man 71151 stood by me. 71152 71153 43:7 And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the 71154 place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the 71155 children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of 71156 Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their 71157 whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places. 71158 71159 43:8 In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their 71160 post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even 71161 defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: 71162 wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. 71163 71164 43:9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their 71165 kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever. 71166 71167 43:10 Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that 71168 they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the 71169 pattern. 71170 71171 43:11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the 71172 form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out 71173 thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and 71174 all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the 71175 laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the 71176 whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them. 71177 71178 43:12 This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the 71179 whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is 71180 the law of the house. 71181 71182 43:13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The 71183 cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a 71184 cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge 71185 thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher 71186 place of the altar. 71187 71188 43:14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle 71189 shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser 71190 settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the 71191 breadth one cubit. 71192 71193 43:15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward 71194 shall be four horns. 71195 71196 43:16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square 71197 in the four squares thereof. 71198 71199 43:17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad 71200 in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a 71201 cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs 71202 shall look toward the east. 71203 71204 43:18 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These 71205 are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to 71206 offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. 71207 71208 43:19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the 71209 seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the 71210 Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering. 71211 71212 43:20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four 71213 horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the 71214 border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it. 71215 71216 43:21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he 71217 shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the 71218 sanctuary. 71219 71220 43:22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats 71221 without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, 71222 as they did cleanse it with the bullock. 71223 71224 43:23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a 71225 young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without 71226 blemish. 71227 71228 43:24 And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall 71229 cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering 71230 unto the LORD. 71231 71232 43:25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin 71233 offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of 71234 the flock, without blemish. 71235 71236 43:26 Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they 71237 shall consecrate themselves. 71238 71239 43:27 And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the 71240 eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt 71241 offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept 71242 you, saith the Lord GOD. 71243 71244 44:1 Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward 71245 sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. 71246 71247 44:2 Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not 71248 be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God 71249 of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. 71250 71251 44:3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread 71252 before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, 71253 and shall go out by the way of the same. 71254 71255 44:4 Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: 71256 and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of 71257 the LORD: and I fell upon my face. 71258 71259 44:5 And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with 71260 thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee 71261 concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the 71262 laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every 71263 going forth of the sanctuary. 71264 71265 44:6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of 71266 Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice 71267 you of all your abominations, 44:7 In that ye have brought into my 71268 sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in 71269 flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye 71270 offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my 71271 covenant because of all your abominations. 71272 71273 44:8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have 71274 set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. 71275 71276 44:9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor 71277 uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger 71278 that is among the children of Israel. 71279 71280 44:10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went 71281 astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall 71282 even bear their iniquity. 71283 71284 44:11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at 71285 the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay 71286 the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall 71287 stand before them to minister unto them. 71288 71289 44:12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused 71290 the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up 71291 mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their 71292 iniquity. 71293 71294 44:13 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a 71295 priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most 71296 holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations 71297 which they have committed. 71298 71299 44:14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all 71300 the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein. 71301 71302 44:15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the 71303 charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from 71304 me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall 71305 stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord 71306 GOD: 44:16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come 71307 near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge. 71308 71309 44:17 And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates 71310 of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no 71311 wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the 71312 inner court, and within. 71313 71314 44:18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have 71315 linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with 71316 any thing that causeth sweat. 71317 71318 44:19 And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter 71319 court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they 71320 ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on 71321 other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their 71322 garments. 71323 71324 44:20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to 71325 grow long; they shall only poll their heads. 71326 71327 44:21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the 71328 inner court. 71329 71330 44:22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is 71331 put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of 71332 Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. 71333 71334 44:23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy 71335 and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the 71336 clean. 71337 71338 44:24 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall 71339 judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my 71340 statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. 71341 71342 44:25 And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but 71343 for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, 71344 or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves. 71345 71346 44:26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days. 71347 71348 44:27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner 71349 court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, 71350 saith the Lord GOD. 71351 71352 44:28 And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their 71353 inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am 71354 their possession. 71355 71356 44:29 They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the 71357 trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be 71358 theirs. 71359 71360 44:30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every 71361 oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the 71362 priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, 71363 that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house. 71364 71365 44:31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, 71366 or torn, whether it be fowl or beast. 71367 71368 45:1 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, 71369 ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: 71370 the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and 71371 the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the 71372 borders thereof round about. 71373 71374 45:2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, 71375 with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits 71376 round about for the suburbs thereof. 71377 71378 45:3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and 71379 twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be 71380 the sanctuary and the most holy place. 71381 71382 45:4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the 71383 ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the 71384 LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for 71385 the sanctuary. 71386 71387 45:5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand 71388 of breadth shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have 71389 for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers. 71390 71391 45:6 And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand 71392 broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of 71393 the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel. 71394 71395 45:7 And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the 71396 other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession 71397 of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the 71398 possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east 71399 side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the 71400 portions, from the west border unto the east border. 71401 71402 45:8 In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes 71403 shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they 71404 give to the house of Israel according to their tribes. 71405 71406 45:9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: 71407 remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away 71408 your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD. 71409 71410 45:10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 71411 71412 45:11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath 71413 may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part 71414 of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. 71415 71416 45:12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and 71417 twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. 71418 71419 45:13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an 71420 ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an 71421 ephah of an homer of barley: 45:14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, 71422 the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the 71423 cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: 45:15 71424 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat 71425 pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and 71426 for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord 71427 GOD. 71428 71429 45:16 All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the 71430 prince in Israel. 71431 71432 45:17 And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and 71433 meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new 71434 moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: 71435 he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the 71436 burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for 71437 the house of Israel. 71438 71439 45:18 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of 71440 the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and 71441 cleanse the sanctuary: 45:19 And the priest shall take of the blood of 71442 the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the 71443 four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the 71444 gate of the inner court. 71445 71446 45:20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one 71447 that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the 71448 house. 71449 71450 45:21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall 71451 have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be 71452 eaten. 71453 71454 45:22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for 71455 all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering. 71456 71457 45:23 And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to 71458 the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the 71459 seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering. 71460 71461 45:24 And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, 71462 and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah. 71463 71464 45:25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall 71465 he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin 71466 offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat 71467 offering, and according to the oil. 71468 71469 46:1 Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh 71470 toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath 71471 it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. 71472 71473 46:2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate 71474 without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests 71475 shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall 71476 worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the 71477 gate shall not be shut until the evening. 71478 71479 46:3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this 71480 gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons. 71481 71482 46:4 And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD 71483 in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram 71484 without blemish. 71485 71486 46:5 And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat 71487 offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil 71488 to an ephah. 71489 71490 46:6 And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock 71491 without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without 71492 blemish. 71493 71494 46:7 And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and 71495 an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall 71496 attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah. 71497 71498 46:8 And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the 71499 porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof. 71500 71501 46:9 But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the 71502 solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to 71503 worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that 71504 entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the 71505 north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came 71506 in, but shall go forth over against it. 71507 71508 46:10 And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go 71509 in; and when they go forth, shall go forth. 71510 71511 46:11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall 71512 be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as 71513 he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. 71514 71515 46:12 Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or 71516 peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the 71517 gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt 71518 offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then 71519 he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. 71520 71521 46:13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a 71522 lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every 71523 morning. 71524 71525 46:14 And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the 71526 sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper 71527 with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual 71528 ordinance unto the LORD. 71529 71530 46:15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the 71531 oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering. 71532 71533 46:16 Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of 71534 his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be 71535 their possession by inheritance. 71536 71537 46:17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, 71538 then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to 71539 the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them. 71540 71541 46:18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance 71542 by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall 71543 give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be 71544 not scattered every man from his possession. 71545 71546 46:19 After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of 71547 the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward 71548 the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward. 71549 71550 46:20 Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall 71551 boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake 71552 the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, 71553 to sanctify the people. 71554 71555 46:21 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to 71556 pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of 71557 the court there was a court. 71558 71559 46:22 In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of 71560 forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one 71561 measure. 71562 71563 46:23 And there was a row of building round about in them, round about 71564 them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round 71565 about. 71566 71567 46:24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, 71568 where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the 71569 people. 71570 71571 47:1 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, 71572 behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house 71573 eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and 71574 the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at 71575 the south side of the altar. 71576 71577 47:2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led 71578 me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh 71579 eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. 71580 71581 47:3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth 71582 eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the 71583 waters; the waters were to the ankles. 71584 71585 47:4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; 71586 the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and 71587 brought me through; the waters were to the loins. 71588 71589 47:5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could 71590 not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river 71591 that could not be passed over. 71592 71593 47:6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he 71594 brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. 71595 71596 47:7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were 71597 very many trees on the one side and on the other. 71598 71599 47:8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east 71600 country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being 71601 brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. 71602 71603 47:9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which 71604 moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there 71605 shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall 71606 come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live 71607 whither the river cometh. 71608 71609 47:10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it 71610 from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth 71611 nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the 71612 great sea, exceeding many. 71613 71614 47:11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not 71615 be healed; they shall be given to salt. 71616 71617 47:12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that 71618 side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, 71619 neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new 71620 fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of 71621 the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf 71622 thereof for medicine. 71623 71624 47:13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye 71625 shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: 71626 Joseph shall have two portions. 71627 71628 47:14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the 71629 which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this 71630 land shall fall unto you for inheritance. 71631 71632 47:15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, 71633 from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; 47:16 71634 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and 71635 the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. 71636 71637 47:17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of 71638 Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this 71639 is the north side. 71640 71641 47:18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from 71642 Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from 71643 the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side. 71644 71645 47:19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of 71646 strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south 71647 side southward. 71648 71649 47:20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till 71650 a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side. 71651 71652 47:21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of 71653 Israel. 71654 71655 47:22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an 71656 inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, 71657 which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as 71658 born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have 71659 inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 71660 71661 47:23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger 71662 sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord 71663 GOD. 71664 71665 48:1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the 71666 coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the 71667 border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are 71668 his sides east and west; a portion for Dan. 71669 71670 48:2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, 71671 a portion for Asher. 71672 71673 48:3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west 71674 side, a portion for Naphtali. 71675 71676 48:4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west 71677 side, a portion for Manasseh. 71678 71679 48:5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west 71680 side, a portion for Ephraim. 71681 71682 48:6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the 71683 west side, a portion for Reuben. 71684 71685 48:7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west 71686 side, a portion for Judah. 71687 71688 48:8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west 71689 side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty 71690 thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, 71691 from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in 71692 the midst of it. 71693 71694 48:9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five 71695 and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth. 71696 71697 48:10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; 71698 toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the 71699 west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in 71700 breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and 71701 the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof. 71702 71703 48:11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of 71704 Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the 71705 children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. 71706 71707 48:12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them 71708 a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. 71709 71710 48:13 And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall 71711 have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: 71712 all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten 71713 thousand. 71714 71715 48:14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate 71716 the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD. 71717 71718 48:15 And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against 71719 the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, 71720 for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst 71721 thereof. 71722 71723 48:16 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four 71724 thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five 71725 hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the 71726 west side four thousand and five hundred. 71727 71728 48:17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two 71729 hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and 71730 toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred 71731 and fifty. 71732 71733 48:18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy 71734 portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and 71735 it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the 71736 increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city. 71737 71738 48:19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the 71739 tribes of Israel. 71740 71741 48:20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and 71742 twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the 71743 possession of the city. 71744 71745 48:21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on 71746 the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, 71747 over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the 71748 east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand 71749 toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and 71750 it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be 71751 in the midst thereof. 71752 71753 48:22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the 71754 possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the 71755 prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, 71756 shall be for the prince. 71757 71758 48:23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west 71759 side, Benjamin shall have a portion. 71760 71761 48:24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west 71762 side, Simeon shall have a portion. 71763 71764 48:25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west 71765 side, Issachar a portion. 71766 71767 48:26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west 71768 side, Zebulun a portion. 71769 71770 48:27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west 71771 side, Gad a portion. 71772 71773 48:28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the 71774 border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, 71775 and to the river toward the great sea. 71776 71777 48:29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of 71778 Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord 71779 GOD. 71780 71781 48:30 And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four 71782 thousand and five hundred measures. 71783 71784 48:31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes 71785 of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of 71786 Judah, one gate of Levi. 71787 71788 48:32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three 71789 gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. 71790 71791 48:33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: 71792 and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of 71793 Zebulun. 71794 71795 48:34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their 71796 three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. 71797 71798 48:35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of 71799 the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there. 71800 71801 71802 71803 71804 The Book of Daniel 71805 71806 71807 1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came 71808 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. 71809 71810 1:2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part 71811 of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of 71812 Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the 71813 treasure house of his god. 71814 71815 1:3 And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that 71816 he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's 71817 seed, and of the princes; 1:4 Children in whom was no blemish, but 71818 well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, 71819 and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in 71820 the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the 71821 tongue of the Chaldeans. 71822 71823 1:5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, 71824 and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that 71825 at the end thereof they might stand before the king. 71826 71827 1:6 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, 71828 Mishael, and Azariah: 1:7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave 71829 names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to 71830 Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of 71831 Abednego. 71832 71833 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself 71834 with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: 71835 therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not 71836 defile himself. 71837 71838 1:9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the 71839 prince of the eunuchs. 71840 71841 1:10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord 71842 the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should 71843 he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your 71844 sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king. 71845 71846 1:11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had 71847 set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 1:12 Prove thy 71848 servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, 71849 and water to drink. 71850 71851 1:13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the 71852 countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's 71853 meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. 71854 71855 1:14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. 71856 71857 1:15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and 71858 fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the 71859 king's meat. 71860 71861 1:16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine 71862 that they should drink; and gave them pulse. 71863 71864 1:17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in 71865 all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions 71866 and dreams. 71867 71868 1:18 Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring 71869 them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before 71870 Nebuchadnezzar. 71871 71872 1:19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found 71873 none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they 71874 before the king. 71875 71876 1:20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king 71877 enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the 71878 magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm. 71879 71880 1:21 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus. 71881 71882 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar 71883 Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and 71884 his sleep brake from him. 71885 71886 2:2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the 71887 astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the 71888 king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 71889 71890 2:3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit 71891 was troubled to know the dream. 71892 71893 2:4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for 71894 ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the 71895 interpretation. 71896 71897 2:5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone 71898 from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the 71899 interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses 71900 shall be made a dunghill. 71901 71902 2:6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall 71903 receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me 71904 the dream, and the interpretation thereof. 71905 71906 2:7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the 71907 dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. 71908 71909 2:8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain 71910 the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. 71911 71912 2:9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one 71913 decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak 71914 before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and 71915 I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof. 71916 71917 2:10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a 71918 man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is 71919 no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or 71920 astrologer, or Chaldean. 71921 71922 2:11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none 71923 other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose 71924 dwelling is not with flesh. 71925 71926 2:12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded 71927 to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 71928 71929 2:13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and 71930 they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. 71931 71932 2:14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the 71933 captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men 71934 of Babylon: 2:15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, 71935 Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing 71936 known to Daniel. 71937 71938 2:16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give 71939 him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation. 71940 71941 2:17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to 71942 Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: 2:18 That they would 71943 desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that 71944 Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men 71945 of Babylon. 71946 71947 2:19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then 71948 Daniel blessed the God of heaven. 71949 71950 2:20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and 71951 ever: for wisdom and might are his: 2:21 And he changeth the times and 71952 the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom 71953 unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: 2:22 He 71954 revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the 71955 darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. 71956 71957 2:23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast 71958 given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we 71959 desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's 71960 matter. 71961 71962 2:24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained 71963 to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; 71964 Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and 71965 I will shew unto the king the interpretation. 71966 71967 2:25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said 71968 thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will 71969 make known unto the king the interpretation. 71970 71971 2:26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was 71972 Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I 71973 have seen, and the interpretation thereof? 2:27 Daniel answered in 71974 the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath 71975 demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the 71976 soothsayers, shew unto the king; 2:28 But there is a God in heaven 71977 that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar 71978 what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy 71979 head upon thy bed, are these; 2:29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts 71980 came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: 71981 and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to 71982 pass. 71983 71984 2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom 71985 that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make 71986 known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the 71987 thoughts of thy heart. 71988 71989 2:31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, 71990 whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form 71991 thereof was terrible. 71992 71993 2:32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of 71994 silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, 2:33 His legs of iron, his 71995 feet part of iron and part of clay. 71996 71997 2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which 71998 smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake 71999 them to pieces. 72000 72001 2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, 72002 broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer 72003 threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was 72004 found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great 72005 mountain, and filled the whole earth. 72006 72007 2:36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof 72008 before the king. 72009 72010 2:37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath 72011 given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 72012 72013 2:38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the 72014 field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and 72015 hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. 72016 72017 2:39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and 72018 another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the 72019 earth. 72020 72021 2:40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron 72022 breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh 72023 all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. 72024 72025 2:41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, 72026 and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in 72027 it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron 72028 mixed with miry clay. 72029 72030 2:42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, 72031 so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 72032 72033 2:43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall 72034 mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one 72035 to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. 72036 72037 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a 72038 kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be 72039 left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all 72040 these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 72041 72042 2:45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the 72043 mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the 72044 brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made 72045 known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is 72046 certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. 72047 72048 2:46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped 72049 Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet 72050 odours unto him. 72051 72052 2:47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that 72053 your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of 72054 secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. 72055 72056 2:48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great 72057 gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and 72058 chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. 72059 72060 2:49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, 72061 and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel 72062 sat in the gate of the king. 72063 72064 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was 72065 threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in 72066 the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. 72067 72068 3:2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, 72069 the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the 72070 counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to 72071 come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had 72072 set up. 72073 72074 3:3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the 72075 treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the 72076 provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image 72077 that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the 72078 image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 72079 72080 3:4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, 72081 nations, and languages, 3:5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the 72082 cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of 72083 musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar 72084 the king hath set up: 3:6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth 72085 shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 72086 72087 3:7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the 72088 cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all 72089 the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped 72090 the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 72091 72092 3:8 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused 72093 the Jews. 72094 72095 3:9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for 72096 ever. 72097 72098 3:10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear 72099 the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, 72100 and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image: 72101 3:11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be 72102 cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 72103 72104 3:12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the 72105 province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O 72106 king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the 72107 golden image which thou hast set up. 72108 72109 3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring 72110 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before 72111 the king. 72112 72113 3:14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, 72114 Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden 72115 image which I have set up? 3:15 Now if ye be ready that at what time 72116 ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and 72117 dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image 72118 which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the 72119 same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that 72120 God that shall deliver you out of my hands? 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, 72121 and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are 72122 not careful to answer thee in this matter. 72123 72124 3:17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the 72125 burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O 72126 king. 72127 72128 3:18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve 72129 thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. 72130 72131 3:19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage 72132 was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he 72133 spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times 72134 more than it was wont to be heated. 72135 72136 3:20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to 72137 bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the 72138 burning fiery furnace. 72139 72140 3:21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their 72141 hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the 72142 burning fiery furnace. 72143 72144 3:22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the 72145 furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took 72146 up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 72147 72148 3:23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down 72149 bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 72150 72151 3:24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, 72152 and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men 72153 bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the 72154 king, True, O king. 72155 72156 3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the 72157 midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth 72158 is like the Son of God. 72159 72160 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery 72161 furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye 72162 servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then 72163 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. 72164 72165 3:27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's 72166 counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies 72167 the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither 72168 were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. 72169 72170 3:28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of 72171 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and 72172 delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the 72173 king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor 72174 worship any god, except their own God. 72175 72176 3:29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and 72177 language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, 72178 Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall 72179 be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver 72180 after this sort. 72181 72182 3:30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the 72183 province of Babylon. 72184 72185 4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, 72186 that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. 72187 72188 4:2 I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God 72189 hath wrought toward me. 72190 72191 4:3 How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his 72192 kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation 72193 to generation. 72194 72195 4:4 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my 72196 palace: 4:5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon 72197 my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. 72198 72199 4:6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon 72200 before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of 72201 the dream. 72202 72203 4:7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and 72204 the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not 72205 make known unto me the interpretation thereof. 72206 72207 4:8 But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was 72208 Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the 72209 spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying, 4:9 72210 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the 72211 spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell 72212 me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation 72213 thereof. 72214 72215 4:10 Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a 72216 tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. 72217 72218 4:11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached 72219 unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: 4:12 72220 The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it 72221 was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the 72222 fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed 72223 of it. 72224 72225 4:13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a 72226 watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; 4:14 He cried aloud, 72227 and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off 72228 his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under 72229 it, and the fowls from his branches: 4:15 Nevertheless leave the stump 72230 of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the 72231 tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, 72232 and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth: 4:16 72233 Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given 72234 unto him; and let seven times pass over him. 72235 72236 4:17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by 72237 the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that 72238 the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to 72239 whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. 72240 72241 4:18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O 72242 Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the 72243 wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the 72244 interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is 72245 in thee. 72246 72247 4:19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one 72248 hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, 72249 Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, 72250 trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to 72251 them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. 72252 72253 4:20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose 72254 height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the 72255 earth; 4:21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in 72256 it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and 72257 upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: 4:22 72258 It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy 72259 greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the 72260 end of the earth. 72261 72262 4:23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down 72263 from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave 72264 the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron 72265 and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with 72266 the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the 72267 field, till seven times pass over him; 4:24 This is the 72268 interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which 72269 is come upon my lord the king: 4:25 That they shall drive thee from 72270 men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they 72271 shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the 72272 dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know 72273 that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to 72274 whomsoever he will. 72275 72276 4:26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; 72277 thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known 72278 that the heavens do rule. 72279 72280 4:27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and 72281 break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing 72282 mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. 72283 72284 4:28 All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. 72285 72286 4:29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the 72287 kingdom of Babylon. 72288 72289 4:30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have 72290 built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for 72291 the honour of my majesty? 4:31 While the word was in the king's 72292 mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, 72293 to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee. 72294 72295 4:32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be 72296 with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as 72297 oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the 72298 most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he 72299 will. 72300 72301 4:33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he 72302 was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet 72303 with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' 72304 feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. 72305 72306 4:34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes 72307 unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed 72308 the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, 72309 whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from 72310 generation to generation: 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth 72311 are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army 72312 of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay 72313 his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? 4:36 At the same time my 72314 reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour 72315 and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords 72316 sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent 72317 majesty was added unto me. 72318 72319 4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of 72320 heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those 72321 that walk in pride he is able to abase. 72322 72323 5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, 72324 and drank wine before the thousand. 72325 72326 5:2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the 72327 golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken 72328 out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his 72329 princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. 72330 72331 5:3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the 72332 temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and 72333 his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. 72334 72335 5:4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of 72336 brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. 72337 72338 5:5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote 72339 over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the 72340 king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. 72341 72342 5:6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled 72343 him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote 72344 one against another. 72345 72346 5:7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, 72347 and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of 72348 Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the 72349 interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a 72350 chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the 72351 kingdom. 72352 72353 5:8 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the 72354 writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. 72355 72356 5:9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was 72357 changed in him, and his lords were astonied. 72358 72359 5:10 Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords 72360 came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, 72361 live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy 72362 countenance be changed: 5:11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is 72363 the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and 72364 understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in 72365 him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy 72366 father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and 72367 soothsayers; 5:12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and 72368 understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, 72369 and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king 72370 named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the 72371 interpretation. 72372 72373 5:13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake 72374 and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children 72375 of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of 72376 Jewry? 5:14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is 72377 in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is 72378 found in thee. 72379 72380 5:15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in 72381 before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me 72382 the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation 72383 of the thing: 5:16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make 72384 interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the 72385 writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt 72386 be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and 72387 shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. 72388 72389 5:17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be 72390 to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the 72391 writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. 72392 72393 5:18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a 72394 kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: 5:19 And for the majesty 72395 that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and 72396 feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept 72397 alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. 72398 72399 5:20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, 72400 he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from 72401 him: 5:21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was 72402 made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they 72403 fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of 72404 heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of 72405 men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. 72406 72407 5:22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, 72408 though thou knewest all this; 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against 72409 the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house 72410 before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, 72411 have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and 72412 gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor 72413 know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy 72414 ways, hast thou not glorified: 5:24 Then was the part of the hand sent 72415 from him; and this writing was written. 72416 72417 5:25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, 72418 UPHARSIN. 72419 72420 5:26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered 72421 thy kingdom, and finished it. 72422 72423 5:27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. 72424 72425 5:28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and 72426 Persians. 72427 72428 5:29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, 72429 and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation 72430 concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 72431 72432 5:30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. 72433 72434 5:31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore 72435 and two years old. 72436 72437 6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty 72438 princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; 6:2 And over these 72439 three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might 72440 give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. 72441 72442 6:3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, 72443 because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set 72444 him over the whole realm. 72445 72446 6:4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against 72447 Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor 72448 fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or 72449 fault found in him. 72450 72451 6:5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this 72452 Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. 72453 72454 6:6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, 72455 and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. 72456 72457 6:7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, 72458 the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to 72459 establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever 72460 shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, 72461 O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. 72462 72463 6:8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it 72464 be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which 72465 altereth not. 72466 72467 6:9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. 72468 72469 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into 72470 his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, 72471 he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave 72472 thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. 72473 72474 6:11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making 72475 supplication before his God. 72476 72477 6:12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the 72478 king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that 72479 shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of 72480 thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered 72481 and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and 72482 Persians, which altereth not. 72483 72484 6:13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which 72485 is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O 72486 king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition 72487 three times a day. 72488 72489 6:14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased 72490 with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he 72491 laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. 72492 72493 6:15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, 72494 Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no 72495 decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. 72496 72497 6:16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him 72498 into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy 72499 God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. 72500 72501 6:17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and 72502 the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his 72503 lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. 72504 72505 6:18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: 72506 neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep 72507 went from him. 72508 72509 6:19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste 72510 unto the den of lions. 72511 72512 6:20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice 72513 unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant 72514 of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to 72515 deliver thee from the lions? 6:21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O 72516 king, live for ever. 72517 72518 6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that 72519 they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in 72520 me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. 72521 72522 6:23 Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that 72523 they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out 72524 of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he 72525 believed in his God. 72526 72527 6:24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had 72528 accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their 72529 children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and 72530 brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the 72531 den. 72532 72533 6:25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, 72534 that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. 72535 72536 6:26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble 72537 and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and 72538 stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, 72539 and his dominion shall be even unto the end. 72540 72541 6:27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in 72542 heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the 72543 lions. 72544 72545 6:28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign 72546 of Cyrus the Persian. 72547 72548 7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream 72549 and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and 72550 told the sum of the matters. 72551 72552 7:2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, 72553 the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. 72554 72555 7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from 72556 another. 72557 72558 7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till 72559 the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, 72560 and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to 72561 it. 72562 72563 7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised 72564 up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it 72565 between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour 72566 much flesh. 72567 72568 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had 72569 upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four 72570 heads; and dominion was given to it. 72571 72572 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, 72573 dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron 72574 teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with 72575 the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were 72576 before it; and it had ten horns. 72577 72578 7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them 72579 another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns 72580 plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the 72581 eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. 72582 72583 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days 72584 did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head 72585 like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his 72586 wheels as burning fire. 72587 72588 7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand 72589 thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand 72590 stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. 72591 72592 7:11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the 72593 horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body 72594 destroyed, and given to the burning flame. 72595 72596 7:12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion 72597 taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. 72598 72599 7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man 72600 came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and 72601 they brought him near before him. 72602 72603 7:14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that 72604 all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is 72605 an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom 72606 that which shall not be destroyed. 72607 72608 7:15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and 72609 the visions of my head troubled me. 72610 72611 7:16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the 72612 truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation 72613 of the things. 72614 72615 7:17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall 72616 arise out of the earth. 72617 72618 7:18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and 72619 possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. 72620 72621 7:19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was 72622 diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of 72623 iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and 72624 stamped the residue with his feet; 7:20 And of the ten horns that were 72625 in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three 72626 fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very 72627 great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. 72628 72629 7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and 72630 prevailed against them; 7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, and 72631 judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came 72632 that the saints possessed the kingdom. 72633 72634 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon 72635 earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the 72636 whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. 72637 72638 7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall 72639 arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from 72640 the first, and he shall subdue three kings. 72641 72642 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall 72643 wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and 72644 laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and 72645 the dividing of time. 72646 72647 7:26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his 72648 dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. 72649 72650 7:27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom 72651 under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of 72652 the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all 72653 dominions shall serve and obey him. 72654 72655 7:28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my 72656 cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I 72657 kept the matter in my heart. 72658 72659 8:1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision 72660 appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto 72661 me at the first. 72662 72663 8:2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was 72664 at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw 72665 in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. 72666 72667 8:3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood 72668 before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were 72669 high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. 72670 72671 8:4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so 72672 that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that 72673 could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and 72674 became great. 72675 72676 8:5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on 72677 the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat 72678 had a notable horn between his eyes. 72679 72680 8:6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen 72681 standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. 72682 72683 8:7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with 72684 choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and 72685 there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him 72686 down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that 72687 could deliver the ram out of his hand. 72688 72689 8:8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, 72690 the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward 72691 the four winds of heaven. 72692 72693 8:9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed 72694 exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the 72695 pleasant land. 72696 72697 8:10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down 72698 some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon 72699 them. 72700 72701 8:11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by 72702 him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary 72703 was cast down. 72704 72705 8:12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason 72706 of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it 72707 practised, and prospered. 72708 72709 8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that 72710 certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the 72711 daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the 72712 sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? 8:14 And he said 72713 unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the 72714 sanctuary be cleansed. 72715 72716 8:15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, 72717 and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the 72718 appearance of a man. 72719 72720 8:16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which 72721 called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. 72722 72723 8:17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, 72724 and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: 72725 for at the time of the end shall be the vision. 72726 72727 8:18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face 72728 toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. 72729 72730 8:19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the 72731 last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall 72732 be. 72733 72734 8:20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media 72735 and Persia. 72736 72737 8:21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that 72738 is between his eyes is the first king. 72739 72740 8:22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four 72741 kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. 72742 72743 8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors 72744 are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding 72745 dark sentences, shall stand up. 72746 72747 8:24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he 72748 shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall 72749 destroy the mighty and the holy people. 72750 72751 8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in 72752 his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace 72753 shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of 72754 princes; but he shall be broken without hand. 72755 72756 8:26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is 72757 true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many 72758 days. 72759 72760 8:27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose 72761 up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, 72762 but none understood it. 72763 72764 9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of 72765 the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; 9:2 In 72766 the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of 72767 the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, 72768 that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of 72769 Jerusalem. 72770 72771 9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and 72772 supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: 9:4 And I 72773 prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, 72774 the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them 72775 that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; 9:5 We have 72776 sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have 72777 rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: 72778 9:6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which 72779 spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to 72780 all the people of the land. 72781 72782 9:7 O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion 72783 of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants 72784 of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far 72785 off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because 72786 of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. 72787 72788 9:8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our 72789 princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. 72790 72791 9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we 72792 have rebelled against him; 9:10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of 72793 the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his 72794 servants the prophets. 72795 72796 9:11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, 72797 that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon 72798 us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of 72799 God, because we have sinned against him. 72800 72801 9:12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and 72802 against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: 72803 for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon 72804 Jerusalem. 72805 72806 9:13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon 72807 us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might 72808 turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. 72809 72810 9:14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it 72811 upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he 72812 doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. 72813 72814 9:15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out 72815 of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, 72816 as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 72817 72818 9:16 O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let 72819 thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy 72820 holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our 72821 fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that 72822 are about us. 72823 72824 9:17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his 72825 supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is 72826 desolate, for the Lord's sake. 72827 72828 9:18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and 72829 behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for 72830 we do not present our supplications before thee for our 72831 righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. 72832 72833 9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, 72834 for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called 72835 by thy name. 72836 72837 9:20 And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and 72838 the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the 72839 LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; 9:21 Yea, whiles I was 72840 speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the 72841 vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about 72842 the time of the evening oblation. 72843 72844 9:22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am 72845 now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. 72846 72847 9:23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, 72848 and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore 72849 understand the matter, and consider the vision. 72850 72851 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy 72852 city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to 72853 make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting 72854 righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint 72855 the most Holy. 72856 72857 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the 72858 commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the 72859 Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street 72860 shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. 72861 72862 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but 72863 not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall 72864 destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with 72865 a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 72866 72867 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in 72868 the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to 72869 cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it 72870 desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be 72871 poured upon the desolate. 72872 72873 10:1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed 72874 unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was 72875 true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, 72876 and had understanding of the vision. 72877 72878 10:2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. 72879 72880 10:3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, 72881 neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were 72882 fulfilled. 72883 72884 10:4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by 72885 the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; 10:5 Then I lifted up 72886 mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, 72887 whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: 10:6 His body also 72888 was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and 72889 his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to 72890 polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a 72891 multitude. 72892 72893 10:7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me 72894 saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they 72895 fled to hide themselves. 72896 72897 10:8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there 72898 remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into 72899 corruption, and I retained no strength. 72900 72901 10:9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of 72902 his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward 72903 the ground. 72904 72905 10:10 And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and 72906 upon the palms of my hands. 72907 72908 10:11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand 72909 the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am 72910 I now sent. 72911 72912 And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. 72913 72914 10:12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day 72915 that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself 72916 before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. 72917 72918 10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and 72919 twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help 72920 me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. 72921 72922 10:14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy 72923 people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. 72924 72925 10:15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward 72926 the ground, and I became dumb. 72927 72928 10:16 And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched 72929 my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that 72930 stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon 72931 me, and I have retained no strength. 72932 72933 10:17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? 72934 for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither 72935 is there breath left in me. 72936 72937 10:18 Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of 72938 a man, and he strengthened me, 10:19 And said, O man greatly beloved, 72939 fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he 72940 had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; 72941 for thou hast strengthened me. 72942 72943 10:20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now 72944 will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone 72945 forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. 72946 72947 10:21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of 72948 truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but 72949 Michael your prince. 72950 72951 11:1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to 72952 confirm and to strengthen him. 72953 72954 11:2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up 72955 yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than 72956 they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all 72957 against the realm of Grecia. 72958 72959 11:3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great 72960 dominion, and do according to his will. 72961 72962 11:4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and 72963 shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his 72964 posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his 72965 kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. 72966 72967 11:5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his 72968 princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his 72969 dominion shall be a great dominion. 72970 72971 11:6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for 72972 the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north 72973 to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; 72974 neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and 72975 they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened 72976 her in these times. 72977 72978 11:7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his 72979 estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the 72980 fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and 72981 shall prevail: 11:8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their 72982 gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver 72983 and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the 72984 north. 72985 72986 11:9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall 72987 return into his own land. 72988 72989 11:10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude 72990 of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass 72991 through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his 72992 fortress. 72993 72994 11:11 And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall 72995 come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he 72996 shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given 72997 into his hand. 72998 72999 11:12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be 73000 lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not 73001 be strengthened by it. 73002 73003 11:13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a 73004 multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after 73005 certain years with a great army and with much riches. 73006 73007 11:14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of 73008 the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to 73009 establish the vision; but they shall fall. 73010 73011 11:15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and 73012 take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not 73013 withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any 73014 strength to withstand. 73015 73016 11:16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own 73017 will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the 73018 glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. 73019 73020 11:17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his 73021 whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he 73022 shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall 73023 not stand on his side, neither be for him. 73024 73025 11:18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take 73026 many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered 73027 by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn 73028 upon him. 73029 73030 11:19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but 73031 he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. 73032 73033 11:20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory 73034 of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in 73035 anger, nor in battle. 73036 73037 11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they 73038 shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in 73039 peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. 73040 73041 11:22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before 73042 him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. 73043 73044 11:23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: 73045 for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. 73046 73047 11:24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the 73048 province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor 73049 his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, 73050 and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong 73051 holds, even for a time. 73052 73053 11:25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king 73054 of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be 73055 stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall 73056 not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. 73057 73058 11:26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy 73059 him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain. 73060 73061 11:27 And both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and 73062 they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet 73063 the end shall be at the time appointed. 73064 73065 11:28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his 73066 heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, 73067 and return to his own land. 73068 73069 11:29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the 73070 south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. 73071 73072 11:30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he 73073 shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy 73074 covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence 73075 with them that forsake the holy covenant. 73076 73077 11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the 73078 sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and 73079 they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. 73080 73081 11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by 73082 flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and 73083 do exploits. 73084 73085 11:33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: 73086 yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by 73087 spoil, many days. 73088 73089 11:34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little 73090 help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. 73091 73092 11:35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and 73093 to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because 73094 it is yet for a time appointed. 73095 73096 11:36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt 73097 himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak 73098 marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the 73099 indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be 73100 done. 73101 73102 11:37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire 73103 of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. 73104 73105 11:38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god 73106 whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and 73107 with precious stones, and pleasant things. 73108 73109 11:39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, 73110 whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause 73111 them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. 73112 73113 11:40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at 73114 him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a 73115 whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and 73116 he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. 73117 73118 11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries 73119 shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even 73120 Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. 73121 73122 11:42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the 73123 land of Egypt shall not escape. 73124 73125 11:43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of 73126 silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and 73127 the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. 73128 73129 11:44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble 73130 him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and 73131 utterly to make away many. 73132 73133 11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the 73134 seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and 73135 none shall help him. 73136 73137 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which 73138 standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of 73139 trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same 73140 time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that 73141 shall be found written in the book. 73142 73143 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, 73144 some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 73145 73146 12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the 73147 firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for 73148 ever and ever. 73149 73150 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to 73151 the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be 73152 increased. 73153 73154 12:5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one 73155 on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of 73156 the bank of the river. 73157 73158 12:6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the 73159 waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? 73160 12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters 73161 of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto 73162 heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a 73163 time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to 73164 scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be 73165 finished. 73166 73167 12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what 73168 shall be the end of these things? 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, 73169 Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the 73170 end. 73171 73172 12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the 73173 wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but 73174 the wise shall understand. 73175 73176 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, 73177 and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a 73178 thousand two hundred and ninety days. 73179 73180 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three 73181 hundred and five and thirty days. 73182 73183 12:13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, 73184 and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. 73185 73186 73187 73188 73189 Hosea 73190 73191 73192 1:1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in 73193 the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in 73194 the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. 73195 73196 1:2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said 73197 to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of 73198 whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from 73199 the LORD. 73200 73201 1:3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which 73202 conceived, and bare him a son. 73203 73204 1:4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a 73205 little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of 73206 Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. 73207 73208 1:5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow 73209 of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel. 73210 73211 1:6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto 73212 him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the 73213 house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. 73214 73215 1:7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them 73216 by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, 73217 nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. 73218 73219 1:8 Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. 73220 73221 1:9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and 73222 I will not be your God. 73223 73224 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of 73225 the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to 73226 pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my 73227 people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the 73228 living God. 73229 73230 1:11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be 73231 gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall 73232 come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel. 73233 73234 2:1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. 73235 73236 2:2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am 73237 I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her 73238 sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; 2:3 Lest I strip 73239 her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her 73240 as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with 73241 thirst. 73242 73243 2:4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the 73244 children of whoredoms. 73245 73246 2:5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them 73247 hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that 73248 give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my 73249 drink. 73250 73251 2:6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a 73252 wall, that she shall not find her paths. 73253 73254 2:7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake 73255 them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she 73256 say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better 73257 with me than now. 73258 73259 2:8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and 73260 multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. 73261 73262 2:9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time 73263 thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool 73264 and my flax given to cover her nakedness. 73265 73266 2:10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, 73267 and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. 73268 73269 2:11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new 73270 moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. 73271 73272 2:12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath 73273 said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will 73274 make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. 73275 73276 2:13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned 73277 incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her 73278 jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD. 73279 73280 2:14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the 73281 wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. 73282 73283 2:15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of 73284 Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of 73285 her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of 73286 Egypt. 73287 73288 2:16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call 73289 me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. 73290 73291 2:17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and 73292 they shall no more be remembered by their name. 73293 73294 2:18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts 73295 of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping 73296 things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the 73297 battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. 73298 73299 2:19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth 73300 thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, 73301 and in mercies. 73302 73303 2:20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt 73304 know the LORD. 73305 73306 2:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the 73307 LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; 2:22 And 73308 the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they 73309 shall hear Jezreel. 73310 73311 2:23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy 73312 upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which 73313 were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art 73314 my God. 73315 73316 3:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her 73317 friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward 73318 the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of 73319 wine. 73320 73321 3:2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an 73322 homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: 3:3 And I said unto her, 73323 Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and 73324 thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee. 73325 73326 3:4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, 73327 and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, 73328 and without an ephod, and without teraphim: 3:5 Afterward shall the 73329 children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David 73330 their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter 73331 days. 73332 73333 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD 73334 hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is 73335 no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. 73336 73337 4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing 73338 adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. 73339 73340 4:3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth 73341 therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the 73342 fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. 73343 73344 4:4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as 73345 they that strive with the priest. 73346 73347 4:5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall 73348 fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. 73349 73350 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast 73351 rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no 73352 priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will 73353 also forget thy children. 73354 73355 4:7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will 73356 I change their glory into shame. 73357 73358 4:8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on 73359 their iniquity. 73360 73361 4:9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish 73362 them for their ways, and reward them their doings. 73363 73364 4:10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit 73365 whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take 73366 heed to the LORD. 73367 73368 4:11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. 73369 73370 4:12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth 73371 unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and 73372 they have gone a whoring from under their God. 73373 73374 4:13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense 73375 upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow 73376 thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and 73377 your spouses shall commit adultery. 73378 73379 4:14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor 73380 your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated 73381 with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people 73382 that doth not understand shall fall. 73383 73384 4:15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; 73385 and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, 73386 The LORD liveth. 73387 73388 4:16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD 73389 will feed them as a lamb in a large place. 73390 73391 4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. 73392 73393 4:18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: 73394 her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. 73395 73396 4:19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be 73397 ashamed because of their sacrifices. 73398 73399 5:1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give 73400 ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye 73401 have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. 73402 73403 5:2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have 73404 been a rebuker of them all. 73405 73406 5:3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, 73407 thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. 73408 73409 5:4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the 73410 spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known 73411 the LORD. 73412 73413 5:5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall 73414 Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with 73415 them. 73416 73417 5:6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the 73418 LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from 73419 them. 73420 73421 5:7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have 73422 begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their 73423 portions. 73424 73425 5:8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud 73426 at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. 73427 73428 5:9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes 73429 of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. 73430 73431 5:10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: 73432 therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 73433 73434 5:11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly 73435 walked after the commandment. 73436 73437 5:12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of 73438 Judah as rottenness. 73439 73440 5:13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went 73441 Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal 73442 you, nor cure you of your wound. 73443 73444 5:14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the 73445 house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, 73446 and none shall rescue him. 73447 73448 5:15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their 73449 offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me 73450 early. 73451 73452 6:1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he 73453 will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 73454 73455 6:2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise 73456 us up, and we shall live in his sight. 73457 73458 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going 73459 forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the 73460 rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. 73461 73462 6:4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do 73463 unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early 73464 dew it goeth away. 73465 73466 6:5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by 73467 the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth 73468 forth. 73469 73470 6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God 73471 more than burnt offerings. 73472 73473 6:7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they 73474 dealt treacherously against me. 73475 73476 6:8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with 73477 blood. 73478 73479 6:9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests 73480 murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. 73481 73482 6:10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is 73483 the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. 73484 73485 6:11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned 73486 the captivity of my people. 73487 73488 7:1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was 73489 discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; 73490 and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. 73491 73492 7:2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their 73493 wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are 73494 before my face. 73495 73496 7:3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes 73497 with their lies. 73498 73499 7:4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who 73500 ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be 73501 leavened. 73502 73503 7:5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles 73504 of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. 73505 73506 7:6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie 73507 in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth 73508 as a flaming fire. 73509 73510 7:7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all 73511 their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. 73512 73513 7:8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake 73514 not turned. 73515 73516 7:9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, 73517 gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. 73518 73519 7:10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not 73520 return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this. 73521 73522 7:11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to 73523 Egypt, they go to Assyria. 73524 73525 7:12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring 73526 them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their 73527 congregation hath heard. 73528 73529 7:13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! 73530 because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed 73531 them, yet they have spoken lies against me. 73532 73533 7:14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they 73534 howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, 73535 and they rebel against me. 73536 73537 7:15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they 73538 imagine mischief against me. 73539 73540 7:16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful 73541 bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their 73542 tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. 73543 73544 8:1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against 73545 the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and 73546 trespassed against my law. 73547 73548 8:2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. 73549 73550 8:3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall 73551 pursue him. 73552 73553 8:4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and 73554 I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them 73555 idols, that they may be cut off. 73556 73557 8:5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled 73558 against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? 8:6 73559 For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not 73560 God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. 73561 73562 8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it 73563 hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the 73564 strangers shall swallow it up. 73565 73566 8:8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a 73567 vessel wherein is no pleasure. 73568 73569 8:9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: 73570 Ephraim hath hired lovers. 73571 73572 8:10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather 73573 them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of 73574 princes. 73575 73576 8:11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be 73577 unto him to sin. 73578 73579 8:12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were 73580 counted as a strange thing. 73581 73582 8:13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and 73583 eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their 73584 iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. 73585 73586 8:14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and 73587 Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his 73588 cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. 73589 73590 9:1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast 73591 gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every 73592 cornfloor. 73593 73594 9:2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine 73595 shall fail in her. 73596 73597 9:3 They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return 73598 to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. 73599 73600 9:4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall 73601 they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the 73602 bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their 73603 bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD. 73604 73605 9:5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of 73606 the LORD? 9:6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt 73607 shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for 73608 their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their 73609 tabernacles. 73610 73611 9:7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; 73612 Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, 73613 for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. 73614 73615 9:8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a 73616 snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God. 73617 73618 9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: 73619 therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. 73620 73621 9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers 73622 as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to 73623 Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their 73624 abominations were according as they loved. 73625 73626 9:11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the 73627 birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. 73628 73629 9:12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, 73630 that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I 73631 depart from them! 9:13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a 73632 pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the 73633 murderer. 73634 73635 9:14 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying 73636 womb and dry breasts. 73637 73638 9:15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for 73639 the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I 73640 will love them no more: all their princes are revolters. 73641 73642 9:16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no 73643 fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved 73644 fruit of their womb. 73645 73646 9:17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto 73647 him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations. 73648 73649 10:1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: 73650 according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; 73651 according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. 73652 73653 10:2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall 73654 break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. 73655 73656 10:3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not 73657 the LORD; what then should a king do to us? 10:4 They have spoken 73658 words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth 73659 up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. 73660 73661 10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of 73662 Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests 73663 thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is 73664 departed from it. 73665 73666 10:6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king 73667 Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his 73668 own counsel. 73669 73670 10:7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water. 73671 73672 10:8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be 73673 destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; 73674 and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall 73675 on us. 73676 73677 10:9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they 73678 stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not 73679 overtake them. 73680 73681 10:10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people 73682 shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in 73683 their two furrows. 73684 73685 10:11 And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread 73686 out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make 73687 Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. 73688 73689 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your 73690 fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain 73691 righteousness upon you. 73692 73693 10:13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have 73694 eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the 73695 multitude of thy mighty men. 73696 73697 10:14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy 73698 fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day 73699 of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children. 73700 73701 10:15 So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in 73702 a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off. 73703 73704 11:1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out 73705 of Egypt. 73706 73707 11:2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto 73708 Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. 73709 73710 11:3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they 73711 knew not that I healed them. 73712 73713 11:4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to 73714 them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat 73715 unto them. 73716 73717 11:5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian 73718 shall be his king, because they refused to return. 73719 73720 11:6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his 73721 branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels. 73722 73723 11:7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called 73724 them to the most High, none at all would exalt him. 73725 73726 11:8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, 73727 Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as 73728 Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled 73729 together. 73730 73731 11:9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not 73732 return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in 73733 the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city. 73734 73735 11:10 They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when 73736 he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west. 73737 73738 11:11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of 73739 the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the 73740 LORD. 73741 73742 11:12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel 73743 with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the 73744 saints. 73745 73746 12:1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he 73747 daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with 73748 the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. 73749 73750 12:2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish 73751 Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he 73752 recompense him. 73753 73754 12:3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength 73755 he had power with God: 12:4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and 73756 prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in 73757 Bethel, and there he spake with us; 12:5 Even the LORD God of hosts; 73758 the LORD is his memorial. 73759 73760 12:6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait 73761 on thy God continually. 73762 73763 12:7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he 73764 loveth to oppress. 73765 73766 12:8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out 73767 substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that 73768 were sin. 73769 73770 12:9 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet 73771 make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast. 73772 73773 12:10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied 73774 visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. 73775 73776 12:11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they 73777 sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the 73778 furrows of the fields. 73779 73780 12:12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for 73781 a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. 73782 73783 12:13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a 73784 prophet was he preserved. 73785 73786 12:14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he 73787 leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto 73788 him. 73789 73790 13:1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but 73791 when he offended in Baal, he died. 73792 73793 13:2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images 73794 of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all 73795 of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that 73796 sacrifice kiss the calves. 73797 73798 13:3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew 73799 that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out 73800 of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney. 73801 73802 13:4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt 73803 know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me. 73804 73805 13:5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. 73806 73807 13:6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were 73808 filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. 73809 73810 13:7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way 73811 will I observe them: 13:8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved 73812 of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I 73813 devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. 73814 73815 13:9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. 73816 73817 13:10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all 73818 thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and 73819 princes? 13:11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in 73820 my wrath. 73821 73822 13:12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. 73823 73824 13:13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an 73825 unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking 73826 forth of children. 73827 73828 13:14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem 73829 them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be 73830 thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. 73831 73832 13:15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall 73833 come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his 73834 spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall 73835 spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. 73836 73837 13:16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her 73838 God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in 73839 pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. 73840 73841 14:1 O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by 73842 thine iniquity. 73843 73844 14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take 73845 away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the 73846 calves of our lips. 73847 73848 14:3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither 73849 will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in 73850 thee the fatherless findeth mercy. 73851 73852 14:4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine 73853 anger is turned away from him. 73854 73855 14:5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and 73856 cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 73857 73858 14:6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive 73859 tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 73860 73861 14:7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive 73862 as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the 73863 wine of Lebanon. 73864 73865 14:8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have 73866 heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is 73867 thy fruit found. 73868 73869 14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and 73870 he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just 73871 shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. 73872 73873 73874 73875 73876 Joel 73877 73878 73879 1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. 73880 73881 1:2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. 73882 73883 Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? 1:3 73884 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their 73885 children, and their children another generation. 73886 73887 1:4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and 73888 that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that 73889 which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. 73890 73891 1:5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, 73892 because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. 73893 73894 1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, 73895 whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a 73896 great lion. 73897 73898 1:7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made 73899 it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. 73900 73901 1:8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her 73902 youth. 73903 73904 1:9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house 73905 of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn. 73906 73907 1:10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: 73908 the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. 73909 73910 1:11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the 73911 wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is 73912 perished. 73913 73914 1:12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the 73915 pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the 73916 trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from 73917 the sons of men. 73918 73919 1:13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of 73920 the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: 73921 for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the 73922 house of your God. 73923 73924 1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and 73925 all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, 73926 and cry unto the LORD, 1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD 73927 is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. 73928 73929 1:16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness 73930 from the house of our God? 1:17 The seed is rotten under their clods, 73931 the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn 73932 is withered. 73933 73934 1:18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, 73935 because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made 73936 desolate. 73937 73938 1:19 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the 73939 pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of 73940 the field. 73941 73942 1:20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of 73943 waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the 73944 wilderness. 73945 73946 2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy 73947 mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of 73948 the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; 2:2 A day of darkness and of 73949 gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning 73950 spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not 73951 been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the 73952 years of many generations. 73953 73954 2:3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the 73955 land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate 73956 wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. 73957 73958 2:4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as 73959 horsemen, so shall they run. 73960 73961 2:5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they 73962 leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as 73963 a strong people set in battle array. 73964 73965 2:6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall 73966 gather blackness. 73967 73968 2:7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men 73969 of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not 73970 break their ranks: 2:8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall 73971 walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they 73972 shall not be wounded. 73973 73974 2:9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the 73975 wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the 73976 windows like a thief. 73977 73978 2:10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the 73979 sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their 73980 shining: 2:11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for 73981 his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for 73982 the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? 73983 2:12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all 73984 your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: 73985 2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the 73986 LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of 73987 great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. 73988 73989 2:14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing 73990 behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD 73991 your God? 2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a 73992 solemn assembly: 2:16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, 73993 assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the 73994 breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out 73995 of her closet. 73996 73997 2:17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the 73998 porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and 73999 give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over 74000 them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? 74001 2:18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. 74002 74003 2:19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will 74004 send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: 74005 and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: 2:20 But I 74006 will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him 74007 into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, 74008 and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come 74009 up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great 74010 things. 74011 74012 2:21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great 74013 things. 74014 74015 2:22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the 74016 wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and 74017 the vine do yield their strength. 74018 74019 2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your 74020 God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will 74021 cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter 74022 rain in the first month. 74023 74024 2:24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall 74025 overflow with wine and oil. 74026 74027 2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, 74028 the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army 74029 which I sent among you. 74030 74031 2:26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name 74032 of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my 74033 people shall never be ashamed. 74034 74035 2:27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am 74036 the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be 74037 ashamed. 74038 74039 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my 74040 spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall 74041 prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see 74042 visions: 2:29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in 74043 those days will I pour out my spirit. 74044 74045 2:30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, 74046 and fire, and pillars of smoke. 74047 74048 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, 74049 before the great and terrible day of the LORD come. 74050 74051 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name 74052 of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem 74053 shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom 74054 the LORD shall call. 74055 74056 3:1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring 74057 again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 3:2 I will also gather all 74058 nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and 74059 will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, 74060 whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. 74061 74062 3:3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an 74063 harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. 74064 74065 3:4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all 74066 the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye 74067 recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon 74068 your own head; 3:5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and 74069 have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: 3:6 The 74070 children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto 74071 the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. 74072 74073 3:7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold 74074 them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: 3:8 And I 74075 will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children 74076 of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far 74077 off: for the LORD hath spoken it. 74078 74079 3:9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the 74080 mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: 3:10 74081 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: 74082 let the weak say, I am strong. 74083 74084 3:11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather 74085 yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come 74086 down, O LORD. 74087 74088 3:12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of 74089 Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round 74090 about. 74091 74092 3:13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you 74093 down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness 74094 is great. 74095 74096 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of 74097 the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 74098 74099 3:15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall 74100 withdraw their shining. 74101 74102 3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from 74103 Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD 74104 will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of 74105 Israel. 74106 74107 3:17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my 74108 holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no 74109 strangers pass through her any more. 74110 74111 3:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall 74112 drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the 74113 rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come 74114 forth out of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of 74115 Shittim. 74116 74117 3:19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate 74118 wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because 74119 they have shed innocent blood in their land. 74120 74121 3:20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to 74122 generation. 74123 74124 3:21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the 74125 LORD dwelleth in Zion. 74126 74127 74128 74129 74130 Amos 74131 74132 74133 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he 74134 saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the 74135 days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the 74136 earthquake. 74137 74138 1:2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice 74139 from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and 74140 the top of Carmel shall wither. 74141 74142 1:3 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for 74143 four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have 74144 threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: 1:4 But I will 74145 send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces 74146 of Benhadad. 74147 74148 1:5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant 74149 from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the 74150 house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto 74151 Kir, saith the LORD. 74152 74153 1:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for 74154 four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they 74155 carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: 74156 1:7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the 74157 palaces thereof: 1:8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, 74158 and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine 74159 hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, 74160 saith the Lord GOD. 74161 74162 1:9 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for 74163 four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they 74164 delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the 74165 brotherly covenant: 1:10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, 74166 which shall devour the palaces thereof. 74167 74168 1:11 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for 74169 four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did 74170 pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his 74171 anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: 1:12 But I 74172 will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. 74173 74174 1:13 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of 74175 Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; 74176 because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they 74177 might enlarge their border: 1:14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall 74178 of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in 74179 the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: 1:15 74180 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, 74181 saith the LORD. 74182 74183 2:1 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for 74184 four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned 74185 the bones of the king of Edom into lime: 2:2 But I will send a fire 74186 upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall 74187 die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: 2:3 74188 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all 74189 the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. 74190 74191 2:4 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for 74192 four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have 74193 despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and 74194 their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have 74195 walked: 2:5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the 74196 palaces of Jerusalem. 74197 74198 2:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for 74199 four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold 74200 the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; 2:7 That 74201 pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn 74202 aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto 74203 the same maid, to profane my holy name: 2:8 And they lay themselves 74204 down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the 74205 wine of the condemned in the house of their god. 74206 74207 2:9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the 74208 height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed 74209 his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. 74210 74211 2:10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty 74212 years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. 74213 74214 2:11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men 74215 for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the 74216 LORD. 74217 74218 2:12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the 74219 prophets, saying, Prophesy not. 74220 74221 2:13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full 74222 of sheaves. 74223 74224 2:14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong 74225 shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver 74226 himself: 2:15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he 74227 that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that 74228 rideth the horse deliver himself. 74229 74230 2:16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked 74231 in that day, saith the LORD. 74232 74233 3:1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children 74234 of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land 74235 of Egypt, saying, 3:2 You only have I known of all the families of the 74236 earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. 74237 74238 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed? 3:4 Will a lion 74239 roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of 74240 his den, if he have taken nothing? 3:5 Can a bird fall in a snare 74241 upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare 74242 from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? 3:6 Shall a trumpet be 74243 blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil 74244 in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD 74245 will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the 74246 prophets. 74247 74248 3:8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, 74249 who can but prophesy? 3:9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in 74250 the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon 74251 the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst 74252 thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. 74253 74254 3:10 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up 74255 violence and robbery in their palaces. 74256 74257 3:11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be 74258 even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from 74259 thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. 74260 74261 3:12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of 74262 the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of 74263 Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and 74264 in Damascus in a couch. 74265 74266 3:13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, 74267 the God of hosts, 3:14 That in the day that I shall visit the 74268 transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of 74269 Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the 74270 ground. 74271 74272 3:15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the 74273 houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, 74274 saith the LORD. 74275 74276 4:1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of 74277 Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to 74278 their masters, Bring, and let us drink. 74279 74280 4:2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall 74281 come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your 74282 posterity with fishhooks. 74283 74284 4:3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is 74285 before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD. 74286 74287 4:4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; 74288 and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three 74289 years: 4:5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and 74290 proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye 74291 children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. 74292 74293 4:6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, 74294 and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto 74295 me, saith the LORD. 74296 74297 4:7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet 74298 three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, 74299 and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained 74300 upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. 74301 74302 4:8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but 74303 they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the 74304 LORD. 74305 74306 4:9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and 74307 your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the 74308 palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the 74309 LORD. 74310 74311 4:10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: 74312 your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your 74313 horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your 74314 nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 74315 74316 4:11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and 74317 Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet 74318 have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 74319 74320 4:12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will 74321 do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. 74322 74323 4:13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, 74324 and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning 74325 darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, 74326 The God of hosts, is his name. 74327 74328 5:1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, 74329 O house of Israel. 74330 74331 5:2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is 74332 forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. 74333 74334 5:3 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand 74335 shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall 74336 leave ten, to the house of Israel. 74337 74338 5:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and 74339 ye shall live: 5:5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and 74340 pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and 74341 Bethel shall come to nought. 74342 74343 5:6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in 74344 the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in 74345 Bethel. 74346 74347 5:7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in 74348 the earth, 5:8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and 74349 turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark 74350 with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them 74351 out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: 5:9 That 74352 strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled 74353 shall come against the fortress. 74354 74355 5:10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that 74356 speaketh uprightly. 74357 74358 5:11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye 74359 take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, 74360 but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, 74361 but ye shall not drink wine of them. 74362 74363 5:12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: 74364 they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor 74365 in the gate from their right. 74366 74367 5:13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is 74368 an evil time. 74369 74370 5:14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the 74371 God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. 74372 74373 5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the 74374 gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the 74375 remnant of Joseph. 74376 74377 5:16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; 74378 Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the 74379 highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, 74380 and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. 74381 74382 5:17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through 74383 thee, saith the LORD. 74384 74385 5:18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it 74386 for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. 74387 74388 5:19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went 74389 into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit 74390 him. 74391 74392 5:20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even 74393 very dark, and no brightness in it? 5:21 I hate, I despise your feast 74394 days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. 74395 74396 5:22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I 74397 will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of 74398 your fat beasts. 74399 74400 5:23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not 74401 hear the melody of thy viols. 74402 74403 5:24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a 74404 mighty stream. 74405 74406 5:25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the 74407 wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? 5:26 But ye have borne the 74408 tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, 74409 which ye made to yourselves. 74410 74411 5:27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, 74412 saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. 74413 74414 6:1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of 74415 Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of 74416 Israel came! 6:2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye 74417 to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they 74418 better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? 74419 6:3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence 74420 to come near; 6:4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves 74421 upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves 74422 out of the midst of the stall; 6:5 That chant to the sound of the 74423 viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; 6:6 74424 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief 74425 ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. 74426 74427 6:7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go 74428 captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be 74429 removed. 74430 74431 6:8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of 74432 hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: 74433 therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. 74434 74435 6:9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, 74436 that they shall die. 74437 74438 6:10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to 74439 bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is 74440 by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall 74441 say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make 74442 mention of the name of the LORD. 74443 74444 6:11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great 74445 house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. 74446 74447 6:12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? 74448 for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness 74449 into hemlock: 6:13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, 74450 Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? 6:14 But, behold, 74451 I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the 74452 LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in 74453 of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness. 74454 74455 7:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed 74456 grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; 74457 and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. 74458 74459 7:2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the 74460 grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: 74461 by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 74462 74463 7:3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. 74464 74465 7:4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD 74466 called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat 74467 up a part. 74468 74469 7:5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall 74470 Jacob arise? for he is small. 74471 74472 7:6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord 74473 GOD. 74474 74475 7:7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by 74476 a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. 74477 74478 7:8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A 74479 plumbline. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the 74480 midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: 7:9 74481 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of 74482 Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of 74483 Jeroboam with the sword. 74484 74485 7:10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of 74486 Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the 74487 house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. 74488 74489 7:11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel 74490 shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. 74491 74492 7:12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into 74493 the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 7:13 But 74494 prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, 74495 and it is the king's court. 74496 74497 7:14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, 74498 neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of 74499 sycomore fruit: 7:15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and 74500 the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. 74501 74502 7:16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, 74503 Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house 74504 of Isaac. 74505 74506 7:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the 74507 city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy 74508 land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: 74509 and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. 74510 74511 8:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of 74512 summer fruit. 74513 74514 8:2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer 74515 fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of 74516 Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. 74517 74518 8:3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith 74519 the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they 74520 shall cast them forth with silence. 74521 74522 8:4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor 74523 of the land to fail, 8:5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that 74524 we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making 74525 the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by 74526 deceit? 8:6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a 74527 pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? 8:7 The LORD 74528 hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any 74529 of their works. 74530 74531 8:8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that 74532 dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall 74533 be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. 74534 74535 8:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I 74536 will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in 74537 the clear day: 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all 74538 your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all 74539 loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the 74540 mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. 74541 74542 8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a 74543 famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but 74544 of hearing the words of the LORD: 8:12 And they shall wander from sea 74545 to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro 74546 to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. 74547 74548 8:13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for 74549 thirst. 74550 74551 8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, 74552 liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and 74553 never rise up again. 74554 74555 9:1 I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the 74556 lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the 74557 head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he 74558 that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them 74559 shall not be delivered. 74560 74561 9:2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; 74562 though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 9:3 And 74563 though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and 74564 take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the 74565 bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall 74566 bite them: 9:4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, 74567 thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will 74568 set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. 74569 74570 9:5 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it 74571 shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise 74572 up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of 74573 Egypt. 74574 74575 9:6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded 74576 his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and 74577 poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name. 74578 74579 9:7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of 74580 Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land 74581 of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? 74582 9:8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and 74583 I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will 74584 not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD. 74585 74586 9:9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among 74587 all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the 74588 least grain fall upon the earth. 74589 74590 9:10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, 74591 The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. 74592 74593 9:11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is 74594 fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his 74595 ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: 9:12 That they may 74596 possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called 74597 by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. 74598 74599 9:13 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall 74600 overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; 74601 and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. 74602 74603 9:14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and 74604 they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall 74605 plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make 74606 gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 74607 74608 9:15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be 74609 pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD 74610 thy God. 74611 74612 74613 74614 74615 Obadiah 74616 74617 74618 1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; 74619 We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among 74620 the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. 74621 74622 1:2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly 74623 despised. 74624 74625 1:3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in 74626 the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his 74627 heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? 1:4 Though thou exalt 74628 thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, 74629 thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. 74630 74631 1:5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut 74632 off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the 74633 grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes? 1:6 74634 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things 74635 sought up! 1:7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even 74636 to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived 74637 thee, and prevailed against thee; that they eat thy bread have laid a 74638 wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. 74639 74640 1:8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men 74641 out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? 1:9 And thy 74642 mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of 74643 the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. 74644 74645 1:10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover 74646 thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 74647 74648 1:11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that 74649 the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered 74650 into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of 74651 them. 74652 74653 1:12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in 74654 the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have 74655 rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; 74656 neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. 74657 74658 1:13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the 74659 day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their 74660 affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their 74661 substance in the day of their calamity; 1:14 Neither shouldest thou 74662 have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; 74663 neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain 74664 in the day of distress. 74665 74666 1:15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou 74667 hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon 74668 thine own head. 74669 74670 1:16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the 74671 heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall 74672 swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. 74673 74674 1:17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be 74675 holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 74676 74677 1:18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a 74678 flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in 74679 them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the 74680 house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. 74681 74682 1:19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they 74683 of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of 74684 Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. 74685 74686 1:20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall 74687 possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity 74688 of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the 74689 south. 74690 74691 1:21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of 74692 Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's. 74693 74694 74695 74696 74697 Jonah 74698 74699 74700 1:1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, 74701 saying, 1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; 74702 for their wickedness is come up before me. 74703 74704 1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the 74705 LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: 74706 so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them 74707 unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. 74708 74709 1:4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a 74710 mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. 74711 74712 1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, 74713 and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to 74714 lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the 74715 ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. 74716 74717 1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest 74718 thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will 74719 think upon us, that we perish not. 74720 74721 1:7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, 74722 that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast 74723 lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. 74724 74725 1:8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause 74726 this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest 74727 thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou? 1:9 And he 74728 said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of 74729 heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. 74730 74731 1:10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him. Why hast 74732 thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the 74733 LORD, because he had told them. 74734 74735 1:11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea 74736 may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. 74737 74738 1:12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the 74739 sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake 74740 this great tempest is upon you. 74741 74742 1:13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they 74743 could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. 74744 74745 1:14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O 74746 LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay 74747 not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased 74748 thee. 74749 74750 1:15 So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the 74751 sea ceased from her raging. 74752 74753 1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice 74754 unto the LORD, and made vows. 74755 74756 1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And 74757 Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. 74758 74759 2:1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, 74760 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and 74761 he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my 74762 voice. 74763 74764 2:3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; 74765 and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves 74766 passed over me. 74767 74768 2:4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again 74769 toward thy holy temple. 74770 74771 2:5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed 74772 me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. 74773 74774 2:6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her 74775 bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from 74776 corruption, O LORD my God. 74777 74778 2:7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my 74779 prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. 74780 74781 2:8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. 74782 74783 2:9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I 74784 will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. 74785 74786 2:10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon 74787 the dry land. 74788 74789 3:1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, 74790 3:2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the 74791 preaching that I bid thee. 74792 74793 3:3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of 74794 the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' 74795 journey. 74796 74797 3:4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he 74798 cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. 74799 74800 3:5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and 74801 put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. 74802 74803 3:6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his 74804 throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, 74805 and sat in ashes. 74806 74807 3:7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by 74808 the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor 74809 beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink 74810 water: 3:8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry 74811 mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and 74812 from the violence that is in their hands. 74813 74814 3:9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his 74815 fierce anger, that we perish not? 3:10 And God saw their works, that 74816 they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he 74817 had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. 74818 74819 4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. 74820 74821 4:2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was 74822 not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled 74823 before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and 74824 merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of 74825 the evil. 74826 74827 4:3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for 74828 it is better for me to die than to live. 74829 74830 4:4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? 4:5 So Jonah 74831 went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there 74832 made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see 74833 what would become of the city. 74834 74835 4:6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over 74836 Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from 74837 his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. 74838 74839 4:7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it 74840 smote the gourd that it withered. 74841 74842 4:8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a 74843 vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he 74844 fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me 74845 to die than to live. 74846 74847 4:9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? 74848 And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. 74849 74850 4:10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the 74851 which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in 74852 a night, and perished in a night: 4:11 And should not I spare Nineveh, 74853 that great city, wherein are more then sixscore thousand persons that 74854 cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also 74855 much cattle? 74856 74857 74858 74859 74860 Micah 74861 74862 74863 1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the 74864 days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw 74865 concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. 74866 74867 1:2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: 74868 and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy 74869 temple. 74870 74871 1:3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come 74872 down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. 74873 74874 1:4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall 74875 be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured 74876 down a steep place. 74877 74878 1:5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of 74879 the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not 74880 Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not 74881 Jerusalem? 1:6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, 74882 and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones 74883 thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof. 74884 74885 1:7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and 74886 all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols 74887 thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an 74888 harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot. 74889 74890 1:8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I 74891 will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. 74892 74893 1:9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come 74894 unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. 74895 74896 1:10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of 74897 Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. 74898 74899 1:11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: 74900 the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; 74901 he shall receive of you his standing. 74902 74903 1:12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil 74904 came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. 74905 74906 1:13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift 74907 beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for 74908 the transgressions of Israel were found in thee. 74909 74910 1:14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses 74911 of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel. 74912 74913 1:15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he 74914 shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel. 74915 74916 1:16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge 74917 thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee. 74918 74919 2:1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! 74920 when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the 74921 power of their hand. 74922 74923 2:2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and 74924 take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and 74925 his heritage. 74926 74927 2:3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I 74928 devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither 74929 shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil. 74930 74931 2:4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament 74932 with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath 74933 changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! 74934 turning away he hath divided our fields. 74935 74936 2:5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in 74937 the congregation of the LORD. 74938 74939 2:6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not 74940 prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. 74941 74942 2:7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the 74943 LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him 74944 that walketh uprightly? 2:8 Even of late my people is risen up as an 74945 enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by 74946 securely as men averse from war. 74947 74948 2:9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant 74949 houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever. 74950 74951 2:10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is 74952 polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. 74953 74954 2:11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I 74955 will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be 74956 the prophet of this people. 74957 74958 2:12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely 74959 gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of 74960 Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great 74961 noise by reason of the multitude of men. 74962 74963 2:13 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have 74964 passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall 74965 pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them. 74966 74967 3:1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of 74968 the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? 3:2 Who hate 74969 the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, 74970 and their flesh from off their bones; 3:3 Who also eat the flesh of my 74971 people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, 74972 and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the 74973 caldron. 74974 74975 3:4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he 74976 will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved 74977 themselves ill in their doings. 74978 74979 3:5 Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people 74980 err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth 74981 not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. 74982 74983 3:6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a 74984 vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and 74985 the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark 74986 over them. 74987 74988 3:7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, 74989 they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. 74990 74991 3:8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of 74992 judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and 74993 to Israel his sin. 74994 74995 3:9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes 74996 of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. 74997 74998 3:10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. 74999 75000 3:11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach 75001 for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they 75002 lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can 75003 come upon us. 75004 75005 3:12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and 75006 Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the 75007 high places of the forest. 75008 75009 4:1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of 75010 the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the 75011 mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall 75012 flow unto it. 75013 75014 4:2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to 75015 the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he 75016 will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law 75017 shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 75018 75019 4:3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations 75020 afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their 75021 spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against 75022 nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 75023 75024 4:4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig 75025 tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of 75026 hosts hath spoken it. 75027 75028 4:5 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we 75029 will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever. 75030 75031 4:6 In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and 75032 I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; 75033 4:7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast 75034 far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount 75035 Zion from henceforth, even for ever. 75036 75037 4:8 And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of 75038 Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom 75039 shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. 75040 75041 4:9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy 75042 counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail. 75043 75044 4:10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a 75045 woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and 75046 thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; 75047 there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from 75048 the hand of thine enemies. 75049 75050 4:11 Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let 75051 her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. 75052 75053 4:12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand 75054 they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the 75055 floor. 75056 75057 4:13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn 75058 iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces 75059 many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their 75060 substance unto the Lord of the whole earth. 75061 75062 5:1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid 75063 siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon 75064 the cheek. 75065 75066 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the 75067 thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that 75068 is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, 75069 from everlasting. 75070 75071 5:3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which 75072 travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall 75073 return unto the children of Israel. 75074 75075 5:4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the 75076 majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now 75077 shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. 75078 75079 5:5 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into 75080 our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise 75081 against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. 75082 75083 5:6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the 75084 land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from 75085 the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth 75086 within our borders. 75087 75088 5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a 75089 dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not 75090 for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. 75091 75092 5:8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst 75093 of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young 75094 lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth 75095 down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. 75096 75097 5:9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all 75098 thine enemies shall be cut off. 75099 75100 5:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I 75101 will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy 75102 thy chariots: 5:11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and 75103 throw down all thy strong holds: 5:12 And I will cut off witchcrafts 75104 out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: 5:13 Thy 75105 graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the 75106 midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. 75107 75108 5:14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will 75109 I destroy thy cities. 75110 75111 5:15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, 75112 such as they have not heard. 75113 75114 6:1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the 75115 mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 75116 75117 6:2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong 75118 foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his 75119 people, and he will plead with Israel. 75120 75121 6:3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I 75122 wearied thee? testify against me. 75123 75124 6:4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee 75125 out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and 75126 Miriam. 75127 75128 6:5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and 75129 what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; 75130 that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD. 75131 75132 6:6 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the 75133 high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of 75134 a year old? 6:7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or 75135 with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my 75136 transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 6:8 He 75137 hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require 75138 of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with 75139 thy God? 6:9 The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of 75140 wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. 75141 75142 6:10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the 75143 wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 6:11 Shall I count 75144 them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful 75145 weights? 6:12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the 75146 inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in 75147 their mouth. 75148 75149 6:13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making 75150 thee desolate because of thy sins. 75151 75152 6:14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall 75153 be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not 75154 deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword. 75155 75156 6:15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the 75157 olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but 75158 shalt not drink wine. 75159 75160 6:16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house 75161 of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a 75162 desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall 75163 bear the reproach of my people. 75164 75165 7:1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, 75166 as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my 75167 soul desired the firstripe fruit. 75168 75169 7:2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none 75170 upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man 75171 his brother with a net. 75172 75173 7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince 75174 asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he 75175 uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. 75176 75177 7:4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a 75178 thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now 75179 shall be their perplexity. 75180 75181 7:5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep 75182 the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. 75183 75184 7:6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up 75185 against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a 75186 man's enemies are the men of his own house. 75187 75188 7:7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my 75189 salvation: my God will hear me. 75190 75191 7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; 75192 when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. 75193 75194 7:9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned 75195 against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he 75196 will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his 75197 righteousness. 75198 75199 7:10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover 75200 her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall 75201 behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. 75202 75203 7:11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the 75204 decree be far removed. 75205 75206 7:12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and 75207 from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, 75208 and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. 75209 75210 7:13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that 75211 dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. 75212 75213 7:14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which 75214 dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in 75215 Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. 75216 75217 7:15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will 75218 I shew unto him marvellous things. 75219 75220 7:16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they 75221 shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. 75222 75223 7:17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of 75224 their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD 75225 our God, and shall fear because of thee. 75226 75227 7:18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth 75228 by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not 75229 his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 75230 75231 7:19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will 75232 subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the 75233 depths of the sea. 75234 75235 7:20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, 75236 which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. 75237 75238 75239 75240 75241 Nahum 75242 75243 75244 1:1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 75245 75246 1:2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is 75247 furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he 75248 reserveth wrath for his enemies. 75249 75250 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all 75251 acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the 75252 storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 75253 75254 1:4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the 75255 rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon 75256 languisheth. 75257 75258 1:5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is 75259 burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. 75260 75261 1:6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the 75262 fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the 75263 rocks are thrown down by him. 75264 75265 1:7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he 75266 knoweth them that trust in him. 75267 75268 1:8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the 75269 place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. 75270 75271 1:9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: 75272 affliction shall not rise up the second time. 75273 75274 1:10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are 75275 drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 75276 75277 1:11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the 75278 LORD, a wicked counsellor. 75279 75280 1:12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet 75281 thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have 75282 afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. 75283 75284 1:13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy 75285 bonds in sunder. 75286 75287 1:14 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no 75288 more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off 75289 the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou 75290 art vile. 75291 75292 1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good 75293 tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, 75294 perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he 75295 is utterly cut off. 75296 75297 2:1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the 75298 munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power 75299 mightily. 75300 75301 2:2 For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the 75302 excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and 75303 marred their vine branches. 75304 75305 2:3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in 75306 scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his 75307 preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. 75308 75309 2:4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one 75310 against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they 75311 shall run like the lightnings. 75312 75313 2:5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; 75314 they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be 75315 prepared. 75316 75317 2:6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be 75318 dissolved. 75319 75320 2:7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and 75321 her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon 75322 their breasts. 75323 75324 2:8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee 75325 away. 75326 75327 Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back. 75328 75329 2:9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is 75330 none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. 75331 75332 2:10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the 75333 knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of 75334 them all gather blackness. 75335 75336 2:11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the 75337 young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's 75338 whelp, and none made them afraid? 2:12 The lion did tear in pieces 75339 enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his 75340 holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. 75341 75342 2:13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will 75343 burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young 75344 lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of 75345 thy messengers shall no more be heard. 75346 75347 3:1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the 75348 prey departeth not; 3:2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the 75349 rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping 75350 chariots. 75351 75352 3:3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering 75353 spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of 75354 carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon 75355 their corpses: 3:4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the 75356 wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations 75357 through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. 75358 75359 3:5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will 75360 discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy 75361 nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. 75362 75363 3:6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, 75364 and will set thee as a gazingstock. 75365 75366 3:7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall 75367 flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? 75368 whence shall I seek comforters for thee? 3:8 Art thou better than 75369 populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters 75370 round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the 75371 sea? 3:9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; 75372 Put and Lubim were thy helpers. 75373 75374 3:10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young 75375 children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and 75376 they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were 75377 bound in chains. 75378 75379 3:11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt 75380 seek strength because of the enemy. 75381 75382 3:12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe 75383 figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the 75384 eater. 75385 75386 3:13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of 75387 thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall 75388 devour thy bars. 75389 75390 3:14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into 75391 clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. 75392 75393 3:15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, 75394 it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the 75395 cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. 75396 75397 3:16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the 75398 cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away. 75399 75400 3:17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great 75401 grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the 75402 sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they 75403 are. 75404 75405 3:18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell 75406 in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man 75407 gathereth them. 75408 75409 3:19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all 75410 that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon 75411 whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? 75412 75413 75414 75415 75416 Habakkuk 75417 75418 75419 1:1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. 75420 75421 1:2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out 75422 unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! 1:3 Why dost thou shew 75423 me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and 75424 violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and 75425 contention. 75426 75427 1:4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: 75428 for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong 75429 judgment proceedeth. 75430 75431 1:5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: 75432 for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though 75433 it be told you. 75434 75435 1:6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, 75436 which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the 75437 dwellingplaces that are not their's. 75438 75439 1:7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity 75440 shall proceed of themselves. 75441 75442 1:8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more 75443 fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread 75444 themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as 75445 the eagle that hasteth to eat. 75446 75447 1:9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the 75448 east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. 75449 75450 1:10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a 75451 scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall 75452 heap dust, and take it. 75453 75454 1:11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, 75455 imputing this his power unto his god. 75456 75457 1:12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we 75458 shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O 75459 mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. 75460 75461 1:13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on 75462 iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, 75463 and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more 75464 righteous than he? 1:14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as 75465 the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? 1:15 They take up 75466 all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather 75467 them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. 75468 75469 1:16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto 75470 their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat 75471 plenteous. 75472 75473 1:17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually 75474 to slay the nations? 2:1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon 75475 the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I 75476 shall answer when I am reproved. 75477 75478 2:2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it 75479 plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 75480 75481 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it 75482 shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it 75483 will surely come, it will not tarry. 75484 75485 2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the 75486 just shall live by his faith. 75487 75488 2:5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, 75489 neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as 75490 death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, 75491 and heapeth unto him all people: 2:6 Shall not all these take up a 75492 parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe 75493 to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him 75494 that ladeth himself with thick clay! 2:7 Shall they not rise up 75495 suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou 75496 shalt be for booties unto them? 2:8 Because thou hast spoiled many 75497 nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of 75498 men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all 75499 that dwell therein. 75500 75501 2:9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that 75502 he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power 75503 of evil! 2:10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off 75504 many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. 75505 75506 2:11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the 75507 timber shall answer it. 75508 75509 2:12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a 75510 city by iniquity! 2:13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that 75511 the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary 75512 themselves for very vanity? 2:14 For the earth shall be filled with 75513 the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. 75514 75515 2:15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy 75516 bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on 75517 their nakedness! 2:16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink 75518 thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's 75519 right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on 75520 thy glory. 75521 75522 2:17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of 75523 beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the 75524 violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 75525 75526 2:18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath 75527 graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of 75528 his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? 2:19 Woe unto him that 75529 saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! 75530 Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath 75531 at all in the midst of it. 75532 75533 2:20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep 75534 silence before him. 75535 75536 3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. 75537 75538 3:2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive 75539 thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make 75540 known; in wrath remember mercy. 75541 75542 3:3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His 75543 glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. 75544 75545 3:4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of 75546 his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. 75547 75548 3:5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at 75549 his feet. 75550 75551 3:6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the 75552 nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual 75553 hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. 75554 75555 3:7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the 75556 land of Midian did tremble. 75557 75558 3:8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger 75559 against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst 75560 ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? 3:9 Thy bow was 75561 made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. 75562 Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. 75563 75564 3:10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the 75565 water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands 75566 on high. 75567 75568 3:11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of 75569 thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. 75570 75571 3:12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst 75572 thresh the heathen in anger. 75573 75574 3:13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for 75575 salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the 75576 house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. 75577 Selah. 75578 75579 3:14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his 75580 villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing 75581 was as to devour the poor secretly. 75582 75583 3:15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the 75584 heap of great waters. 75585 75586 3:16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: 75587 rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I 75588 might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, 75589 he will invade them with his troops. 75590 75591 3:17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be 75592 in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall 75593 yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there 75594 shall be no herd in the stalls: 3:18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I 75595 will joy in the God of my salvation. 75596 75597 3:19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' 75598 feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief 75599 singer on my stringed instruments. 75600 75601 75602 75603 75604 Zephaniah 75605 75606 75607 1:1 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, 75608 the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the 75609 days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. 75610 75611 1:2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the 75612 LORD. 75613 75614 1:3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the 75615 heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the 75616 wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD. 75617 75618 1:4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the 75619 inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from 75620 this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; 1:5 And 75621 them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that 75622 worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; 1:6 And 75623 them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not 75624 sought the LORD, nor enquired for him. 75625 75626 1:7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the 75627 LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid 75628 his guests. 75629 75630 1:8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that 75631 I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as 75632 are clothed with strange apparel. 75633 75634 1:9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the 75635 threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. 75636 75637 1:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there 75638 shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from 75639 the second, and a great crashing from the hills. 75640 75641 1:11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are 75642 cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. 75643 75644 1:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search 75645 Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their 75646 lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will 75647 he do evil. 75648 75649 1:13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a 75650 desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and 75651 they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof. 75652 75653 1:14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth 75654 greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall 75655 cry there bitterly. 75656 75657 1:15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day 75658 of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day 75659 of clouds and thick darkness, 1:16 A day of the trumpet and alarm 75660 against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. 75661 75662 1:17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like 75663 blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood 75664 shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. 75665 75666 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them 75667 in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured 75668 by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance 75669 of all them that dwell in the land. 75670 75671 2:1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not 75672 desired; 2:2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the 75673 chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the 75674 day of the LORD's anger come upon you. 75675 75676 2:3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his 75677 judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid 75678 in the day of the LORD's anger. 75679 75680 2:4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall 75681 drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. 75682 75683 2:5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the 75684 Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land 75685 of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no 75686 inhabitant. 75687 75688 2:6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, 75689 and folds for flocks. 75690 75691 2:7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they 75692 shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in 75693 the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away 75694 their captivity. 75695 75696 2:8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the 75697 children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and 75698 magnified themselves against their border. 75699 75700 2:9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 75701 Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, 75702 even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual 75703 desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant 75704 of my people shall possess them. 75705 75706 2:10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have 75707 reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of 75708 hosts. 75709 75710 2:11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the 75711 gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his 75712 place, even all the isles of the heathen. 75713 75714 2:12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. 75715 75716 2:13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy 75717 Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a 75718 wilderness. 75719 75720 2:14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of 75721 the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the 75722 upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation 75723 shall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work. 75724 75725 2:15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in 75726 her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a 75727 desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth 75728 by her shall hiss, and wag his hand. 75729 75730 3:1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! 75731 3:2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted 75732 not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. 75733 75734 3:3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening 75735 wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 75736 75737 3:4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have 75738 polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. 75739 75740 3:5 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: 75741 every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but 75742 the unjust knoweth no shame. 75743 75744 3:6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made 75745 their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, 75746 so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. 75747 75748 3:7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; 75749 so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: 75750 but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. 75751 75752 3:8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I 75753 rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, 75754 that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, 75755 even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the 75756 fire of my jealousy. 75757 75758 3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may 75759 all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. 75760 75761 3:10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the 75762 daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. 75763 75764 3:11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein 75765 thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of 75766 the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no 75767 more be haughty because of my holy mountain. 75768 75769 3:12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor 75770 people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. 75771 75772 3:13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; 75773 neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they 75774 shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 75775 75776 3:14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice 75777 with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 75778 75779 3:15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine 75780 enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: 75781 thou shalt not see evil any more. 75782 75783 3:16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to 75784 Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. 75785 75786 3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he 75787 will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy 75788 over thee with singing. 75789 75790 3:18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, 75791 who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. 75792 75793 3:19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I 75794 will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I 75795 will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put 75796 to shame. 75797 75798 3:20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I 75799 gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people 75800 of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, 75801 saith the LORD. 75802 75803 75804 75805 75806 Haggai 75807 75808 75809 1:1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the 75810 first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the 75811 prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and 75812 to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, 1:2 Thus 75813 speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not 75814 come, the time that the LORD's house should be built. 75815 75816 1:3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, 1:4 75817 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this 75818 house lie waste? 1:5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; 75819 Consider your ways. 75820 75821 1:6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not 75822 enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but 75823 there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it 75824 into a bag with holes. 75825 75826 1:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. 75827 75828 1:8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I 75829 will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. 75830 75831 1:9 Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought 75832 it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of 75833 mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. 75834 75835 1:10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth 75836 is stayed from her fruit. 75837 75838 1:11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, 75839 and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon 75840 that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, 75841 and upon all the labour of the hands. 75842 75843 1:12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of 75844 Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed 75845 the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, 75846 as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the 75847 LORD. 75848 75849 1:13 Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto 75850 the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. 75851 75852 1:14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of 75853 Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of 75854 Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the 75855 people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, 75856 their God, 1:15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in 75857 the second year of Darius the king. 75858 75859 2:1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, 75860 came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, 2:2 Speak now 75861 to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua 75862 the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the 75863 people, saying, 2:3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her 75864 first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in 75865 comparison of it as nothing? 2:4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, 75866 saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high 75867 priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and 75868 work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts: 2:5 According to the 75869 word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my 75870 spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. 75871 75872 2:6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, 75873 and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry 75874 land; 2:7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations 75875 shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of 75876 hosts. 75877 75878 2:8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. 75879 75880 2:9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the 75881 former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, 75882 saith the LORD of hosts. 75883 75884 2:10 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second 75885 year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, 75886 saying, 2:11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests 75887 concerning the law, saying, 2:12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt 75888 of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or 75889 wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered 75890 and said, No. 75891 75892 2:13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any 75893 of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It 75894 shall be unclean. 75895 75896 2:14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this 75897 nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; 75898 and that which they offer there is unclean. 75899 75900 2:15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from 75901 before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: 2:16 75902 Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, 75903 there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out 75904 fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. 75905 75906 2:17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all 75907 the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD. 75908 75909 2:18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and 75910 twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the 75911 foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it. 75912 75913 2:19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig 75914 tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: 75915 from this day will I bless you. 75916 75917 2:20 And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and 75918 twentieth day of the month, saying, 2:21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor 75919 of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; 2:22 And I 75920 will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength 75921 of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and 75922 those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come 75923 down, every one by the sword of his brother. 75924 75925 2:23 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O 75926 Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will 75927 make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts. 75928 75929 75930 75931 75932 Zechariah 75933 75934 75935 1:1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word 75936 of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the 75937 prophet, saying, 1:2 The LORD hath been sore displeased with your 75938 fathers. 75939 75940 1:3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn 75941 ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith 75942 the LORD of hosts. 75943 75944 1:4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have 75945 cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your 75946 evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor 75947 hearken unto me, saith the LORD. 75948 75949 1:5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for 75950 ever? 1:6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants 75951 the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they 75952 returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, 75953 according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt 75954 with us. 75955 75956 1:7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is 75957 the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the 75958 LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the 75959 prophet, saying, 1:8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a 75960 red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the 75961 bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. 75962 75963 1:9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked 75964 with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be. 75965 75966 1:10 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, 75967 These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the 75968 earth. 75969 75970 1:11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the 75971 myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, 75972 and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest. 75973 75974 1:12 Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, 75975 how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of 75976 Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and 75977 ten years? 1:13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me 75978 with good words and comfortable words. 75979 75980 1:14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, 75981 saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and 75982 for Zion with a great jealousy. 75983 75984 1:15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: 75985 for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the 75986 affliction. 75987 75988 1:16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with 75989 mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a 75990 line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. 75991 75992 1:17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through 75993 prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort 75994 Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. 75995 75996 1:18 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. 75997 75998 1:19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And 75999 he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, 76000 Israel, and Jerusalem. 76001 76002 1:20 And the LORD shewed me four carpenters. 76003 76004 1:21 Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These 76005 are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up 76006 his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of 76007 the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to 76008 scatter it. 76009 76010 2:1 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a 76011 measuring line in his hand. 76012 76013 2:2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure 76014 Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length 76015 thereof. 76016 76017 2:3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another 76018 angel went out to meet him, 2:4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this 76019 young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls 76020 for the multitude of men and cattle therein: 2:5 For I, saith the 76021 LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the 76022 glory in the midst of her. 76023 76024 2:6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the 76025 LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, 76026 saith the LORD. 76027 76028 2:7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of 76029 Babylon. 76030 76031 2:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me 76032 unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth 76033 the apple of his eye. 76034 76035 2:9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a 76036 spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath 76037 sent me. 76038 76039 2:10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will 76040 dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. 76041 76042 2:11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and 76043 shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou 76044 shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. 76045 76046 2:12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, 76047 and shall choose Jerusalem again. 76048 76049 2:13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out 76050 of his holy habitation. 76051 76052 3:1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel 76053 of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. 76054 76055 3:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even 76056 the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand 76057 plucked out of the fire? 3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy 76058 garments, and stood before the angel. 76059 76060 3:4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, 76061 saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, 76062 Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will 76063 clothe thee with change of raiment. 76064 76065 3:5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a 76066 fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel 76067 of the LORD stood by. 76068 76069 3:6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, 3:7 Thus 76070 saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou 76071 wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt 76072 also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these 76073 that stand by. 76074 76075 3:8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit 76076 before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring 76077 forth my servant the BRANCH. 76078 76079 3:9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one 76080 stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, 76081 saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land 76082 in one day. 76083 76084 3:10 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his 76085 neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree. 76086 76087 4:1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a 76088 man that is wakened out of his sleep. 76089 76090 4:2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and 76091 behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and 76092 his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are 76093 upon the top thereof: 4:3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the 76094 right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. 76095 76096 4:4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, 76097 What are these, my lord? 4:5 Then the angel that talked with me 76098 answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, 76099 No, my lord. 76100 76101 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of 76102 the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by 76103 my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. 76104 76105 4:7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt 76106 become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with 76107 shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. 76108 76109 4:8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 4:9 The hands 76110 of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall 76111 also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent 76112 me unto you. 76113 76114 4:10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall 76115 rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with 76116 those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro 76117 through the whole earth. 76118 76119 4:11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive 76120 trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side 76121 thereof? 4:12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these 76122 two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden 76123 oil out of themselves? 4:13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou 76124 not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 76125 76126 4:14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the 76127 LORD of the whole earth. 76128 76129 5:1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a 76130 flying roll. 76131 76132 5:2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a 76133 flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth 76134 thereof ten cubits. 76135 76136 5:3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the 76137 face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off 76138 as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be 76139 cut off as on that side according to it. 76140 76141 5:4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter 76142 into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth 76143 falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and 76144 shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. 76145 76146 5:5 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, 76147 Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. 76148 76149 5:6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth 76150 forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the 76151 earth. 76152 76153 5:7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a 76154 woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. 76155 76156 5:8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of 76157 the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. 76158 76159 5:9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came 76160 out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings 76161 like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the 76162 earth and the heaven. 76163 76164 5:10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these 76165 bear the ephah? 5:11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the 76166 land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her 76167 own base. 76168 76169 6:1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, 76170 there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the 76171 mountains were mountains of brass. 76172 76173 6:2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot 76174 black horses; 6:3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the 76175 fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. 76176 76177 6:4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What 76178 are these, my lord? 6:5 And the angel answered and said unto me, 76179 These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from 76180 standing before the LORD of all the earth. 76181 76182 6:6 The black horses which are therein go forth into the north 76183 country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth 76184 toward the south country. 76185 76186 6:7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to 76187 and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro 76188 through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. 76189 76190 6:8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these 76191 that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north 76192 country. 76193 76194 6:9 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 6:10 Take of them 76195 of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which 76196 are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the 76197 house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; 6:11 Then take silver and gold, 76198 and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of 76199 Josedech, the high priest; 6:12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus 76200 speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The 76201 BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the 76202 temple of the LORD: 6:13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; 76203 and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; 76204 and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace 76205 shall be between them both. 76206 76207 6:14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, 76208 and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the 76209 LORD. 76210 76211 6:15 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of 76212 the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto 76213 you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice 76214 of the LORD your God. 76215 76216 7:1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the 76217 word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth 76218 month, even in Chisleu; 7:2 When they had sent unto the house of God 76219 Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, 7:3 76220 And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of 76221 hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, 76222 separating myself, as I have done these so many years? 7:4 Then came 76223 the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, 7:5 Speak unto all the 76224 people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and 76225 mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did 76226 ye at all fast unto me, even to me? 7:6 And when ye did eat, and when 76227 ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? 76228 7:7 Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the 76229 former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and 76230 the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and 76231 the plain? 7:8 And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, 76232 7:9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, 76233 and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: 7:10 And 76234 oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; 76235 and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. 76236 76237 7:11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and 76238 stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 76239 76240 7:12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should 76241 hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his 76242 spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the 76243 LORD of hosts. 76244 76245 7:13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would 76246 not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of 76247 hosts: 7:14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the 76248 nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, 76249 that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant 76250 land desolate. 76251 76252 8:1 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, 8:2 Thus 76253 saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, 76254 and I was jealous for her with great fury. 76255 76256 8:3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in 76257 the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; 76258 and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. 76259 76260 8:4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old 76261 women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff 76262 in his hand for very age. 76263 76264 8:5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls 76265 playing in the streets thereof. 76266 76267 8:6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of 76268 the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous 76269 in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. 76270 76271 8:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from 76272 the east country, and from the west country; 8:8 And I will bring 76273 them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall 76274 be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. 76275 76276 8:9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that 76277 hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which 76278 were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts 76279 was laid, that the temple might be built. 76280 76281 8:10 For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for 76282 beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in 76283 because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his 76284 neighbour. 76285 76286 8:11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the 76287 former days, saith the LORD of hosts. 76288 76289 8:12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, 76290 and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give 76291 their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all 76292 these things. 76293 76294 8:13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the 76295 heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, 76296 and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. 76297 76298 8:14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, 76299 when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I 76300 repented not: 8:15 So again have I thought in these days to do well 76301 unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. 76302 76303 8:16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the 76304 truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in 76305 your gates: 8:17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts 76306 against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are 76307 things that I hate, saith the LORD. 76308 76309 8:18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, 8:19 Thus 76310 saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of 76311 the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, 76312 shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; 76313 therefore love the truth and peace. 76314 76315 8:20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that 76316 there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 8:21 And 76317 the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go 76318 speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I 76319 will go also. 76320 76321 8:22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD 76322 of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. 76323 76324 8:23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to 76325 pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the 76326 nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, 76327 saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. 76328 76329 9:1 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and 76330 Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all 76331 the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. 76332 76333 9:2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it 76334 be very wise. 76335 76336 9:3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as 76337 the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. 76338 76339 9:4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in 76340 the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. 76341 76342 9:5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be 76343 very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and 76344 the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 76345 76346 9:6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride 76347 of the Philistines. 76348 76349 9:7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his 76350 abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, 76351 shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and 76352 Ekron as a Jebusite. 76353 76354 9:8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of 76355 him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no 76356 oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with 76357 mine eyes. 76358 76359 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of 76360 Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having 76361 salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of 76362 an ass. 76363 76364 9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from 76365 Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak 76366 peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to 76367 sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. 76368 76369 9:11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth 76370 thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. 76371 76372 9:12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do 76373 I declare that I will render double unto thee; 9:13 When I have bent 76374 Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O 76375 Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a 76376 mighty man. 76377 76378 9:14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go 76379 forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and 76380 shall go with whirlwinds of the south. 76381 76382 9:15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and 76383 subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as 76384 through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners 76385 of the altar. 76386 76387 9:16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock 76388 of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up 76389 as an ensign upon his land. 76390 76391 9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn 76392 shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. 76393 76394 10:1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the 76395 LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every 76396 one grass in the field. 76397 76398 10:2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a 76399 lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they 76400 went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no 76401 shepherd. 76402 76403 10:3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the 76404 goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of 76405 Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle. 76406 76407 10:4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him 76408 the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. 76409 76410 10:5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies 76411 in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, 76412 because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be 76413 confounded. 76414 76415 10:6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the 76416 house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have 76417 mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: 76418 for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them. 76419 76420 10:7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart 76421 shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and 76422 be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. 76423 76424 10:8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: 76425 and they shall increase as they have increased. 76426 76427 10:9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me 76428 in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn 76429 again. 76430 76431 10:10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and 76432 gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of 76433 Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them. 76434 76435 10:11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall 76436 smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry 76437 up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of 76438 Egypt shall depart away. 76439 76440 10:12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up 76441 and down in his name, saith the LORD. 76442 76443 11:1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. 76444 76445 11:2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are 76446 spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is 76447 come down. 76448 76449 11:3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory 76450 is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of 76451 Jordan is spoiled. 76452 76453 11:4 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; 11:5 76454 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they 76455 that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own 76456 shepherds pity them not. 76457 76458 11:6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the 76459 LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's 76460 hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, 76461 and out of their hand I will not deliver them. 76462 76463 11:7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the 76464 flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the 76465 other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. 76466 76467 11:8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed 76468 them, and their soul also abhorred me. 76469 76470 11:9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; 76471 and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest 76472 eat every one the flesh of another. 76473 76474 11:10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I 76475 might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. 76476 76477 11:11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that 76478 waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD. 76479 76480 11:12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if 76481 not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. 76482 76483 11:13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly 76484 price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of 76485 silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. 76486 76487 11:14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might 76488 break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. 76489 76490 11:15 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of 76491 a foolish shepherd. 76492 76493 11:16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not 76494 visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor 76495 heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he 76496 shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. 76497 76498 11:17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall 76499 be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried 76500 up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. 76501 76502 12:1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, 76503 which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the 76504 earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. 76505 76506 12:2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the 76507 people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah 76508 and against Jerusalem. 76509 76510 12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all 76511 people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, 76512 though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. 76513 76514 12:4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with 76515 astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes 76516 upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with 76517 blindness. 76518 76519 12:5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The 76520 inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts 76521 their God. 76522 76523 12:6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of 76524 fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they 76525 shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the 76526 left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in 76527 Jerusalem. 76528 76529 12:7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory 76530 of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do 76531 not magnify themselves against Judah. 76532 76533 12:8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 76534 and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and 76535 the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before 76536 them. 76537 76538 12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to 76539 destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 76540 76541 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the 76542 inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: 76543 and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall 76544 mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in 76545 bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. 76546 76547 12:11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the 76548 mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. 76549 76550 12:12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the 76551 house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house 76552 of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; 12:13 The family of the house 76553 of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and 76554 their wives apart; 12:14 All the families that remain, every family 76555 apart, and their wives apart. 76556 76557 13:1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of 76558 David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. 76559 76560 13:2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, 76561 that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they 76562 shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and 76563 the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. 76564 76565 13:3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then 76566 his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou 76567 shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and 76568 his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when 76569 he prophesieth. 76570 76571 13:4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be 76572 ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither 76573 shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: 13:5 But he shall say, I 76574 am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle 76575 from my youth. 76576 76577 13:6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? 76578 Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of 76579 my friends. 76580 76581 13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is 76582 my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep 76583 shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. 76584 76585 13:8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, 76586 two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be 76587 left therein. 76588 76589 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine 76590 them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they 76591 shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my 76592 people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. 76593 76594 14:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be 76595 divided in the midst of thee. 76596 76597 14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and 76598 the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women 76599 ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the 76600 residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 76601 76602 14:3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as 76603 when he fought in the day of battle. 76604 76605 14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, 76606 which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall 76607 cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and 76608 there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall 76609 remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 76610 76611 14:5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley 76612 of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye 76613 fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: 76614 and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. 76615 76616 14:6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not 76617 be clear, nor dark: 14:7 But it shall be one day which shall be known 76618 to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at 76619 evening time it shall be light. 76620 76621 14:8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from 76622 Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward 76623 the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. 76624 76625 14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall 76626 there be one LORD, and his name one. 76627 76628 14:10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon 76629 south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her 76630 place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the 76631 corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's 76632 winepresses. 76633 76634 14:11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter 76635 destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. 76636 76637 14:12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all 76638 the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall 76639 consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall 76640 consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in 76641 their mouth. 76642 76643 14:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from 76644 the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the 76645 hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of 76646 his neighbour. 76647 76648 14:14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all 76649 the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, 76650 and apparel, in great abundance. 76651 76652 14:15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the 76653 camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these 76654 tents, as this plague. 76655 76656 14:16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all 76657 the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to 76658 year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of 76659 tabernacles. 76660 76661 14:17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families 76662 of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, 76663 even upon them shall be no rain. 76664 76665 14:18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no 76666 rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the 76667 heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 76668 76669 14:19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all 76670 nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 76671 76672 14:20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, 76673 HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like 76674 the bowls before the altar. 76675 76676 14:21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto 76677 the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of 76678 them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the 76679 Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts. 76680 76681 76682 76683 76684 Malachi 76685 76686 76687 1:1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. 76688 76689 1:2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou 76690 loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved 76691 Jacob, 1:3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage 76692 waste for the dragons of the wilderness. 76693 76694 1:4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and 76695 build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall 76696 build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of 76697 wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for 76698 ever. 76699 76700 1:5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be 76701 magnified from the border of Israel. 76702 76703 1:6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be 76704 a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my 76705 fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my 76706 name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? 1:7 Ye offer 76707 polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted 76708 thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. 76709 76710 1:8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye 76711 offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy 76712 governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith 76713 the LORD of hosts. 76714 76715 1:9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: 76716 this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the 76717 LORD of hosts. 76718 76719 1:10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? 76720 neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure 76721 in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at 76722 your hand. 76723 76724 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the 76725 same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place 76726 incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my 76727 name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. 76728 76729 1:12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is 76730 polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. 76731 76732 1:13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed 76733 at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, 76734 and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I 76735 accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. 76736 76737 1:14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and 76738 voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a 76739 great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the 76740 heathen. 76741 76742 2:1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. 76743 76744 2:2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give 76745 glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse 76746 upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them 76747 already, because ye do not lay it to heart. 76748 76749 2:3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, 76750 even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with 76751 it. 76752 76753 2:4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that 76754 my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. 76755 76756 2:5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him 76757 for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. 76758 76759 2:6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in 76760 his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many 76761 away from iniquity. 76762 76763 2:7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek 76764 the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. 76765 76766 2:8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble 76767 at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of 76768 hosts. 76769 76770 2:9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all 76771 the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been 76772 partial in the law. 76773 76774 2:10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do 76775 we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the 76776 covenant of our fathers? 2:11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an 76777 abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath 76778 profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the 76779 daughter of a strange god. 76780 76781 2:12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the 76782 scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an 76783 offering unto the LORD of hosts. 76784 76785 2:13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with 76786 tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth 76787 not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your 76788 hand. 76789 76790 2:14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between 76791 thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt 76792 treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. 76793 76794 2:15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. 76795 And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take 76796 heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife 76797 of his youth. 76798 76799 2:16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting 76800 away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of 76801 hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not 76802 treacherously. 76803 76804 2:17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein 76805 have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in 76806 the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God 76807 of judgment? 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall 76808 prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly 76809 come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye 76810 delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. 76811 76812 3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when 76813 he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: 76814 3:3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall 76815 purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they 76816 may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. 76817 76818 3:4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto 76819 the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years. 76820 76821 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift 76822 witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against 76823 false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his 76824 wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger 76825 from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. 76826 76827 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are 76828 not consumed. 76829 76830 3:7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine 76831 ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return 76832 unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we 76833 return? 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, 76834 Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 76835 76836 3:9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole 76837 nation. 76838 76839 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be 76840 meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of 76841 hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out 76842 a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 76843 76844 3:11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not 76845 destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her 76846 fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. 76847 76848 3:12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a 76849 delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts. 76850 76851 3:13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye 76852 say, What have we spoken so much against thee? 3:14 Ye have said, It 76853 is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his 76854 ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of 76855 hosts? 3:15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work 76856 wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. 76857 76858 3:16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and 76859 the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was 76860 written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought 76861 upon his name. 76862 76863 3:17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when 76864 I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own 76865 son that serveth him. 76866 76867 3:18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the 76868 wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. 76869 76870 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all 76871 the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the 76872 day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it 76873 shall leave them neither root nor branch. 76874 76875 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness 76876 arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as 76877 calves of the stall. 76878 76879 4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under 76880 the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD 76881 of hosts. 76882 76883 4:4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto 76884 him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. 76885 76886 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of 76887 the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 4:6 And he shall turn the 76888 heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to 76889 their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. 76890 76891 End of the Project Gutenberg Edition of the Old Testament 76892 76893 76894 *** 76895 76896 76897 The New Testament of the King James Bible 76898 76899 [Paragraphing done by an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunter.] 76900 76901 [This King James Bible was orginally posted by Project Gutenberg 76902 in late 1989, representing the entire output of Project Gutenberg 76903 for the 1980's as our edition of Shakespeare failed to meet the 76904 requirement of our copyright analysts.] 76905 76906 76907 76908 The Gospel According to Saint Matthew 76909 76910 76911 1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the 76912 son of Abraham. 76913 76914 1:2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas 76915 and his brethren; 1:3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and 76916 Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; 1:4 And Aram begat Aminadab; 76917 and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; 1:5 And Salmon 76918 begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat 76919 Jesse; 1:6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat 76920 Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; 1:7 And Solomon begat 76921 Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; 1:8 And Asa begat 76922 Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; 1:9 And 76923 Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; 76924 1:10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon 76925 begat Josias; 1:11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about 76926 the time they were carried away to Babylon: 1:12 And after they were 76927 brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat 76928 Zorobabel; 1:13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; 76929 and Eliakim begat Azor; 1:14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat 76930 Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; 1:15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and 76931 Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; 1:16 And Jacob begat 76932 Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called 76933 Christ. 76934 76935 1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen 76936 generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are 76937 fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto 76938 Christ are fourteen generations. 76939 76940 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his 76941 mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was 76942 found with child of the Holy Ghost. 76943 76944 1:19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to 76945 make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. 76946 76947 1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the 76948 LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, 76949 fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived 76950 in her is of the Holy Ghost. 76951 76952 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name 76953 JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 76954 76955 1:22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was 76956 spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall 76957 be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his 76958 name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. 76959 76960 1:24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord 76961 had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: 1:25 And knew her not till 76962 she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. 76963 76964 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of 76965 Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to 76966 Jerusalem, 2:2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for 76967 we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 76968 76969 2:3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and 76970 all Jerusalem with him. 76971 76972 2:4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the 76973 people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. 76974 76975 2:5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is 76976 written by the prophet, 2:6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, 76977 art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall 76978 come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. 76979 76980 2:7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of 76981 them diligently what time the star appeared. 76982 76983 2:8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently 76984 for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, 76985 that I may come and worship him also. 76986 76987 2:9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, 76988 which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood 76989 over where the young child was. 76990 76991 2:10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 76992 76993 2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child 76994 with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they 76995 had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and 76996 frankincense and myrrh. 76997 76998 2:12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to 76999 Herod, they departed into their own country another way. 77000 77001 2:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord 77002 appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young 77003 child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I 77004 bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. 77005 77006 2:14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, 77007 and departed into Egypt: 2:15 And was there until the death of Herod: 77008 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the 77009 prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. 77010 77011 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was 77012 exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were 77013 in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and 77014 under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the 77015 wise men. 77016 77017 2:17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, 77018 saying, 2:18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and 77019 weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and 77020 would not be comforted, because they are not. 77021 77022 2:19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth 77023 in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 2:20 Saying, Arise, and take the young 77024 child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are 77025 dead which sought the young child's life. 77026 77027 2:21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came 77028 into the land of Israel. 77029 77030 2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room 77031 of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, 77032 being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of 77033 Galilee: 2:23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it 77034 might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be 77035 called a Nazarene. 77036 77037 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness 77038 of Judaea, 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at 77039 hand. 77040 77041 3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, 77042 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the 77043 Lord, make his paths straight. 77044 77045 3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern 77046 girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 77047 77048 3:5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region 77049 round about Jordan, 3:6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing 77050 their sins. 77051 77052 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his 77053 baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned 77054 you to flee from the wrath to come? 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits 77055 meet for repentance: 3:9 And think not to say within yourselves, We 77056 have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of 77057 these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 77058 77059 3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: 77060 therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, 77061 and cast into the fire. 77062 77063 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that 77064 cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to 77065 bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 3:12 77066 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and 77067 gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with 77068 unquenchable fire. 77069 77070 3:13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be 77071 baptized of him. 77072 77073 3:14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, 77074 and comest thou to me? 3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer 77075 it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. 77076 Then he suffered him. 77077 77078 3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the 77079 water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the 77080 Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 3:17 And 77081 lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am 77082 well pleased. 77083 77084 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be 77085 tempted of the devil. 77086 77087 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was 77088 afterward an hungred. 77089 77090 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of 77091 God, command that these stones be made bread. 77092 77093 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by 77094 bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of 77095 God. 77096 77097 4:5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him 77098 on a pinnacle of the temple, 4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be the 77099 Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his 77100 angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee 77101 up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 77102 77103 4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the 77104 Lord thy God. 77105 77106 4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, 77107 and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 77108 4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou 77109 wilt fall down and worship me. 77110 77111 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is 77112 written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou 77113 serve. 77114 77115 4:11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and 77116 ministered unto him. 77117 77118 4:12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he 77119 departed into Galilee; 4:13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in 77120 Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and 77121 Nephthalim: 4:14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias 77122 the prophet, saying, 4:15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of 77123 Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the 77124 Gentiles; 4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and 77125 to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung 77126 up. 77127 77128 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the 77129 kingdom of heaven is at hand. 77130 77131 4:18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon 77132 called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for 77133 they were fishers. 77134 77135 4:19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of 77136 men. 77137 77138 4:20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. 77139 77140 4:21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the 77141 son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their 77142 father, mending their nets; and he called them. 77143 77144 4:22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed 77145 him. 77146 77147 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, 77148 and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of 77149 sickness and all manner of disease among the people. 77150 77151 4:24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him 77152 all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and 77153 those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, 77154 and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. 77155 77156 4:25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, 77157 and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from 77158 beyond Jordan. 77159 77160 5:1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he 77161 was set, his disciples came unto him: 5:2 And he opened his mouth, and 77162 taught them, saying, 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is 77163 the kingdom of heaven. 77164 77165 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 77166 77167 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 77168 77169 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: 77170 for they shall be filled. 77171 77172 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 77173 77174 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 77175 77176 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children 77177 of God. 77178 77179 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: 77180 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 77181 77182 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and 77183 shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 77184 77185 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in 77186 heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. 77187 77188 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his 77189 savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for 77190 nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 77191 77192 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill 77193 cannot be hid. 77194 77195 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on 77196 a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 77197 77198 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good 77199 works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. 77200 77201 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I 77202 am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 77203 77204 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or 77205 one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 77206 77207 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, 77208 and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of 77209 heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be 77210 called great in the kingdom of heaven. 77211 77212 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed 77213 the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case 77214 enter into the kingdom of heaven. 77215 77216 5:21 Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt 77217 not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: 77218 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother 77219 without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever 77220 shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but 77221 whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 77222 77223 5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there 77224 rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; 5:24 Leave there 77225 thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy 77226 brother, and then come and offer thy gift. 77227 77228 5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way 77229 with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, 77230 and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into 77231 prison. 77232 77233 5:26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, 77234 till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. 77235 77236 5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt 77237 not commit adultery: 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh 77238 on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already 77239 in his heart. 77240 77241 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from 77242 thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should 77243 perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 77244 77245 5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from 77246 thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should 77247 perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 77248 77249 5:31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him 77250 give her a writing of divorcement: 5:32 But I say unto you, That 77251 whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of 77252 fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry 77253 her that is divorced committeth adultery. 77254 77255 5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, 77256 Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine 77257 oaths: 5:34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; 77258 for it is God's throne: 5:35 Nor by the earth; for it is his 77259 footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. 77260 77261 5:36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make 77262 one hair white or black. 77263 77264 5:37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever 77265 is more than these cometh of evil. 77266 77267 5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a 77268 tooth for a tooth: 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: 77269 but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the 77270 other also. 77271 77272 5:40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, 77273 let him have thy cloak also. 77274 77275 5:41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 77276 77277 5:42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of 77278 thee turn not thou away. 77279 77280 5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy 77281 neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 77282 77283 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, 77284 do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully 77285 use you, and persecute you; 5:45 That ye may be the children of your 77286 Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil 77287 and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 77288 77289 5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not 77290 even the publicans the same? 5:47 And if ye salute your brethren 77291 only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 5:48 77292 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is 77293 perfect. 77294 77295 6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: 77296 otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 77297 77298 6:2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet 77299 before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the 77300 streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They 77301 have their reward. 77302 77303 6:3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy 77304 right hand doeth: 6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father 77305 which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. 77306 77307 6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: 77308 for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of 77309 the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They 77310 have their reward. 77311 77312 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou 77313 hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy 77314 Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 77315 77316 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for 77317 they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 77318 77319 6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what 77320 things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 77321 77322 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in 77323 heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 77324 77325 6:10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 77326 77327 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread. 77328 77329 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 77330 77331 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For 77332 thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 77333 77334 6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will 77335 also forgive you: 6:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, 77336 neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 77337 77338 6:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad 77339 countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto 77340 men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 77341 77342 6:17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy 77343 face; 6:18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father 77344 which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall 77345 reward thee openly. 77346 77347 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and 77348 rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 6:20 But 77349 lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust 77350 doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 6:21 77351 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 77352 77353 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be 77354 single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 77355 77356 6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of 77357 darkness. 77358 77359 If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that 77360 darkness! 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate 77361 the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and 77362 despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 77363 77364 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye 77365 shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye 77366 shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than 77367 raiment? 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither 77368 do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth 77369 them. Are ye not much better than they? 6:27 Which of you by taking 77370 thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 6:28 And why take ye 77371 thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; 77372 they toil not, neither do they spin: 6:29 And yet I say unto you, That 77373 even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 77374 77375 6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day 77376 is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe 77377 you, O ye of little faith? 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, 77378 What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we 77379 be clothed? 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) 77380 for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these 77381 things. 77382 77383 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and 77384 all these things shall be added unto you. 77385 77386 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall 77387 take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the 77388 evil thereof. 77389 77390 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 77391 77392 7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what 77393 measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 77394 77395 7:3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but 77396 considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 7:4 Or how wilt 77397 thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; 77398 and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 7:5 Thou hypocrite, first 77399 cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see 77400 clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 77401 77402 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your 77403 pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn 77404 again and rend you. 77405 77406 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, 77407 and it shall be opened unto you: 7:8 For every one that asketh 77408 receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it 77409 shall be opened. 77410 77411 7:9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he 77412 give him a stone? 7:10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a 77413 serpent? 7:11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts 77414 unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven 77415 give good things to them that ask him? 7:12 Therefore all things 77416 whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: 77417 for this is the law and the prophets. 77418 77419 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad 77420 is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in 77421 thereat: 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which 77422 leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 77423 77424 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, 77425 but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 77426 77427 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of 77428 thorns, or figs of thistles? 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth 77429 forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 77430 77431 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt 77432 tree bring forth good fruit. 77433 77434 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and 77435 cast into the fire. 77436 77437 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 77438 77439 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into 77440 the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which 77441 is in heaven. 77442 77443 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not 77444 prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in 77445 thy name done many wonderful works? 7:23 And then will I profess unto 77446 them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 77447 77448 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth 77449 them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a 77450 rock: 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds 77451 blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded 77452 upon a rock. 77453 77454 7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them 77455 not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon 77456 the sand: 7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the 77457 winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the 77458 fall of it. 77459 77460 7:28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the 77461 people were astonished at his doctrine: 7:29 For he taught them as one 77462 having authority, and not as the scribes. 77463 77464 8:1 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed 77465 him. 77466 77467 8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, 77468 if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 77469 77470 8:3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be 77471 thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 77472 77473 8:4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, 77474 shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, 77475 for a testimony unto them. 77476 77477 8:5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a 77478 centurion, beseeching him, 8:6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at 77479 home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 77480 77481 8:7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 77482 77483 8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou 77484 shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant 77485 shall be healed. 77486 77487 8:9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I 77488 say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he 77489 cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 77490 77491 8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that 77492 followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, 77493 not in Israel. 77494 77495 8:11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, 77496 and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom 77497 of heaven. 77498 77499 8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer 77500 darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 77501 77502 8:13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast 77503 believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the 77504 selfsame hour. 77505 77506 8:14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's 77507 mother laid, and sick of a fever. 77508 77509 8:15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, 77510 and ministered unto them. 77511 77512 8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were 77513 possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and 77514 healed all that were sick: 8:17 That it might be fulfilled which was 77515 spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, 77516 and bare our sicknesses. 77517 77518 8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave 77519 commandment to depart unto the other side. 77520 77521 8:19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will 77522 follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 77523 77524 8:20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of 77525 the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 77526 77527 8:21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first 77528 to go and bury my father. 77529 77530 8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their 77531 dead. 77532 77533 8:23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. 77534 77535 8:24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch 77536 that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. 77537 77538 8:25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save 77539 us: we perish. 77540 77541 8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? 77542 Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a 77543 great calm. 77544 77545 8:27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that 77546 even the winds and the sea obey him! 8:28 And when he was come to the 77547 other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two 77548 possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so 77549 that no man might pass by that way. 77550 77551 8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with 77552 thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us 77553 before the time? 8:30 And there was a good way off from them an herd 77554 of many swine feeding. 77555 77556 8:31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer 77557 us to go away into the herd of swine. 77558 77559 8:32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went 77560 into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran 77561 violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. 77562 77563 8:33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, 77564 and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the 77565 devils. 77566 77567 8:34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they 77568 saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts. 77569 77570 9:1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own 77571 city. 77572 77573 9:2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on 77574 a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; 77575 Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. 77576 77577 9:3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This 77578 man blasphemeth. 77579 77580 9:4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in 77581 your hearts? 9:5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven 77582 thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? 9:6 But that ye may know that the 77583 Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the 77584 sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. 77585 77586 9:7 And he arose, and departed to his house. 77587 77588 9:8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, 77589 which had given such power unto men. 77590 77591 9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named 77592 Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, 77593 Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. 77594 77595 9:10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, 77596 many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his 77597 disciples. 77598 77599 9:11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why 77600 eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? 9:12 But when Jesus 77601 heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a 77602 physician, but they that are sick. 77603 77604 9:13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not 77605 sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to 77606 repentance. 77607 77608 9:14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the 77609 Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? 9:15 And Jesus said 77610 unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the 77611 bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom 77612 shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. 77613 77614 9:16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that 77615 which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is 77616 made worse. 77617 77618 9:17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles 77619 break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put 77620 new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. 77621 77622 9:18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a 77623 certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now 77624 dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. 77625 77626 9:19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. 77627 77628 9:20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood 77629 twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: 77630 9:21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I 77631 shall be whole. 77632 77633 9:22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, 77634 Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the 77635 woman was made whole from that hour. 77636 77637 9:23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels 77638 and the people making a noise, 9:24 He said unto them, Give place: for 77639 the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. 77640 77641 9:25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by 77642 the hand, and the maid arose. 77643 77644 9:26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. 77645 77646 9:27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, 77647 crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us. 77648 77649 9:28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: 77650 and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They 77651 said unto him, Yea, Lord. 77652 77653 9:29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it 77654 unto you. 77655 77656 9:30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, 77657 saying, See that no man know it. 77658 77659 9:31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all 77660 that country. 77661 77662 9:32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man 77663 possessed with a devil. 77664 77665 9:33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the 77666 multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. 77667 77668 9:34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince 77669 of the devils. 77670 77671 9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in 77672 their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing 77673 every sickness and every disease among the people. 77674 77675 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on 77676 them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having 77677 no shepherd. 77678 77679 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, 77680 but the labourers are few; 9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the 77681 harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. 77682 77683 10:1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave 77684 them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all 77685 manner of sickness and all manner of disease. 77686 77687 10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, 77688 who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, 77689 and John his brother; 10:3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and 77690 Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose 77691 surname was Thaddaeus; 10:4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, 77692 who also betrayed him. 77693 77694 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not 77695 into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans 77696 enter ye not: 10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of 77697 Israel. 77698 77699 10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 77700 77701 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out 77702 devils: freely ye have received, freely give. 77703 77704 10:9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, 10:10 77705 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet 77706 staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. 77707 77708 10:11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in 77709 it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. 77710 77711 10:12 And when ye come into an house, salute it. 77712 77713 10:13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if 77714 it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. 77715 77716 10:14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when 77717 ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. 77718 77719 10:15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land 77720 of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. 77721 77722 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye 77723 therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 77724 77725 10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, 77726 and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 10:18 And ye shall be 77727 brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony 77728 against them and the Gentiles. 77729 77730 10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye 77731 shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall 77732 speak. 77733 77734 10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which 77735 speaketh in you. 77736 77737 10:21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the 77738 father the child: and the children shall rise up against their 77739 parents, and cause them to be put to death. 77740 77741 10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that 77742 endureth to the end shall be saved. 77743 77744 10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: 77745 for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of 77746 Israel, till the Son of man be come. 77747 77748 10:24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his 77749 lord. 77750 77751 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the 77752 servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house 77753 Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? 10:26 77754 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not 77755 be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. 77756 77757 10:27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye 77758 hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. 77759 77760 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill 77761 the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and 77762 body in hell. 77763 77764 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall 77765 not fall on the ground without your Father. 77766 77767 10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 77768 77769 10:31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. 77770 77771 10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I 77772 confess also before my Father which is in heaven. 77773 77774 10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny 77775 before my Father which is in heaven. 77776 77777 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to 77778 send peace, but a sword. 77779 77780 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and 77781 the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her 77782 mother in law. 77783 77784 10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 77785 77786 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of 77787 me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of 77788 me. 77789 77790 10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not 77791 worthy of me. 77792 77793 10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his 77794 life for my sake shall find it. 77795 77796 10:40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me 77797 receiveth him that sent me. 77798 77799 10:41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall 77800 receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in 77801 the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 77802 77803 10:42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones 77804 a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto 77805 you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. 77806 77807 11:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his 77808 twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their 77809 cities. 77810 77811 11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he 77812 sent two of his disciples, 11:3 And said unto him, Art thou he that 77813 should come, or do we look for another? 11:4 Jesus answered and said 77814 unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and 77815 see: 11:5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers 77816 are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor 77817 have the gospel preached to them. 77818 77819 11:6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. 77820 77821 11:7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes 77822 concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed 77823 shaken with the wind? 11:8 But what went ye out for to see? A man 77824 clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in 77825 kings' houses. 77826 77827 11:9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, 77828 and more than a prophet. 77829 77830 11:10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my 77831 messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 77832 77833 11:11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there 77834 hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he 77835 that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 77836 77837 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of 77838 heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. 77839 77840 11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 77841 77842 11:14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. 77843 77844 11:15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 77845 77846 11:16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto 77847 children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 11:17 77848 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have 77849 mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 77850 77851 11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath 77852 a devil. 77853 77854 11:19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a 77855 man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. 77856 But wisdom is justified of her children. 77857 77858 11:20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty 77859 works were done, because they repented not: 11:21 Woe unto thee, 77860 Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which 77861 were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have 77862 repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 77863 77864 11:22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and 77865 Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. 77866 77867 11:23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be 77868 brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in 77869 thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 77870 77871 11:24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land 77872 of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. 77873 77874 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, 77875 Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the 77876 wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 77877 77878 11:26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. 77879 77880 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man 77881 knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, 77882 save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. 77883 77884 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will 77885 give you rest. 77886 77887 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly 77888 in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 77889 77890 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. 77891 77892 12:1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and 77893 his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and 77894 to eat. 77895 77896 12:2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy 77897 disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. 77898 77899 12:3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he 77900 was an hungred, and they that were with him; 12:4 How he entered into 77901 the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for 77902 him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the 77903 priests? 12:5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath 77904 days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? 77905 12:6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the 77906 temple. 77907 77908 12:7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not 77909 sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. 77910 77911 12:8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. 77912 77913 12:9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: 77914 12:10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And 77915 they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that 77916 they might accuse him. 77917 77918 12:11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that 77919 shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, 77920 will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 12:12 How much then is a 77921 man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the 77922 sabbath days. 77923 77924 12:13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he 77925 stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. 77926 77927 12:14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how 77928 they might destroy him. 77929 77930 12:15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and 77931 great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; 12:16 And 77932 charged them that they should not make him known: 12:17 That it might 77933 be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 12:18 77934 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is 77935 well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew 77936 judgment to the Gentiles. 77937 77938 12:19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his 77939 voice in the streets. 77940 77941 12:20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not 77942 quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. 77943 77944 12:21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. 77945 77946 12:22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and 77947 dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake 77948 and saw. 77949 77950 12:23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of 77951 David? 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow 77952 doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 77953 77954 12:25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom 77955 divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or 77956 house divided against itself shall not stand: 12:26 And if Satan cast 77957 out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom 77958 stand? 12:27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your 77959 children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. 77960 77961 12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom 77962 of God is come unto you. 77963 77964 12:29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil 77965 his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil 77966 his house. 77967 77968 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not 77969 with me scattereth abroad. 77970 77971 12:31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall 77972 be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall 77973 not be forgiven unto men. 77974 77975 12:32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall 77976 be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it 77977 shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world 77978 to come. 77979 77980 12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the 77981 tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his 77982 fruit. 77983 77984 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good 77985 things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 77986 77987 12:35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth 77988 good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth 77989 evil things. 77990 77991 12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, 77992 they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 77993 77994 12:37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou 77995 shalt be condemned. 77996 77997 12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, 77998 saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 77999 78000 12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous 78001 generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to 78002 it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 12:40 For as Jonas was three 78003 days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be 78004 three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 78005 78006 12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, 78007 and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; 78008 and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. 78009 78010 12:42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this 78011 generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost 78012 parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a 78013 greater than Solomon is here. 78014 78015 12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through 78016 dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 78017 78018 12:44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came 78019 out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 78020 78021 12:45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more 78022 wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last 78023 state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also 78024 unto this wicked generation. 78025 78026 12:46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his 78027 brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. 78028 78029 12:47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren 78030 stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 78031 78032 12:48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my 78033 mother? and who are my brethren? 12:49 And he stretched forth his 78034 hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 78035 12:50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, 78036 the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. 78037 78038 13:1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea 78039 side. 78040 78041 13:2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he 78042 went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 78043 78044 13:3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a 78045 sower went forth to sow; 13:4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by 78046 the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 13:5 Some fell 78047 upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they 78048 sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: 13:6 And when the 78049 sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they 78050 withered away. 78051 78052 13:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked 78053 them: 13:8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, 78054 some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. 78055 78056 13:9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 78057 78058 13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou 78059 unto them in parables? 13:11 He answered and said unto them, Because 78060 it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, 78061 but to them it is not given. 78062 78063 13:12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have 78064 more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away 78065 even that he hath. 78066 78067 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see 78068 not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 78069 78070 13:14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By 78071 hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall 78072 see, and shall not perceive: 13:15 For this people's heart is waxed 78073 gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have 78074 closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with 78075 their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be 78076 converted, and I should heal them. 78077 78078 13:16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they 78079 hear. 78080 78081 13:17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men 78082 have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; 78083 and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. 78084 78085 13:18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 78086 78087 13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth 78088 it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was 78089 sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. 78090 78091 13:20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he 78092 that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 13:21 Yet hath 78093 he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation 78094 or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. 78095 78096 13:22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth 78097 the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, 78098 choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. 78099 78100 13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that 78101 heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and 78102 bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 78103 78104 13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of 78105 heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 13:25 78106 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, 78107 and went his way. 78108 78109 13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then 78110 appeared the tares also. 78111 78112 13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, 78113 didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it 78114 tares? 13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants 78115 said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 13:29 78116 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also 78117 the wheat with them. 78118 78119 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of 78120 harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, 78121 and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my 78122 barn. 78123 78124 13:31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of 78125 heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed 78126 in his field: 13:32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when 78127 it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so 78128 that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. 78129 78130 13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is 78131 like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of 78132 meal, till the whole was leavened. 78133 78134 13:34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and 78135 without a parable spake he not unto them: 13:35 That it might be 78136 fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my 78137 mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret 78138 from the foundation of the world. 78139 78140 13:36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and 78141 his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of 78142 the tares of the field. 78143 78144 13:37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is 78145 the Son of man; 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the 78146 children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked 78147 one; 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the 78148 end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 78149 78150 13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so 78151 shall it be in the end of this world. 78152 78153 13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall 78154 gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do 78155 iniquity; 13:42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there 78156 shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 78157 78158 13:43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom 78159 of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 78160 78161 13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a 78162 field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof 78163 goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 78164 78165 13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, 78166 seeking goodly pearls: 13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great 78167 price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. 78168 78169 13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast 78170 into the sea, and gathered of every kind: 13:48 Which, when it was 78171 full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into 78172 vessels, but cast the bad away. 78173 78174 13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come 78175 forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 13:50 And shall cast 78176 them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of 78177 teeth. 78178 78179 13:51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They 78180 say unto him, Yea, Lord. 78181 78182 13:52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is 78183 instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an 78184 householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and 78185 old. 78186 78187 13:53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these 78188 parables, he departed thence. 78189 78190 13:54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in 78191 their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence 78192 hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? 13:55 Is not this 78193 the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, 78194 James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 13:56 And his sisters, are 78195 they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? 78196 13:57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A 78197 prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own 78198 house. 78199 78200 13:58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their 78201 unbelief. 78202 78203 14:1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 14:2 78204 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from 78205 the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. 78206 78207 14:3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in 78208 prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. 78209 78210 14:4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 78211 78212 14:5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, 78213 because they counted him as a prophet. 78214 78215 14:6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias 78216 danced before them, and pleased Herod. 78217 78218 14:7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she 78219 would ask. 78220 78221 14:8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me 78222 here John Baptist's head in a charger. 78223 78224 14:9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and 78225 them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her. 78226 78227 14:10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. 78228 78229 14:11 And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: 78230 and she brought it to her mother. 78231 78232 14:12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and 78233 went and told Jesus. 78234 78235 14:13 When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert 78236 place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him 78237 on foot out of the cities. 78238 78239 14:14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved 78240 with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. 78241 78242 14:15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This 78243 is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, 78244 that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. 78245 78246 14:16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to 78247 eat. 78248 78249 14:17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two 78250 fishes. 78251 78252 14:18 He said, Bring them hither to me. 78253 78254 14:19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and 78255 took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he 78256 blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the 78257 disciples to the multitude. 78258 78259 14:20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the 78260 fragments that remained twelve baskets full. 78261 78262 14:21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside 78263 women and children. 78264 78265 14:22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a 78266 ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the 78267 multitudes away. 78268 78269 14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a 78270 mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there 78271 alone. 78272 78273 14:24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: 78274 for the wind was contrary. 78275 78276 14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, 78277 walking on the sea. 78278 78279 14:26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were 78280 troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. 78281 78282 14:27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; 78283 it is I; be not afraid. 78284 78285 14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me 78286 come unto thee on the water. 78287 78288 14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, 78289 he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 78290 78291 14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and 78292 beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. 78293 78294 14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, 78295 and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? 78296 14:32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. 78297 78298 14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, 78299 Of a truth thou art the Son of God. 78300 78301 14:34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of 78302 Gennesaret. 78303 78304 14:35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent 78305 out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that 78306 were diseased; 14:36 And besought him that they might only touch the 78307 hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. 78308 78309 15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of 78310 Jerusalem, saying, 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition 78311 of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 78312 78313 15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the 78314 commandment of God by your tradition? 15:4 For God commanded, saying, 78315 Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, 78316 let him die the death. 78317 78318 15:5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It 78319 is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; 15:6 And 78320 honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye 78321 made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. 78322 78323 15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, 15:8 This 78324 people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with 78325 their lips; but their heart is far from me. 78326 78327 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the 78328 commandments of men. 78329 78330 15:10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and 78331 understand: 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; 78332 but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 78333 78334 15:12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that 78335 the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 15:13 But 78336 he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not 78337 planted, shall be rooted up. 78338 78339 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the 78340 blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 78341 78342 15:15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this 78343 parable. 78344 78345 15:16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? 15:17 Do 78346 not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth 78347 into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 15:18 But those 78348 things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and 78349 they defile the man. 78350 78351 15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, 78352 fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 15:20 These are the 78353 things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not 78354 a man. 78355 78356 15:21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and 78357 Sidon. 78358 78359 15:22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and 78360 cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; 78361 my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 78362 78363 15:23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and 78364 besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 78365 78366 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep 78367 of the house of Israel. 78368 78369 15:25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 78370 78371 15:26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's 78372 bread, and to cast it to dogs. 78373 78374 15:27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which 78375 fall from their masters' table. 78376 78377 15:28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy 78378 faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made 78379 whole from that very hour. 78380 78381 15:29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of 78382 Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. 78383 78384 15:30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that 78385 were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at 78386 Jesus' feet; and he healed them: 15:31 Insomuch that the multitude 78387 wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the 78388 lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of 78389 Israel. 78390 78391 15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have 78392 compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three 78393 days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, 78394 lest they faint in the way. 78395 78396 15:33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much 78397 bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? 15:34 And 78398 Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, 78399 and a few little fishes. 78400 78401 15:35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. 78402 78403 15:36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, 78404 and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the 78405 multitude. 78406 78407 15:37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the 78408 broken meat that was left seven baskets full. 78409 78410 15:38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and 78411 children. 78412 78413 15:39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the 78414 coasts of Magdala. 78415 78416 16:1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired 78417 him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. 78418 78419 16:2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It 78420 will be fair weather: for the sky is red. 78421 78422 16:3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky 78423 is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the 78424 sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? 16:4 A wicked and 78425 adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be 78426 given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, 78427 and departed. 78428 78429 16:5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had 78430 forgotten to take bread. 78431 78432 16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of 78433 the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 78434 78435 16:7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have 78436 taken no bread. 78437 78438 16:8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little 78439 faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no 78440 bread? 16:9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five 78441 loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 16:10 78442 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye 78443 took up? 16:11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it 78444 not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of 78445 the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? 16:12 Then understood they how 78446 that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the 78447 doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 78448 78449 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked 78450 his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 78451 16:14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, 78452 Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 78453 78454 16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16:16 And Simon 78455 Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living 78456 God. 78457 78458 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon 78459 Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my 78460 Father which is in heaven. 78461 78462 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this 78463 rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail 78464 against it. 78465 78466 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and 78467 whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and 78468 whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 78469 78470 16:20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that 78471 he was Jesus the Christ. 78472 78473 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how 78474 that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders 78475 and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the 78476 third day. 78477 78478 16:22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far 78479 from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. 78480 78481 16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: 78482 thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be 78483 of God, but those that be of men. 78484 78485 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after 78486 me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 78487 78488 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever 78489 will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 78490 78491 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, 78492 and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his 78493 soul? 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father 78494 with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his 78495 works. 78496 78497 16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall 78498 not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his 78499 kingdom. 78500 78501 17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his 78502 brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, 17:2 And 78503 was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and 78504 his raiment was white as the light. 78505 78506 17:3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking 78507 with him. 78508 78509 17:4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us 78510 to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for 78511 thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. 78512 78513 17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and 78514 behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, 78515 in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. 78516 78517 17:6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and 78518 were sore afraid. 78519 78520 17:7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not 78521 afraid. 78522 78523 17:8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save 78524 Jesus only. 78525 78526 17:9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, 78527 saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again 78528 from the dead. 78529 78530 17:10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes 78531 that Elias must first come? 17:11 And Jesus answered and said unto 78532 them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. 78533 78534 17:12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew 78535 him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall 78536 also the Son of man suffer of them. 78537 78538 17:13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John 78539 the Baptist. 78540 78541 17:14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a 78542 certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 17:15 Lord, have mercy 78543 on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth 78544 into the fire, and oft into the water. 78545 78546 17:16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. 78547 78548 17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse 78549 generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? 78550 bring him hither to me. 78551 78552 17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the 78553 child was cured from that very hour. 78554 78555 17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not 78556 we cast him out? 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your 78557 unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of 78558 mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder 78559 place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. 78560 78561 17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. 78562 78563 17:22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son 78564 of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: 17:23 And they shall 78565 kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. 78566 78567 And they were exceeding sorry. 78568 78569 17:24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute 78570 money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? 78571 17:25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus 78572 prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings 78573 of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of 78574 strangers? 17:26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto 78575 him, Then are the children free. 78576 78577 17:27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, 78578 and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when 78579 thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that 78580 take, and give unto them for me and thee. 78581 78582 18:1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is 78583 the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 18:2 And Jesus called a little 78584 child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, 18:3 And said, 78585 Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little 78586 children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 78587 78588 18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, 78589 the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 78590 78591 18:5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name 78592 receiveth me. 78593 78594 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in 78595 me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his 78596 neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 78597 78598 18:7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that 78599 offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! 18:8 78600 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast 78601 them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or 78602 maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into 78603 everlasting fire. 78604 78605 18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from 78606 thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather 78607 than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. 78608 78609 18:10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I 78610 say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of 78611 my Father which is in heaven. 78612 78613 18:11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. 78614 78615 18:12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be 78616 gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the 78617 mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? 18:13 And if so be 78618 that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that 78619 sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. 78620 78621 18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, 78622 that one of these little ones should perish. 78623 78624 18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell 78625 him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou 78626 hast gained thy brother. 78627 78628 18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two 78629 more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be 78630 established. 78631 78632 18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: 78633 but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an 78634 heathen man and a publican. 78635 78636 18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall 78637 be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be 78638 loosed in heaven. 78639 78640 18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as 78641 touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of 78642 my Father which is in heaven. 78643 78644 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there 78645 am I in the midst of them. 78646 78647 18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother 78648 sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 18:22 Jesus 78649 saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until 78650 seventy times seven. 78651 78652 18:23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, 78653 which would take account of his servants. 78654 78655 18:24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which 78656 owed him ten thousand talents. 78657 78658 18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be 78659 sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to 78660 be made. 78661 78662 18:26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, 78663 Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 78664 78665 18:27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and 78666 loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 78667 78668 18:28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his 78669 fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on 78670 him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. 78671 78672 18:29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, 78673 saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 78674 78675 18:30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he 78676 should pay the debt. 78677 78678 18:31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very 78679 sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. 78680 78681 18:32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O 78682 thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou 78683 desiredst me: 18:33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy 78684 fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? 18:34 And his lord was 78685 wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all 78686 that was due unto him. 78687 78688 18:35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye 78689 from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. 78690 78691 19:1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, 78692 he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond 78693 Jordan; 19:2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them 78694 there. 78695 78696 19:3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto 78697 him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 78698 19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he 78699 which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 19:5 And 78700 said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall 78701 cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 19:6 Wherefore 78702 they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined 78703 together, let not man put asunder. 78704 78705 19:7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing 78706 of divorcement, and to put her away? 19:8 He saith unto them, Moses 78707 because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your 78708 wives: but from the beginning it was not so. 78709 78710 19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it 78711 be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and 78712 whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. 78713 78714 19:10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with 78715 his wife, it is not good to marry. 78716 78717 19:11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save 78718 they to whom it is given. 78719 78720 19:12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their 78721 mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of 78722 men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the 78723 kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him 78724 receive it. 78725 78726 19:13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should 78727 put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. 78728 78729 19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to 78730 come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. 78731 78732 19:15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence. 78733 78734 19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good 78735 thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 19:17 And he said 78736 unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that 78737 is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 78738 78739 19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, 78740 Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not 78741 bear false witness, 19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou 78742 shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 78743 78744 19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from 78745 my youth up: what lack I yet? 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt 78746 be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou 78747 shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. 78748 78749 19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away 78750 sorrowful: for he had great possessions. 78751 78752 19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That 78753 a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. 78754 78755 19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through 78756 the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of 78757 God. 78758 78759 19:25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, 78760 saying, Who then can be saved? 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said 78761 unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are 78762 possible. 78763 78764 19:27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken 78765 all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? 19:28 And Jesus 78766 said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, 78767 in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his 78768 glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve 78769 tribes of Israel. 78770 78771 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or 78772 sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my 78773 name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit 78774 everlasting life. 78775 78776 19:30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be 78777 first. 78778 78779 20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an 78780 householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers 78781 into his vineyard. 78782 78783 20:2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he 78784 sent them into his vineyard. 78785 78786 20:3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing 78787 idle in the marketplace, 20:4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the 78788 vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their 78789 way. 78790 78791 20:5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did 78792 likewise. 78793 78794 20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others 78795 standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day 78796 idle? 20:7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith 78797 unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that 78798 shall ye receive. 78799 78800 20:8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his 78801 steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from 78802 the last unto the first. 78803 78804 20:9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they 78805 received every man a penny. 78806 78807 20:10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have 78808 received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. 78809 78810 20:11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman 78811 of the house, 20:12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and 78812 thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and 78813 heat of the day. 78814 78815 20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no 78816 wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? 20:14 Take that 78817 thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto 78818 thee. 78819 78820 20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is 78821 thine eye evil, because I am good? 20:16 So the last shall be first, 78822 and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. 78823 78824 20:17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart 78825 in the way, and said unto them, 20:18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; 78826 and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto 78827 the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, 20:19 And shall 78828 deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify 78829 him: and the third day he shall rise again. 78830 78831 20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, 78832 worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. 78833 78834 20:21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant 78835 that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the 78836 other on the left, in thy kingdom. 78837 78838 20:22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye 78839 able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized 78840 with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are 78841 able. 78842 78843 20:23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be 78844 baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my 78845 right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given 78846 to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. 78847 78848 20:24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation 78849 against the two brethren. 78850 78851 20:25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the 78852 princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are 78853 great exercise authority upon them. 78854 78855 20:26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great 78856 among you, let him be your minister; 20:27 And whosoever will be chief 78857 among you, let him be your servant: 20:28 Even as the Son of man came 78858 not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a 78859 ransom for many. 78860 78861 20:29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed 78862 him. 78863 78864 20:30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they 78865 heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O 78866 Lord, thou son of David. 78867 78868 20:31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their 78869 peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou 78870 son of David. 78871 78872 20:32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye 78873 that I shall do unto you? 20:33 They say unto him, Lord, that our 78874 eyes may be opened. 78875 78876 20:34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and 78877 immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. 78878 78879 21:1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to 78880 Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 78881 21:2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and 78882 straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose 78883 them, and bring them unto me. 78884 78885 21:3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath 78886 need of them; and straightway he will send them. 78887 78888 21:4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by 78889 the prophet, saying, 21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy 78890 King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the 78891 foal of an ass. 78892 78893 21:6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 21:7 And 78894 brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they 78895 set him thereon. 78896 78897 21:8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; 78898 others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. 78899 78900 21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, 78901 saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the 78902 name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. 78903 78904 21:10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, 78905 saying, Who is this? 21:11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the 78906 prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. 78907 78908 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them 78909 that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the 78910 moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 21:13 And said 78911 unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of 78912 prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. 78913 78914 21:14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he 78915 healed them. 78916 78917 21:15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things 78918 that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, 78919 Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased, 21:16 And said 78920 unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; 78921 have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast 78922 perfected praise? 21:17 And he left them, and went out of the city 78923 into Bethany; and he lodged there. 78924 78925 21:18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. 78926 78927 21:19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found 78928 nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow 78929 on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered 78930 away. 78931 78932 21:20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon 78933 is the fig tree withered away! 21:21 Jesus answered and said unto 78934 them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall 78935 not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall 78936 say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the 78937 sea; it shall be done. 78938 78939 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye 78940 shall receive. 78941 78942 21:23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the 78943 elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By 78944 what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this 78945 authority? 21:24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will 78946 ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you 78947 by what authority I do these things. 78948 78949 21:25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And 78950 they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; 78951 he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? 21:26 But if we 78952 shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. 78953 78954 21:27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said 78955 unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. 78956 78957 21:28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to 78958 the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. 78959 78960 21:29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and 78961 went. 78962 78963 21:30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered 78964 and said, I go, sir: and went not. 78965 78966 21:31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto 78967 him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the 78968 publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. 78969 78970 21:32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye 78971 believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and 78972 ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe 78973 him. 78974 78975 21:33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which 78976 planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress 78977 in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into 78978 a far country: 21:34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent 78979 his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of 78980 it. 78981 78982 21:35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed 78983 another, and stoned another. 78984 78985 21:36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did 78986 unto them likewise. 78987 78988 21:37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will 78989 reverence my son. 78990 78991 21:38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, 78992 This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his 78993 inheritance. 78994 78995 21:39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew 78996 him. 78997 78998 21:40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do 78999 unto those husbandmen? 21:41 They say unto him, He will miserably 79000 destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other 79001 husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. 79002 79003 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The 79004 stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the 79005 corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 79006 21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from 79007 you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 79008 79009 21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on 79010 whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 79011 79012 21:45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, 79013 they perceived that he spake of them. 79014 79015 21:46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the 79016 multitude, because they took him for a prophet. 79017 79018 22:1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and 79019 said, 22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which 79020 made a marriage for his son, 22:3 And sent forth his servants to call 79021 them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 79022 79023 22:4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are 79024 bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are 79025 killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. 79026 79027 22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, 79028 another to his merchandise: 22:6 And the remnant took his servants, 79029 and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. 79030 79031 22:7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth 79032 his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 79033 79034 22:8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they 79035 which were bidden were not worthy. 79036 79037 22:9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, 79038 bid to the marriage. 79039 79040 22:10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered 79041 together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding 79042 was furnished with guests. 79043 79044 22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man 79045 which had not on a wedding garment: 22:12 And he saith unto him, 79046 Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he 79047 was speechless. 79048 79049 22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and 79050 take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be 79051 weeping and gnashing of teeth. 79052 79053 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen. 79054 79055 22:15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might 79056 entangle him in his talk. 79057 79058 22:16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, 79059 saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of 79060 God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not 79061 the person of men. 79062 79063 22:17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give 79064 tribute unto Caesar, or not? 22:18 But Jesus perceived their 79065 wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 22:19 Shew me 79066 the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. 79067 79068 22:20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? 79069 22:21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render 79070 therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the 79071 things that are God's. 79072 79073 22:22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, 79074 and went their way. 79075 79076 22:23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is 79077 no resurrection, and asked him, 22:24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a 79078 man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and 79079 raise up seed unto his brother. 79080 79081 22:25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he 79082 had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto 79083 his brother: 22:26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the 79084 seventh. 79085 79086 22:27 And last of all the woman died also. 79087 79088 22:28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the 79089 seven? for they all had her. 79090 79091 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the 79092 scriptures, nor the power of God. 79093 79094 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in 79095 marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. 79096 79097 22:31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read 79098 that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, 22:32 I am the God of 79099 Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the 79100 God of the dead, but of the living. 79101 79102 22:33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his 79103 doctrine. 79104 79105 22:34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees 79106 to silence, they were gathered together. 79107 79108 22:35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, 79109 tempting him, and saying, 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment 79110 in the law? 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy 79111 God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 79112 79113 22:38 This is the first and great commandment. 79114 79115 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as 79116 thyself. 79117 79118 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. 79119 79120 22:41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 79121 22:42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto 79122 him, The son of David. 79123 79124 22:43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, 79125 saying, 22:44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 79126 till I make thine enemies thy footstool? 22:45 If David then call him 79127 Lord, how is he his son? 22:46 And no man was able to answer him a 79128 word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more 79129 questions. 79130 79131 23:1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 23:2 79132 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 23:3 All 79133 therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do 79134 not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 79135 79136 23:4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay 79137 them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with 79138 one of their fingers. 79139 79140 23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make 79141 broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, 79142 23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in 79143 the synagogues, 23:7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of 79144 men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 79145 79146 23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; 79147 and all ye are brethren. 79148 79149 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your 79150 Father, which is in heaven. 79151 79152 23:10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even 79153 Christ. 79154 79155 23:11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 79156 79157 23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that 79158 shall humble himself shall be exalted. 79159 79160 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut 79161 up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, 79162 neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 79163 79164 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour 79165 widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye 79166 shall receive the greater damnation. 79167 79168 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass 79169 sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him 79170 twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. 79171 79172 23:16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear 79173 by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of 79174 the temple, he is a debtor! 23:17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is 79175 greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? 23:18 79176 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever 79177 sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. 79178 79179 23:19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the 79180 altar that sanctifieth the gift? 23:20 Whoso therefore shall swear by 79181 the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 79182 79183 23:21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him 79184 that dwelleth therein. 79185 79186 23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of 79187 God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 79188 79189 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay 79190 tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier 79191 matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have 79192 done, and not to leave the other undone. 79193 79194 23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 79195 79196 23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make 79197 clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are 79198 full of extortion and excess. 79199 79200 23:26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup 79201 and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 79202 79203 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like 79204 unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are 79205 within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 79206 79207 23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within 79208 ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 79209 79210 23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye 79211 build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the 79212 righteous, 23:30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, 79213 we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the 79214 prophets. 79215 79216 23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the 79217 children of them which killed the prophets. 79218 79219 23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 79220 79221 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the 79222 damnation of hell? 23:34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, 79223 and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; 79224 and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute 79225 them from city to city: 23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous 79226 blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the 79227 blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple 79228 and the altar. 79229 79230 23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this 79231 generation. 79232 79233 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and 79234 stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered 79235 thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her 79236 wings, and ye would not! 23:38 Behold, your house is left unto you 79237 desolate. 79238 79239 23:39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye 79240 shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 79241 79242 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his 79243 disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 79244 79245 24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I 79246 say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, 79247 that shall not be thrown down. 79248 79249 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto 79250 him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what 79251 shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 24:4 79252 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive 79253 you. 79254 79255 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall 79256 deceive many. 79257 79258 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not 79259 troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not 79260 yet. 79261 79262 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against 79263 kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, 79264 in divers places. 79265 79266 24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 79267 79268 24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill 79269 you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 79270 79271 24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, 79272 and shall hate one another. 79273 79274 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 79275 79276 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax 79277 cold. 79278 79279 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 79280 79281 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the 79282 world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. 79283 79284 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, 79285 spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso 79286 readeth, let him understand:) 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea 79287 flee into the mountains: 24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not 79288 come down to take any thing out of his house: 24:18 Neither let him 79289 which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 79290 79291 24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give 79292 suck in those days! 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the 79293 winter, neither on the sabbath day: 24:21 For then shall be great 79294 tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this 79295 time, no, nor ever shall be. 79296 79297 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh 79298 be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 79299 79300 24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or 79301 there; believe it not. 79302 79303 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and 79304 shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were 79305 possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 79306 79307 24:25 Behold, I have told you before. 79308 79309 24:26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the 79310 desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it 79311 not. 79312 79313 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even 79314 unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 79315 79316 24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be 79317 gathered together. 79318 79319 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be 79320 darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall 79321 fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 24:30 79322 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then 79323 shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of 79324 man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 79325 79326 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, 79327 and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one 79328 end of heaven to the other. 79329 79330 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet 79331 tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 24:33 79332 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is 79333 near, even at the doors. 79334 79335 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all 79336 these things be fulfilled. 79337 79338 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass 79339 away. 79340 79341 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of 79342 heaven, but my Father only. 79343 79344 24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son 79345 of man be. 79346 79347 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating 79348 and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe 79349 entered into the ark, 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and 79350 took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 79351 79352 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the 79353 other left. 79354 79355 24:41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, 79356 and the other left. 79357 79358 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 79359 79360 24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in 79361 what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not 79362 have suffered his house to be broken up. 79363 79364 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not 79365 the Son of man cometh. 79366 79367 24:45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made 79368 ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 24:46 79369 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so 79370 doing. 79371 79372 24:47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his 79373 goods. 79374 79375 24:48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord 79376 delayeth his coming; 24:49 And shall begin to smite his 79377 fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 24:50 The lord 79378 of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and 79379 in an hour that he is not aware of, 24:51 And shall cut him asunder, 79380 and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be 79381 weeping and gnashing of teeth. 79382 79383 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, 79384 which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 79385 79386 25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 79387 79388 25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with 79389 them: 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 79390 79391 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 79392 79393 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom 79394 cometh; go ye out to meet him. 79395 79396 25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 79397 79398 25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our 79399 lamps are gone out. 79400 79401 25:9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough 79402 for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for 79403 yourselves. 79404 79405 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that 79406 were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 79407 79408 25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open 79409 to us. 79410 79411 25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 79412 79413 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour 79414 wherein the Son of man cometh. 79415 79416 25:14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far 79417 country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his 79418 goods. 79419 79420 25:15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to 79421 another one; to every man according to his several ability; and 79422 straightway took his journey. 79423 79424 25:16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with 79425 the same, and made them other five talents. 79426 79427 25:17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 79428 79429 25:18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and 79430 hid his lord's money. 79431 79432 25:19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and 79433 reckoneth with them. 79434 79435 25:20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other 79436 five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: 79437 behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. 79438 79439 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful 79440 servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee 79441 ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 79442 79443 25:22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou 79444 deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other 79445 talents beside them. 79446 79447 25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; 79448 thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over 79449 many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 79450 79451 25:24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I 79452 knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, 79453 and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25:25 And I was afraid, and 79454 went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is 79455 thine. 79456 79457 25:26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful 79458 servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where 79459 I have not strawed: 25:27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money 79460 to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine 79461 own with usury. 79462 79463 25:28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which 79464 hath ten talents. 79465 79466 25:29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have 79467 abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that 79468 which he hath. 79469 79470 25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there 79471 shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 79472 79473 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy 79474 angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 25:32 79475 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate 79476 them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the 79477 goats: 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the 79478 goats on the left. 79479 79480 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye 79481 blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the 79482 foundation of the world: 25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me 79483 meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye 79484 took me in: 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited 79485 me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 79486 79487 25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we 79488 thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 25:38 79489 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed 79490 thee? 25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto 79491 thee? 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say 79492 unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these 79493 my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 79494 79495 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from 79496 me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his 79497 angels: 25:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was 79498 thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took 79499 me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye 79500 visited me not. 79501 79502 25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee 79503 an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in 79504 prison, and did not minister unto thee? 25:45 Then shall he answer 79505 them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one 79506 of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 79507 79508 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the 79509 righteous into life eternal. 79510 79511 26:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, 79512 he said unto his disciples, 26:2 Ye know that after two days is the 79513 feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 79514 79515 26:3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and 79516 the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was 79517 called Caiaphas, 26:4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by 79518 subtilty, and kill him. 79519 79520 26:5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar 79521 among the people. 79522 79523 26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 79524 26:7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very 79525 precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. 79526 79527 26:8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To 79528 what purpose is this waste? 26:9 For this ointment might have been 79529 sold for much, and given to the poor. 79530 79531 26:10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the 79532 woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 79533 79534 26:11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. 79535 79536 26:12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it 79537 for my burial. 79538 79539 26:13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached 79540 in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, 79541 be told for a memorial of her. 79542 79543 26:14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the 79544 chief priests, 26:15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I 79545 will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty 79546 pieces of silver. 79547 79548 26:16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. 79549 79550 26:17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples 79551 came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for 79552 thee to eat the passover? 26:18 And he said, Go into the city to such 79553 a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will 79554 keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. 79555 79556 26:19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made 79557 ready the passover. 79558 79559 26:20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. 79560 79561 26:21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of 79562 you shall betray me. 79563 79564 26:22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them 79565 to say unto him, Lord, is it I? 26:23 And he answered and said, He 79566 that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. 79567 79568 26:24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that 79569 man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man 79570 if he had not been born. 79571 79572 26:25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it 79573 I? He said unto him, Thou hast said. 79574 79575 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and 79576 brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is 79577 my body. 79578 79579 26:27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, 79580 saying, Drink ye all of it; 26:28 For this is my blood of the new 79581 testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 79582 79583 26:29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of 79584 the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's 79585 kingdom. 79586 79587 26:30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of 79588 Olives. 79589 79590 26:31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of 79591 me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the 79592 sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. 79593 79594 26:32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. 79595 79596 26:33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be 79597 offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. 79598 79599 26:34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, 79600 before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. 79601 79602 26:35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I 79603 not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples. 79604 79605 26:36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and 79606 saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 79607 79608 26:37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and 79609 began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 79610 79611 26:38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even 79612 unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. 79613 79614 26:39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, 79615 saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: 79616 nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. 79617 79618 26:40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and 79619 saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? 26:41 79620 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed 79621 is willing, but the flesh is weak. 79622 79623 26:42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my 79624 Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy 79625 will be done. 79626 79627 26:43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were 79628 heavy. 79629 79630 26:44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third 79631 time, saying the same words. 79632 79633 26:45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on 79634 now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of 79635 man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 79636 79637 26:46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray 79638 me. 79639 79640 26:47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and 79641 with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief 79642 priests and elders of the people. 79643 79644 26:48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I 79645 shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. 79646 79647 26:49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and 79648 kissed him. 79649 79650 26:50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then 79651 came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him. 79652 79653 26:51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his 79654 hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, 79655 and smote off his ear. 79656 79657 26:52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: 79658 for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. 79659 79660 26:53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall 79661 presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? 26:54 But how 79662 then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? 26:55 79663 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as 79664 against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily 79665 with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. 79666 79667 26:56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might 79668 be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. 79669 79670 26:57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas 79671 the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. 79672 79673 26:58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, 79674 and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. 79675 79676 26:59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought 79677 false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; 26:60 But found 79678 none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At 79679 the last came two false witnesses, 26:61 And said, This fellow said, I 79680 am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. 79681 79682 26:62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou 79683 nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? 26:63 But Jesus 79684 held his peace, And the high priest answered and said unto him, I 79685 adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the 79686 Christ, the Son of God. 79687 79688 26:64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto 79689 you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand 79690 of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 79691 79692 26:65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken 79693 blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have 79694 heard his blasphemy. 79695 79696 26:66 What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. 79697 79698 26:67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others 79699 smote him with the palms of their hands, 26:68 Saying, Prophesy unto 79700 us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee? 26:69 Now Peter sat 79701 without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also 79702 wast with Jesus of Galilee. 79703 79704 26:70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou 79705 sayest. 79706 79707 26:71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, 79708 and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of 79709 Nazareth. 79710 79711 26:72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. 79712 79713 26:73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to 79714 Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth 79715 thee. 79716 79717 26:74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. 79718 And immediately the cock crew. 79719 79720 26:75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, 79721 Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and 79722 wept bitterly. 79723 79724 27:1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of 79725 the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 27:2 And 79726 when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to 79727 Pontius Pilate the governor. 79728 79729 27:3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was 79730 condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of 79731 silver to the chief priests and elders, 27:4 Saying, I have sinned in 79732 that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that 79733 to us? see thou to that. 79734 79735 27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and 79736 departed, and went and hanged himself. 79737 79738 27:6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not 79739 lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of 79740 blood. 79741 79742 27:7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, 79743 to bury strangers in. 79744 79745 27:8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this 79746 day. 79747 79748 27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, 79749 saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him 79750 that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; 27:10 79751 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. 79752 79753 27:11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, 79754 saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou 79755 sayest. 79756 79757 27:12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he 79758 answered nothing. 79759 79760 27:13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they 79761 witness against thee? 27:14 And he answered him to never a word; 79762 insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. 79763 79764 27:15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the 79765 people a prisoner, whom they would. 79766 79767 27:16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 79768 79769 27:17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto 79770 them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which 79771 is called Christ? 27:18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered 79772 him. 79773 79774 27:19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto 79775 him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have 79776 suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. 79777 79778 27:20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that 79779 they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 79780 79781 27:21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain 79782 will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. 79783 79784 27:22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is 79785 called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. 79786 79787 27:23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they 79788 cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. 79789 79790 27:24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a 79791 tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the 79792 multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see 79793 ye to it. 79794 79795 27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and 79796 on our children. 79797 79798 27:26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged 79799 Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. 79800 79801 27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common 79802 hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. 79803 79804 27:28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. 79805 79806 27:29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon 79807 his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before 79808 him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! 27:30 And they 79809 spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. 79810 79811 27:31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from 79812 him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. 79813 79814 27:32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: 79815 him they compelled to bear his cross. 79816 79817 27:33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to 79818 say, a place of a skull, 27:34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled 79819 with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 79820 79821 27:35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: 79822 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They 79823 parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 79824 79825 27:36 And sitting down they watched him there; 27:37 And set up over 79826 his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 79827 79828 27:38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right 79829 hand, and another on the left. 79830 79831 27:39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 27:40 79832 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three 79833 days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the 79834 cross. 79835 79836 27:41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes 79837 and elders, said, 27:42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he 79838 be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we 79839 will believe him. 79840 79841 27:43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: 79842 for he said, I am the Son of God. 79843 79844 27:44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same 79845 in his teeth. 79846 79847 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land 79848 unto the ninth hour. 79849 79850 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, 79851 Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast 79852 thou forsaken me? 27:47 Some of them that stood there, when they 79853 heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. 79854 79855 27:48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled 79856 it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. 79857 79858 27:49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to 79859 save him. 79860 79861 27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the 79862 ghost. 79863 79864 27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the 79865 top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 27:52 79866 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept 79867 arose, 27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and 79868 went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 79869 79870 27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching 79871 Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they 79872 feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. 79873 79874 27:55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed 79875 Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: 27:56 Among which was Mary 79876 Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of 79877 Zebedees children. 79878 79879 27:57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, 79880 named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 27:58 He went to 79881 Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body 79882 to be delivered. 79883 79884 27:59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean 79885 linen cloth, 27:60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn 79886 out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the 79887 sepulchre, and departed. 79888 79889 27:61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over 79890 against the sepulchre. 79891 79892 27:62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the 79893 chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, 27:63 Saying, 79894 Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, 79895 After three days I will rise again. 79896 79897 27:64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the 79898 third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and 79899 say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error 79900 shall be worse than the first. 79901 79902 27:65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as 79903 sure as ye can. 79904 79905 27:66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, 79906 and setting a watch. 79907 79908 28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first 79909 day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the 79910 sepulchre. 79911 79912 28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the 79913 Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from 79914 the door, and sat upon it. 79915 79916 28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as 79917 snow: 28:4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as 79918 dead men. 79919 79920 28:5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for 79921 I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 79922 79923 28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place 79924 where the Lord lay. 79925 79926 28:7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the 79927 dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye 79928 see him: lo, I have told you. 79929 79930 28:8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great 79931 joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. 79932 79933 28:9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, 79934 saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and 79935 worshipped him. 79936 79937 28:10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren 79938 that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. 79939 79940 28:11 Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into 79941 the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were 79942 done. 79943 79944 28:12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken 79945 counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, 28:13 Saying, Say 79946 ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. 79947 79948 28:14 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, 79949 and secure you. 79950 79951 28:15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this 79952 saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. 79953 79954 28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a 79955 mountain where Jesus had appointed them. 79956 79957 28:17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. 79958 79959 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given 79960 unto me in heaven and in earth. 79961 79962 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the 79963 name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 28:20 79964 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: 79965 and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. 79966 79967 79968 79969 79970 The Gospel According to Saint Mark 79971 79972 79973 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; 1:2 79974 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before 79975 thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 79976 79977 1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of 79978 the Lord, make his paths straight. 79979 79980 1:4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of 79981 repentance for the remission of sins. 79982 79983 1:5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of 79984 Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, 79985 confessing their sins. 79986 79987 1:6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a 79988 skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; 1:7 And 79989 preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the 79990 latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. 79991 79992 1:8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you 79993 with the Holy Ghost. 79994 79995 1:9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth 79996 of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. 79997 79998 1:10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens 79999 opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: 1:11 And there 80000 came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I 80001 am well pleased. 80002 80003 1:12 And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness. 80004 80005 1:13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; 80006 and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him. 80007 80008 1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, 80009 preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 1:15 And saying, The time 80010 is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and 80011 believe the gospel. 80012 80013 1:16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew 80014 his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 80015 80016 1:17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you 80017 to become fishers of men. 80018 80019 1:18 And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him. 80020 80021 1:19 And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the 80022 son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship 80023 mending their nets. 80024 80025 1:20 And straightway he called them: and they left their father 80026 Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him. 80027 80028 1:21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day 80029 he entered into the synagogue, and taught. 80030 80031 1:22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as 80032 one that had authority, and not as the scribes. 80033 80034 1:23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; 80035 and he cried out, 1:24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with 80036 thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee 80037 who thou art, the Holy One of God. 80038 80039 1:25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of 80040 him. 80041 80042 1:26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud 80043 voice, he came out of him. 80044 80045 1:27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among 80046 themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for 80047 with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do 80048 obey him. 80049 80050 1:28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region 80051 round about Galilee. 80052 80053 1:29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they 80054 entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 80055 80056 1:30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell 80057 him of her. 80058 80059 1:31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and 80060 immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. 80061 80062 1:32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that 80063 were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. 80064 80065 1:33 And all the city was gathered together at the door. 80066 80067 1:34 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast 80068 out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they 80069 knew him. 80070 80071 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went 80072 out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. 80073 80074 1:36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him. 80075 80076 1:37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for 80077 thee. 80078 80079 1:38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may 80080 preach there also: for therefore came I forth. 80081 80082 1:39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and 80083 cast out devils. 80084 80085 1:40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down 80086 to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 80087 80088 1:41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched 80089 him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. 80090 80091 1:42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed 80092 from him, and he was cleansed. 80093 80094 1:43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; 1:44 80095 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, 80096 shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things 80097 which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 80098 80099 1:45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze 80100 abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into 80101 the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from 80102 every quarter. 80103 80104 2:1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was 80105 noised that he was in the house. 80106 80107 2:2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there 80108 was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he 80109 preached the word unto them. 80110 80111 2:3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was 80112 borne of four. 80113 80114 2:4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they 80115 uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they 80116 let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. 80117 80118 2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, 80119 Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. 80120 80121 2:6 But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning 80122 in their hearts, 2:7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can 80123 forgive sins but God only? 2:8 And immediately when Jesus perceived 80124 in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto 80125 them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? 2:9 Whether is it 80126 easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or 80127 to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? 2:10 But that ye may 80128 know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he 80129 saith to the sick of the palsy,) 2:11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take 80130 up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. 80131 80132 2:12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before 80133 them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, 80134 saying, We never saw it on this fashion. 80135 80136 2:13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude 80137 resorted unto him, and he taught them. 80138 80139 2:14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at 80140 the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and 80141 followed him. 80142 80143 2:15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, 80144 many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his 80145 disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. 80146 80147 2:16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and 80148 sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and 80149 drinketh with publicans and sinners? 2:17 When Jesus heard it, he 80150 saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, 80151 but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners 80152 to repentance. 80153 80154 2:18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and 80155 they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the 80156 Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 2:19 And Jesus said unto 80157 them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom 80158 is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they 80159 cannot fast. 80160 80161 2:20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away 80162 from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 80163 80164 2:21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else 80165 the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent 80166 is made worse. 80167 80168 2:22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine 80169 doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will 80170 be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles. 80171 80172 2:23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the 80173 sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears 80174 of corn. 80175 80176 2:24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the 80177 sabbath day that which is not lawful? 2:25 And he said unto them, 80178 Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an 80179 hungred, he, and they that were with him? 2:26 How he went into the 80180 house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the 80181 shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave 80182 also to them which were with him? 2:27 And he said unto them, The 80183 sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 2:28 Therefore 80184 the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. 80185 80186 3:1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there 80187 which had a withered hand. 80188 80189 3:2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath 80190 day; that they might accuse him. 80191 80192 3:3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand 80193 forth. 80194 80195 3:4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath 80196 days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their 80197 peace. 80198 80199 3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being 80200 grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, 80201 Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was 80202 restored whole as the other. 80203 80204 3:6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with 80205 the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. 80206 80207 3:7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a 80208 great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, 3:8 And 80209 from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they 80210 about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what 80211 great things he did, came unto him. 80212 80213 3:9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on 80214 him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. 80215 80216 3:10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for 80217 to touch him, as many as had plagues. 80218 80219 3:11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and 80220 cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. 80221 80222 3:12 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known. 80223 80224 3:13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he 80225 would: and they came unto him. 80226 80227 3:14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he 80228 might send them forth to preach, 3:15 And to have power to heal 80229 sicknesses, and to cast out devils: 3:16 And Simon he surnamed Peter; 80230 3:17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and 80231 he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 3:18 And 80232 Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and 80233 James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite, 80234 3:19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into 80235 an house. 80236 80237 3:20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not 80238 so much as eat bread. 80239 80240 3:21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on 80241 him: for they said, He is beside himself. 80242 80243 3:22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath 80244 Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. 80245 80246 3:23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How 80247 can Satan cast out Satan? 3:24 And if a kingdom be divided against 80248 itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 80249 80250 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot 80251 stand. 80252 80253 3:26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot 80254 stand, but hath an end. 80255 80256 3:27 No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, 80257 except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his 80258 house. 80259 80260 3:28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons 80261 of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: 3:29 80262 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never 80263 forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. 80264 80265 3:30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit. 80266 80267 3:31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing 80268 without, sent unto him, calling him. 80269 80270 3:32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, 80271 thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. 80272 80273 3:33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? 80274 3:34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, 80275 Behold my mother and my brethren! 3:35 For whosoever shall do the 80276 will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. 80277 80278 4:1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was 80279 gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, 80280 and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the 80281 land. 80282 80283 4:2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in 80284 his doctrine, 4:3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4:4 80285 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the 80286 fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 80287 80288 4:5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and 80289 immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: 4:6 But 80290 when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it 80291 withered away. 80292 80293 4:7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, 80294 and it yielded no fruit. 80295 80296 4:8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up 80297 and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and 80298 some an hundred. 80299 80300 4:9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 80301 80302 4:10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve 80303 asked of him the parable. 80304 80305 4:11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery 80306 of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these 80307 things are done in parables: 4:12 That seeing they may see, and not 80308 perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any 80309 time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. 80310 80311 4:13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then 80312 will ye know all parables? 4:14 The sower soweth the word. 80313 80314 4:15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but 80315 when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the 80316 word that was sown in their hearts. 80317 80318 4:16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, 80319 when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; 80320 4:17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: 80321 afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, 80322 immediately they are offended. 80323 80324 4:18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the 80325 word, 4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of 80326 riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and 80327 it becometh unfruitful. 80328 80329 4:20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear 80330 the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some 80331 sixty, and some an hundred. 80332 80333 4:21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a 80334 bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? 4:22 For 80335 there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any 80336 thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. 80337 80338 4:23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 80339 80340 4:24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure 80341 ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall 80342 more be given. 80343 80344 4:25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, 80345 from him shall be taken even that which he hath. 80346 80347 4:26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast 80348 seed into the ground; 4:27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, 80349 and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. 80350 80351 4:28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, 80352 then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. 80353 80354 4:29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in 80355 the sickle, because the harvest is come. 80356 80357 4:30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with 80358 what comparison shall we compare it? 4:31 It is like a grain of 80359 mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all 80360 the seeds that be in the earth: 4:32 But when it is sown, it groweth 80361 up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great 80362 branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of 80363 it. 80364 80365 4:33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they 80366 were able to hear it. 80367 80368 4:34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were 80369 alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. 80370 80371 4:35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let 80372 us pass over unto the other side. 80373 80374 4:36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as 80375 he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. 80376 80377 4:37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into 80378 the ship, so that it was now full. 80379 80380 4:38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: 80381 and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we 80382 perish? 4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the 80383 sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 80384 80385 4:40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye 80386 have no faith? 4:41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to 80387 another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea 80388 obey him? 5:1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into 80389 the country of the Gadarenes. 80390 80391 5:2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him 80392 out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 5:3 Who had his 80393 dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with 80394 chains: 5:4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and 80395 chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the 80396 fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 80397 80398 5:5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the 80399 tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. 80400 80401 5:6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, 5:7 And 80402 cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, 80403 thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment 80404 me not. 80405 80406 5:8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. 80407 80408 5:9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My 80409 name is Legion: for we are many. 80410 80411 5:10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of 80412 the country. 80413 80414 5:11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine 80415 feeding. 80416 80417 5:12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, 80418 that we may enter into them. 80419 80420 5:13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went 80421 out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a 80422 steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were 80423 choked in the sea. 80424 80425 5:14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in 80426 the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. 80427 80428 5:15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the 80429 devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right 80430 mind: and they were afraid. 80431 80432 5:16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was 80433 possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. 80434 80435 5:17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. 80436 80437 5:18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed 80438 with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. 80439 80440 5:19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to 80441 thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for 80442 thee, and hath had compassion on thee. 80443 80444 5:20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great 80445 things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. 80446 80447 5:21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, 80448 much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea. 80449 80450 5:22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, 80451 Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, 5:23 And 80452 besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of 80453 death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be 80454 healed; and she shall live. 80455 80456 5:24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and 80457 thronged him. 80458 80459 5:25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, 80460 5:26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent 80461 all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 80462 5:27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and 80463 touched his garment. 80464 80465 5:28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. 80466 80467 5:29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she 80468 felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. 80469 80470 5:30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone 80471 out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my 80472 clothes? 5:31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the 80473 multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 5:32 And 80474 he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. 80475 80476 5:33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in 80477 her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. 80478 80479 5:34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; 80480 go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. 80481 80482 5:35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's 80483 house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the 80484 Master any further? 5:36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was 80485 spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only 80486 believe. 80487 80488 5:37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and 80489 John the brother of James. 80490 80491 5:38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and 80492 seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. 80493 80494 5:39 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this 80495 ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. 80496 80497 5:40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, 80498 he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were 80499 with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. 80500 80501 5:41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha 80502 cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. 80503 80504 5:42 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the 80505 age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great 80506 astonishment. 80507 80508 5:43 And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and 80509 commanded that something should be given her to eat. 80510 80511 6:1 And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and 80512 his disciples follow him. 80513 80514 6:2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the 80515 synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence 80516 hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given 80517 unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? 6:3 80518 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and 80519 Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? 80520 And they were offended at him. 80521 80522 6:4 But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in 80523 his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. 80524 80525 6:5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands 80526 upon a few sick folk, and healed them. 80527 80528 6:6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round 80529 about the villages, teaching. 80530 80531 6:7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by 80532 two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; 6:8 And 80533 commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a 80534 staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: 6:9 But be 80535 shod with sandals; and not put on two coats. 80536 80537 6:10 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an 80538 house, there abide till ye depart from that place. 80539 80540 6:11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart 80541 thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against 80542 them. 80543 80544 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and 80545 Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. 80546 80547 6:12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent. 80548 80549 6:13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that 80550 were sick, and healed them. 80551 80552 6:14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) 80553 and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and 80554 therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. 80555 80556 6:15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a 80557 prophet, or as one of the prophets. 80558 80559 6:16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I 80560 beheaded: he is risen from the dead. 80561 80562 6:17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and 80563 bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for 80564 he had married her. 80565 80566 6:18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have 80567 thy brother's wife. 80568 80569 6:19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have 80570 killed him; but she could not: 6:20 For Herod feared John, knowing 80571 that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he 80572 heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. 80573 80574 6:21 And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday 80575 made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of 80576 Galilee; 6:22 And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and 80577 danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said 80578 unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it 80579 thee. 80580 80581 6:23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will 80582 give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. 80583 80584 6:24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? 80585 And she said, The head of John the Baptist. 80586 80587 6:25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, 80588 saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of 80589 John the Baptist. 80590 80591 6:26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and 80592 for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. 80593 80594 6:27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his 80595 head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 6:28 80596 And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the 80597 damsel gave it to her mother. 80598 80599 6:29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his 80600 corpse, and laid it in a tomb. 80601 80602 6:30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and 80603 told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had 80604 taught. 80605 80606 6:31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert 80607 place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and 80608 they had no leisure so much as to eat. 80609 80610 6:32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. 80611 80612 6:33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran 80613 afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together 80614 unto him. 80615 80616 6:34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with 80617 compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a 80618 shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. 80619 80620 6:35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, 80621 and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: 6:36 80622 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and 80623 into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to 80624 eat. 80625 80626 6:37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say 80627 unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and 80628 give them to eat? 6:38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? 80629 go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. 80630 80631 6:39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the 80632 green grass. 80633 80634 6:40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. 80635 80636 6:41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he 80637 looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them 80638 to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he 80639 among them all. 80640 80641 6:42 And they did all eat, and were filled. 80642 80643 6:43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the 80644 fishes. 80645 80646 6:44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men. 80647 80648 6:45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the 80649 ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent 80650 away the people. 80651 80652 6:46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to 80653 pray. 80654 80655 6:47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and 80656 he alone on the land. 80657 80658 6:48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto 80659 them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, 80660 walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. 80661 80662 6:49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had 80663 been a spirit, and cried out: 6:50 For they all saw him, and were 80664 troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be 80665 of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. 80666 80667 6:51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and 80668 they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. 80669 80670 6:52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their 80671 heart was hardened. 80672 80673 6:53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of 80674 Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. 80675 80676 6:54 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew 80677 him, 6:55 And ran through that whole region round about, and began to 80678 carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. 80679 80680 6:56 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or 80681 country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they 80682 might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as 80683 touched him were made whole. 80684 80685 7:1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the 80686 scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 80687 80688 7:2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, 80689 that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 80690 80691 7:3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands 80692 oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 80693 80694 7:4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat 80695 not. 80696 80697 And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as 80698 the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. 80699 80700 7:5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy 80701 disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with 80702 unwashen hands? 7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias 80703 prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth 80704 me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 80705 80706 7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the 80707 commandments of men. 80708 80709 7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of 80710 men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things 80711 ye do. 80712 80713 7:9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, 80714 that ye may keep your own tradition. 80715 80716 7:10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso 80717 curseth father or mother, let him die the death: 7:11 But ye say, If a 80718 man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a 80719 gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. 80720 80721 7:12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his 80722 mother; 7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through your 80723 tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. 80724 80725 7:14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto 80726 them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: 7:15 There is 80727 nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but 80728 the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. 80729 80730 7:16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 80731 80732 7:17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his 80733 disciples asked him concerning the parable. 80734 80735 7:18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do 80736 ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the 80737 man, it cannot defile him; 7:19 Because it entereth not into his 80738 heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all 80739 meats? 7:20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that 80740 defileth the man. 80741 80742 7:21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, 80743 adulteries, fornications, murders, 7:22 Thefts, covetousness, 80744 wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, 80745 foolishness: 7:23 All these evil things come from within, and defile 80746 the man. 80747 80748 7:24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and 80749 Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but 80750 he could not be hid. 80751 80752 7:25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, 80753 heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: 7:26 The woman was a 80754 Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would 80755 cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 80756 80757 7:27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it 80758 is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the 80759 dogs. 80760 80761 7:28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under 80762 the table eat of the children's crumbs. 80763 80764 7:29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is 80765 gone out of thy daughter. 80766 80767 7:30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, 80768 and her daughter laid upon the bed. 80769 80770 7:31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came 80771 unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. 80772 80773 7:32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment 80774 in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. 80775 80776 7:33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers 80777 into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; 7:34 And looking 80778 up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be 80779 opened. 80780 80781 7:35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his 80782 tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. 80783 80784 7:36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he 80785 charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; 7:37 80786 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things 80787 well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. 80788 80789 8:1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing 80790 to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 8:2 80791 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me 80792 three days, and have nothing to eat: 8:3 And if I send them away 80793 fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of 80794 them came from far. 80795 80796 8:4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy 80797 these men with bread here in the wilderness? 8:5 And he asked them, 80798 How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. 80799 80800 8:6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took 80801 the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his 80802 disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. 80803 80804 8:7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to 80805 set them also before them. 80806 80807 8:8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken 80808 meat that was left seven baskets. 80809 80810 8:9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them 80811 away. 80812 80813 8:10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and 80814 came into the parts of Dalmanutha. 80815 80816 8:11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, 80817 seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 80818 80819 8:12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this 80820 generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no 80821 sign be given unto this generation. 80822 80823 8:13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to 80824 the other side. 80825 80826 8:14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they 80827 in the ship with them more than one loaf. 80828 80829 8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of 80830 the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. 80831 80832 8:16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have 80833 no bread. 80834 80835 8:17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, 80836 because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? 80837 have ye your heart yet hardened? 8:18 Having eyes, see ye not? and 80838 having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? 8:19 When I brake 80839 the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of 80840 fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. 80841 80842 8:20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of 80843 fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. 80844 80845 8:21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? 8:22 80846 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and 80847 besought him to touch him. 80848 80849 8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the 80850 town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he 80851 asked him if he saw ought. 80852 80853 8:24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. 80854 80855 8:25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him 80856 look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. 80857 80858 8:26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the 80859 town, nor tell it to any in the town. 80860 80861 8:27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea 80862 Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, 80863 Whom do men say that I am? 8:28 And they answered, John the Baptist; 80864 but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. 80865 80866 8:29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter 80867 answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 80868 80869 8:30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. 80870 80871 8:31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many 80872 things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and 80873 scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 80874 80875 8:32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to 80876 rebuke him. 80877 80878 8:33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he 80879 rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest 80880 not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. 80881 80882 8:34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples 80883 also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny 80884 himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 80885 80886 8:35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever 80887 shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save 80888 it. 80889 80890 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, 80891 and lose his own soul? 8:37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for 80892 his soul? 8:38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my 80893 words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the 80894 Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with 80895 the holy angels. 80896 80897 9:1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some 80898 of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they 80899 have seen the kingdom of God come with power. 80900 80901 9:2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and 80902 John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: 80903 and he was transfigured before them. 80904 80905 9:3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no 80906 fuller on earth can white them. 80907 80908 9:4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were 80909 talking with Jesus. 80910 80911 9:5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to 80912 be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for 80913 Moses, and one for Elias. 80914 80915 9:6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. 80916 80917 9:7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out 80918 of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. 80919 80920 9:8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man 80921 any more, save Jesus only with themselves. 80922 80923 9:9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they 80924 should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were 80925 risen from the dead. 80926 80927 9:10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with 80928 another what the rising from the dead should mean. 80929 80930 9:11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must 80931 first come? 9:12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh 80932 first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of 80933 man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. 80934 80935 9:13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done 80936 unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him. 80937 80938 9:14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about 80939 them, and the scribes questioning with them. 80940 80941 9:15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were 80942 greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. 80943 80944 9:16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? 9:17 And 80945 one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto 80946 thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; 9:18 And wheresoever he taketh 80947 him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and 80948 pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him 80949 out; and they could not. 80950 80951 9:19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long 80952 shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. 80953 80954 9:20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway 80955 the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. 80956 80957 9:21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto 80958 him? And he said, Of a child. 80959 80960 9:22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, 80961 to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, 80962 and help us. 80963 80964 9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are 80965 possible to him that believeth. 80966 80967 9:24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with 80968 tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. 80969 80970 9:25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked 80971 the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge 80972 thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. 80973 80974 9:26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and 80975 he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. 80976 80977 9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. 80978 80979 9:28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him 80980 privately, Why could not we cast him out? 9:29 And he said unto them, 80981 This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. 80982 80983 9:30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he 80984 would not that any man should know it. 80985 80986 9:31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man 80987 is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after 80988 that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. 80989 80990 9:32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. 80991 80992 9:33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, 80993 What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? 9:34 But 80994 they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among 80995 themselves, who should be the greatest. 80996 80997 9:35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If 80998 any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant 80999 of all. 81000 81001 9:36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when 81002 he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, 9:37 Whosoever shall 81003 receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever 81004 shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. 81005 81006 9:38 And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out 81007 devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, 81008 because he followeth not us. 81009 81010 9:39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall 81011 do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. 81012 81013 9:40 For he that is not against us is on our part. 81014 81015 9:41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, 81016 because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose 81017 his reward. 81018 81019 9:42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe 81020 in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his 81021 neck, and he were cast into the sea. 81022 81023 9:43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to 81024 enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into 81025 the fire that never shall be quenched: 9:44 Where their worm dieth 81026 not, and the fire is not quenched. 81027 81028 9:45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to 81029 enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into 81030 the fire that never shall be quenched: 9:46 Where their worm dieth 81031 not, and the fire is not quenched. 81032 81033 9:47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee 81034 to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to 81035 be cast into hell fire: 9:48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire 81036 is not quenched. 81037 81038 9:49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice 81039 shall be salted with salt. 81040 81041 9:50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith 81042 will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with 81043 another. 81044 81045 10:1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by 81046 the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, 81047 as he was wont, he taught them again. 81048 81049 10:2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a 81050 man to put away his wife? tempting him. 81051 81052 10:3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? 81053 10:4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and 81054 to put her away. 81055 81056 10:5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your 81057 heart he wrote you this precept. 81058 81059 10:6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and 81060 female. 81061 81062 10:7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and 81063 cleave to his wife; 10:8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then 81064 they are no more twain, but one flesh. 81065 81066 10:9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 81067 81068 10:10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same 81069 matter. 81070 81071 10:11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and 81072 marry another, committeth adultery against her. 81073 81074 10:12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to 81075 another, she committeth adultery. 81076 81077 10:13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch 81078 them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. 81079 81080 10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto 81081 them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: 81082 for of such is the kingdom of God. 81083 81084 10:15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom 81085 of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. 81086 81087 10:16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and 81088 blessed them. 81089 81090 10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, 81091 and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I 81092 may inherit eternal life? 10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest 81093 thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. 81094 81095 10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not 81096 kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy 81097 father and mother. 10:20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, 81098 all these have I observed from my youth. 81099 81100 10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing 81101 thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the 81102 poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the 81103 cross, and follow me. 81104 81105 10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had 81106 great possessions. 81107 81108 10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How 81109 hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! 81110 10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus 81111 answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for 81112 them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! 10:25 It 81113 is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a 81114 rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 81115 81116 10:26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among 81117 themselves, Who then can be saved? 10:27 And Jesus looking upon them 81118 saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all 81119 things are possible. 81120 81121 10:28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have 81122 followed thee. 81123 81124 10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no 81125 man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or 81126 mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, 81127 10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, 81128 and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with 81129 persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. 81130 81131 10:31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first. 81132 81133 10:32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went 81134 before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were 81135 afraid. 81136 81137 And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things 81138 should happen unto him, 10:33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; 81139 and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto 81140 the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver 81141 him to the Gentiles: 10:34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge 81142 him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he 81143 shall rise again. 81144 81145 10:35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, 81146 Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall 81147 desire. 81148 81149 10:36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you? 81150 10:37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy 81151 right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. 81152 81153 10:38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink 81154 of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am 81155 baptized with? 10:39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said 81156 unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with 81157 the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: 10:40 But 81158 to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but 81159 it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. 81160 81161 10:41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with 81162 James and John. 81163 81164 10:42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that 81165 they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship 81166 over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. 81167 81168 10:43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great 81169 among you, shall be your minister: 10:44 And whosoever of you will be 81170 the chiefest, shall be servant of all. 81171 81172 10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to 81173 minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. 81174 81175 10:46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his 81176 disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of 81177 Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. 81178 81179 10:47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry 81180 out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. 81181 81182 10:48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried 81183 the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. 81184 81185 10:49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they 81186 call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he 81187 calleth thee. 81188 81189 10:50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. 81190 81191 10:51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I 81192 should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might 81193 receive my sight. 81194 81195 10:52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee 81196 whole. 81197 81198 And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. 81199 81200 11:1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, 81201 at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, 11:2 81202 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: 81203 and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, 81204 whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. 81205 81206 11:3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord 81207 hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither. 81208 81209 11:4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door 81210 without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. 81211 81212 11:5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, 81213 loosing the colt? 11:6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had 81214 commanded: and they let them go. 81215 81216 11:7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on 81217 him; and he sat upon him. 81218 81219 11:8 And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down 81220 branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way. 81221 81222 11:9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, 81223 Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: 11:10 81224 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of 81225 the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. 81226 81227 11:11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when 81228 he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was 81229 come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve. 81230 81231 11:12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was 81232 hungry: 11:13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, 81233 if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he 81234 found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. 81235 81236 11:14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee 81237 hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. 81238 81239 11:15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and 81240 began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and 81241 overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that 81242 sold doves; 11:16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any 81243 vessel through the temple. 81244 81245 11:17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house 81246 shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made 81247 it a den of thieves. 81248 81249 11:18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they 81250 might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was 81251 astonished at his doctrine. 81252 81253 11:19 And when even was come, he went out of the city. 81254 81255 11:20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree 81256 dried up from the roots. 81257 81258 11:21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, 81259 the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. 81260 81261 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. 81262 81263 11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this 81264 mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall 81265 not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he 81266 saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 81267 81268 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye 81269 pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. 81270 81271 11:25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against 81272 any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your 81273 trespasses. 81274 81275 11:26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in 81276 heaven forgive your trespasses. 81277 81278 11:27 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the 81279 temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the 81280 elders, 11:28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these 81281 things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things? 11:29 81282 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one 81283 question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do 81284 these things. 81285 81286 11:30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. 81287 81288 11:31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From 81289 heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? 11:32 But if we 81290 shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, 81291 that he was a prophet indeed. 81292 81293 11:33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus 81294 answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I 81295 do these things. 81296 81297 12:1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man 81298 planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for 81299 the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went 81300 into a far country. 81301 81302 12:2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he 81303 might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. 81304 81305 12:3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. 81306 81307 12:4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast 81308 stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully 81309 handled. 81310 81311 12:5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; 81312 beating some, and killing some. 81313 81314 12:6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also 81315 last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. 81316 81317 12:7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; 81318 come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's. 81319 81320 12:8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the 81321 vineyard. 81322 81323 12:9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come 81324 and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. 81325 81326 12:10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the 81327 builders rejected is become the head of the corner: 12:11 This was the 81328 Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 12:12 And they sought 81329 to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had 81330 spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their 81331 way. 81332 81333 12:13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the 81334 Herodians, to catch him in his words. 81335 81336 12:14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that 81337 thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the 81338 person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to 81339 give tribute to Caesar, or not? 12:15 Shall we give, or shall we not 81340 give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye 81341 me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. 81342 81343 12:16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image 81344 and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's. 81345 81346 12:17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things 81347 that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they 81348 marvelled at him. 81349 81350 12:18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no 81351 resurrection; and they asked him, saying, 12:19 Master, Moses wrote 81352 unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and 81353 leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up 81354 seed unto his brother. 81355 81356 12:20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and 81357 dying left no seed. 81358 81359 12:21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and 81360 the third likewise. 81361 81362 12:22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman 81363 died also. 81364 81365 12:23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife 81366 shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. 81367 81368 12:24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, 81369 because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? 12:25 81370 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are 81371 given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. 81372 81373 12:26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in 81374 the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am 81375 the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? 12:27 81376 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore 81377 do greatly err. 81378 81379 12:28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning 81380 together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, 81381 Which is the first commandment of all? 12:29 And Jesus answered him, 81382 The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God 81383 is one Lord: 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 81384 heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy 81385 strength: this is the first commandment. 81386 81387 12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy 81388 neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than 81389 these. 81390 81391 12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the 81392 truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 12:33 And 81393 to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and 81394 with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his 81395 neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and 81396 sacrifices. 81397 81398 12:34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto 81399 him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that 81400 durst ask him any question. 81401 81402 12:35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How 81403 say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? 12:36 For David 81404 himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on 81405 my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 81406 81407 12:37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then 81408 his son? And the common people heard him gladly. 81409 81410 12:38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, 81411 which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the 81412 marketplaces, 12:39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the 81413 uppermost rooms at feasts: 12:40 Which devour widows' houses, and for 81414 a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. 81415 81416 12:41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the 81417 people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in 81418 much. 81419 81420 12:42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, 81421 which make a farthing. 81422 81423 12:43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, 81424 Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than 81425 all they which have cast into the treasury: 12:44 For all they did 81426 cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that 81427 she had, even all her living. 81428 81429 13:1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto 81430 him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! 81431 13:2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great 81432 buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall 81433 not be thrown down. 81434 81435 13:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, 81436 Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, 13:4 Tell us, 81437 when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these 81438 things shall be fulfilled? 13:5 And Jesus answering them began to 81439 say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: 13:6 For many shall come in 81440 my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 81441 81442 13:7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not 81443 troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. 81444 81445 13:8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against 81446 kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there 81447 shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. 81448 81449 13:9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to 81450 councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be 81451 brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against 81452 them. 81453 81454 13:10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations. 81455 81456 13:11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no 81457 thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but 81458 whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is 81459 not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. 81460 81461 13:12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the 81462 father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and 81463 shall cause them to be put to death. 81464 81465 13:13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that 81466 shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 81467 81468 13:14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of 81469 by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that 81470 readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the 81471 mountains: 13:15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into 81472 the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: 81473 13:16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take 81474 up his garment. 81475 81476 13:17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck 81477 in those days! 13:18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the 81478 winter. 81479 81480 13:19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the 81481 beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither 81482 shall be. 81483 81484 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh 81485 should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he 81486 hath shortened the days. 81487 81488 13:21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, 81489 lo, he is there; believe him not: 13:22 For false Christs and false 81490 prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if 81491 it were possible, even the elect. 81492 81493 13:23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. 81494 81495 13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be 81496 darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 13:25 And the stars 81497 of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be 81498 shaken. 81499 81500 13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with 81501 great power and glory. 81502 81503 13:27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his 81504 elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the 81505 uttermost part of heaven. 81506 81507 13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet 81508 tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 13:29 81509 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, 81510 know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 81511 81512 13:30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till 81513 all these things be done. 81514 81515 13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass 81516 away. 81517 81518 13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels 81519 which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. 81520 81521 13:33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 81522 81523 13:34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left 81524 his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his 81525 work, and commanded the porter to watch. 81526 81527 13:35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house 81528 cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the 81529 morning: 13:36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 81530 81531 13:37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. 81532 81533 14:1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened 81534 bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might 81535 take him by craft, and put him to death. 81536 81537 14:2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of 81538 the people. 81539 81540 14:3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat 81541 at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of 81542 spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his 81543 head. 81544 81545 14:4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and 81546 said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? 14:5 For it might have 81547 been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to 81548 the poor. And they murmured against her. 81549 81550 14:6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath 81551 wrought a good work on me. 81552 81553 14:7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye 81554 may do them good: but me ye have not always. 81555 81556 14:8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my 81557 body to the burying. 81558 81559 14:9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached 81560 throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be 81561 spoken of for a memorial of her. 81562 81563 14:10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief 81564 priests, to betray him unto them. 81565 81566 14:11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him 81567 money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him. 81568 81569 14:12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the 81570 passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and 81571 prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? 14:13 And he sendeth forth 81572 two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and 81573 there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. 81574 81575 14:14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the 81576 house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat 81577 the passover with my disciples? 14:15 And he will shew you a large 81578 upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. 81579 81580 14:16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found 81581 as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. 81582 81583 14:17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. 81584 81585 14:18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, 81586 One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. 81587 81588 14:19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, 81589 Is it I? and another said, Is it I? 14:20 And he answered and said 81590 unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish. 81591 81592 14:21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to 81593 that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man 81594 if he had never been born. 81595 81596 14:22 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake 81597 it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. 81598 81599 14:23 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to 81600 them: and they all drank of it. 81601 81602 14:24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, 81603 which is shed for many. 81604 81605 14:25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the 81606 vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. 81607 81608 14:26 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of 81609 Olives. 81610 81611 14:27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of 81612 me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the 81613 sheep shall be scattered. 81614 81615 14:28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. 81616 81617 14:29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet 81618 will not I. 81619 81620 14:30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, 81621 even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me 81622 thrice. 81623 81624 14:31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I 81625 will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all. 81626 81627 14:32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he 81628 saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. 81629 81630 14:33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be 81631 sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 14:34 And saith unto them, My soul 81632 is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. 81633 81634 14:35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed 81635 that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 81636 81637 14:36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; 81638 take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what 81639 thou wilt. 81640 81641 14:37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, 81642 Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? 14:38 Watch 81643 ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, 81644 but the flesh is weak. 81645 81646 14:39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. 81647 81648 14:40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their 81649 eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him. 81650 81651 14:41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, 81652 and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of 81653 man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 81654 81655 14:42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand. 81656 81657 14:43 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the 81658 twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from 81659 the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. 81660 81661 14:44 And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, 81662 Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away 81663 safely. 81664 81665 14:45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and 81666 saith, Master, master; and kissed him. 81667 81668 14:46 And they laid their hands on him, and took him. 81669 81670 14:47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant 81671 of the high priest, and cut off his ear. 81672 81673 14:48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as 81674 against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? 14:49 I was 81675 daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the 81676 scriptures must be fulfilled. 81677 81678 14:50 And they all forsook him, and fled. 81679 81680 14:51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth 81681 cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: 14:52 81682 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. 81683 81684 14:53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were 81685 assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. 81686 81687 14:54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the 81688 high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the 81689 fire. 81690 81691 14:55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness 81692 against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. 81693 81694 14:56 For many bare false witness against him, but their witness 81695 agreed not together. 81696 81697 14:57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, 81698 saying, 14:58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is 81699 made with hands, and within three days I will build another made 81700 without hands. 81701 81702 14:59 But neither so did their witness agree together. 81703 81704 14:60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, 81705 saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against 81706 thee? 14:61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the 81707 high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son 81708 of the Blessed? 14:62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son 81709 of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of 81710 heaven. 81711 81712 14:63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we 81713 any further witnesses? 14:64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think 81714 ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. 81715 81716 14:65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to 81717 buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike 81718 him with the palms of their hands. 81719 81720 14:66 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the 81721 maids of the high priest: 14:67 And when she saw Peter warming 81722 himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus 81723 of Nazareth. 81724 81725 14:68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what 81726 thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. 81727 81728 14:69 And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood 81729 by, This is one of them. 81730 81731 14:70 And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by 81732 said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a 81733 Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. 81734 81735 14:71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man 81736 of whom ye speak. 81737 81738 14:72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the 81739 word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt 81740 deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. 81741 81742 15:1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a 81743 consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and 81744 bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. 81745 81746 15:2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he 81747 answering said unto them, Thou sayest it. 81748 81749 15:3 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered 81750 nothing. 81751 81752 15:4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? 81753 behold how many things they witness against thee. 81754 81755 15:5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled. 81756 81757 15:6 Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever 81758 they desired. 81759 81760 15:7 And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that 81761 had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the 81762 insurrection. 81763 81764 15:8 And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he 81765 had ever done unto them. 81766 81767 15:9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you 81768 the King of the Jews? 15:10 For he knew that the chief priests had 81769 delivered him for envy. 81770 81771 15:11 But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather 81772 release Barabbas unto them. 81773 81774 15:12 And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then 81775 that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews? 15:13 And 81776 they cried out again, Crucify him. 81777 81778 15:14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And 81779 they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him. 81780 81781 15:15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas 81782 unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be 81783 crucified. 81784 81785 15:16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; 81786 and they call together the whole band. 81787 81788 15:17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, 81789 and put it about his head, 15:18 And began to salute him, Hail, King 81790 of the Jews! 15:19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and 81791 did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. 81792 81793 15:20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, 81794 and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. 81795 81796 15:21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out 81797 of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. 81798 81799 15:22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being 81800 interpreted, The place of a skull. 81801 81802 15:23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he 81803 received it not. 81804 81805 15:24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, 81806 casting lots upon them, what every man should take. 81807 81808 15:25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. 81809 81810 15:26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE 81811 KING OF THE JEWS. 81812 81813 15:27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right 81814 hand, and the other on his left. 81815 81816 15:28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was 81817 numbered with the transgressors. 81818 81819 15:29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and 81820 saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three 81821 days, 15:30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross. 81822 81823 15:31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves 81824 with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. 81825 81826 15:32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that 81827 we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled 81828 him. 81829 81830 15:33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the 81831 whole land until the ninth hour. 81832 81833 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, 81834 Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my 81835 God, why hast thou forsaken me? 15:35 And some of them that stood by, 81836 when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. 81837 81838 15:36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a 81839 reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether 81840 Elias will come to take him down. 81841 81842 15:37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. 81843 81844 15:38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the 81845 bottom. 81846 81847 15:39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that 81848 he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was 81849 the Son of God. 81850 81851 15:40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary 81852 Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and 81853 Salome; 15:41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and 81854 ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto 81855 Jerusalem. 81856 81857 15:42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, 81858 that is, the day before the sabbath, 15:43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an 81859 honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, 81860 and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 81861 81862 15:44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto 81863 him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 81864 81865 15:45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to 81866 Joseph. 81867 81868 15:46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in 81869 the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, 81870 and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. 81871 81872 15:47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he 81873 was laid. 81874 81875 16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the 81876 mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might 81877 come and anoint him. 81878 81879 16:2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they 81880 came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 81881 81882 16:3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone 81883 from the door of the sepulchre? 16:4 And when they looked, they saw 81884 that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. 81885 81886 16:5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on 81887 the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were 81888 affrighted. 81889 81890 16:6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of 81891 Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the 81892 place where they laid him. 81893 81894 16:7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth 81895 before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. 81896 81897 16:8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they 81898 trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for 81899 they were afraid. 81900 81901 16:9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he 81902 appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven 81903 devils. 81904 81905 16:10 And she went and told them that had been with him, as they 81906 mourned and wept. 81907 81908 16:11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been 81909 seen of her, believed not. 81910 81911 16:12 After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they 81912 walked, and went into the country. 81913 81914 16:13 And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed 81915 they them. 81916 81917 16:14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and 81918 upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they 81919 believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. 81920 81921 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the 81922 gospel to every creature. 81923 81924 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that 81925 believeth not shall be damned. 81926 81927 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall 81928 they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 16:18 They 81929 shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall 81930 not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall 81931 recover. 81932 81933 16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up 81934 into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. 81935 81936 16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working 81937 with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. 81938 81939 81940 81941 The Gospel According to Saint Luke 81942 81943 81944 1:1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a 81945 declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, 81946 1:2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were 81947 eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; 1:3 It seemed good to me 81948 also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very 81949 first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, 1:4 81950 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou 81951 hast been instructed. 81952 81953 1:5 THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain 81954 priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the 81955 daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. 81956 81957 1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the 81958 commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 81959 81960 1:7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they 81961 both were now well stricken in years. 81962 81963 1:8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office 81964 before God in the order of his course, 1:9 According to the custom of 81965 the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the 81966 temple of the Lord. 81967 81968 1:10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the 81969 time of incense. 81970 81971 1:11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the 81972 right side of the altar of incense. 81973 81974 1:12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon 81975 him. 81976 81977 1:13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer 81978 is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt 81979 call his name John. 81980 81981 1:14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at 81982 his birth. 81983 81984 1:15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink 81985 neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy 81986 Ghost, even from his mother's womb. 81987 81988 1:16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord 81989 their God. 81990 81991 1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to 81992 turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to 81993 the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. 81994 81995 1:18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for 81996 I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. 81997 81998 1:19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand 81999 in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew 82000 thee these glad tidings. 82001 82002 1:20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the 82003 day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not 82004 my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. 82005 82006 1:21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he 82007 tarried so long in the temple. 82008 82009 1:22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they 82010 perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned 82011 unto them, and remained speechless. 82012 82013 1:23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his 82014 ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. 82015 82016 1:24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid 82017 herself five months, saying, 1:25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in 82018 the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. 82019 82020 1:26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a 82021 city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 1:27 To a virgin espoused to a man 82022 whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name 82023 was Mary. 82024 82025 1:28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art 82026 highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. 82027 82028 1:29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in 82029 her mind what manner of salutation this should be. 82030 82031 1:30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found 82032 favour with God. 82033 82034 1:31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a 82035 son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 82036 82037 1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: 82038 and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 82039 1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his 82040 kingdom there shall be no end. 82041 82042 1:34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know 82043 not a man? 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy 82044 Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall 82045 overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of 82046 thee shall be called the Son of God. 82047 82048 1:36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son 82049 in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called 82050 barren. 82051 82052 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible. 82053 82054 1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me 82055 according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. 82056 82057 1:39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with 82058 haste, into a city of Juda; 1:40 And entered into the house of 82059 Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. 82060 82061 1:41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of 82062 Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the 82063 Holy Ghost: 1:42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, 82064 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 82065 82066 1:43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come 82067 to me? 1:44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded 82068 in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. 82069 82070 1:45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a 82071 performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. 82072 82073 1:46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 1:47 And my spirit 82074 hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 82075 82076 1:48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, 82077 behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. 82078 82079 1:49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is 82080 his name. 82081 82082 1:50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to 82083 generation. 82084 82085 1:51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud 82086 in the imagination of their hearts. 82087 82088 1:52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of 82089 low degree. 82090 82091 1:53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath 82092 sent empty away. 82093 82094 1:54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; 82095 1:55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. 82096 82097 1:56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her 82098 own house. 82099 82100 1:57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and 82101 she brought forth a son. 82102 82103 1:58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed 82104 great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. 82105 82106 1:59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to 82107 circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of 82108 his father. 82109 82110 1:60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called 82111 John. 82112 82113 1:61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is 82114 called by this name. 82115 82116 1:62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. 82117 82118 1:63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is 82119 John. And they marvelled all. 82120 82121 1:64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and 82122 he spake, and praised God. 82123 82124 1:65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these 82125 sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea. 82126 82127 1:66 And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, 82128 saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord 82129 was with him. 82130 82131 1:67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and 82132 prophesied, saying, 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he 82133 hath visited and redeemed his people, 1:69 And hath raised up an horn 82134 of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 1:70 As he 82135 spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the 82136 world began: 1:71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from 82137 the hand of all that hate us; 1:72 To perform the mercy promised to 82138 our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; 1:73 The oath which he 82139 sware to our father Abraham, 1:74 That he would grant unto us, that we 82140 being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without 82141 fear, 1:75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of 82142 our life. 82143 82144 1:76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for 82145 thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; 1:77 To 82146 give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their 82147 sins, 1:78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring 82148 from on high hath visited us, 1:79 To give light to them that sit in 82149 darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of 82150 peace. 82151 82152 1:80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the 82153 deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. 82154 82155 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree 82156 from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. 82157 82158 2:2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of 82159 Syria.) 2:3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 82160 82161 2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, 82162 into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; 82163 (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 2:5 To be taxed 82164 with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. 82165 82166 2:6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were 82167 accomplished that she should be delivered. 82168 82169 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in 82170 swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room 82171 for them in the inn. 82172 82173 2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, 82174 keeping watch over their flock by night. 82175 82176 2:9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of 82177 the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 82178 82179 2:10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you 82180 good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 82181 82182 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, 82183 which is Christ the Lord. 82184 82185 2:12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped 82186 in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. 82187 82188 2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly 82189 host praising God, and saying, 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and 82190 on earth peace, good will toward men. 82191 82192 2:15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into 82193 heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto 82194 Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord 82195 hath made known unto us. 82196 82197 2:16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the 82198 babe lying in a manger. 82199 82200 2:17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying 82201 which was told them concerning this child. 82202 82203 2:18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were 82204 told them by the shepherds. 82205 82206 2:19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. 82207 82208 2:20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all 82209 the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. 82210 82211 2:21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the 82212 child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel 82213 before he was conceived in the womb. 82214 82215 2:22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of 82216 Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him 82217 to the Lord; 2:23 (As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male 82218 that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) 2:24 And to 82219 offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the 82220 Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. 82221 82222 2:25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; 82223 and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of 82224 Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. 82225 82226 2:26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should 82227 not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 82228 82229 2:27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents 82230 brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, 82231 2:28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, 2:29 82232 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy 82233 word: 2:30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 2:31 Which thou hast 82234 prepared before the face of all people; 2:32 A light to lighten the 82235 Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. 82236 82237 2:33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were 82238 spoken of him. 82239 82240 2:34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, 82241 this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and 82242 for a sign which shall be spoken against; 2:35 (Yea, a sword shall 82243 pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts 82244 may be revealed. 82245 82246 2:36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of 82247 the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an 82248 husband seven years from her virginity; 2:37 And she was a widow of 82249 about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, 82250 but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. 82251 82252 2:38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the 82253 Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in 82254 Jerusalem. 82255 82256 2:39 And when they had performed all things according to the law of 82257 the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. 82258 82259 2:40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with 82260 wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. 82261 82262 2:41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the 82263 passover. 82264 82265 2:42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after 82266 the custom of the feast. 82267 82268 2:43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child 82269 Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not 82270 of it. 82271 82272 2:44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's 82273 journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 82274 82275 2:45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, 82276 seeking him. 82277 82278 2:46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the 82279 temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and 82280 asking them questions. 82281 82282 2:47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and 82283 answers. 82284 82285 2:48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto 82286 him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I 82287 have sought thee sorrowing. 82288 82289 2:49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not 82290 that I must be about my Father's business? 2:50 And they understood 82291 not the saying which he spake unto them. 82292 82293 2:51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject 82294 unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. 82295 82296 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God 82297 and man. 82298 82299 3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius 82300 Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, 82301 and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of 82302 Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 3:2 Annas and 82303 Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the 82304 son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 82305 82306 3:3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the 82307 baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; 3:4 As it is written 82308 in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of 82309 one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his 82310 paths straight. 82311 82312 3:5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be 82313 brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough 82314 ways shall be made smooth; 3:6 And all flesh shall see the salvation 82315 of God. 82316 82317 3:7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of 82318 him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the 82319 wrath to come? 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, 82320 and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: 82321 for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up 82322 children unto Abraham. 82323 82324 3:9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every 82325 tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and 82326 cast into the fire. 82327 82328 3:10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? 3:11 He 82329 answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart 82330 to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. 82331 82332 3:12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, 82333 Master, what shall we do? 3:13 And he said unto them, Exact no more 82334 than that which is appointed you. 82335 82336 3:14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall 82337 we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse 82338 any falsely; and be content with your wages. 82339 82340 3:15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their 82341 hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; 3:16 John 82342 answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but 82343 one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy 82344 to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: 82345 3:17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, 82346 and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn 82347 with fire unquenchable. 82348 82349 3:18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the 82350 people. 82351 82352 3:19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his 82353 brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, 82354 3:20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. 82355 82356 3:21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that 82357 Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 3:22 82358 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, 82359 and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in 82360 thee I am well pleased. 82361 82362 3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being 82363 (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, 3:24 82364 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the 82365 son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of 82366 Joseph, 3:25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of 82367 Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was 82368 the son of Nagge, 3:26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son 82369 of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of 82370 Joseph, which was the son of Juda, 3:27 Which was the son of Joanna, 82371 which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was 82372 the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, 3:28 Which was the 82373 son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, 82374 which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, 3:29 Which was 82375 the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of 82376 Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, 3:30 82377 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the 82378 son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of 82379 Eliakim, 3:31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, 82380 which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was 82381 the son of David, 3:32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son 82382 of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which 82383 was the son of Naasson, 3:33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was 82384 the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of 82385 Phares, which was the son of Juda, 3:34 Which was the son of Jacob, 82386 which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was 82387 the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, 3:35 Which was the son 82388 of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, 82389 which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, 3:36 Which was 82390 the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of 82391 Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, 3:37 Which 82392 was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the 82393 son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of 82394 Cainan, 3:38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, 82395 which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. 82396 82397 4:1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and 82398 was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 4:2 Being forty days 82399 tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when 82400 they were ended, he afterward hungered. 82401 82402 4:3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command 82403 this stone that it be made bread. 82404 82405 4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not 82406 live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 82407 82408 4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto 82409 him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 82410 82411 4:6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and 82412 the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I 82413 will I give it. 82414 82415 4:7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. 82416 82417 4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: 82418 for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only 82419 shalt thou serve. 82420 82421 4:9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the 82422 temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself 82423 down from hence: 4:10 For it is written, He shall give his angels 82424 charge over thee, to keep thee: 4:11 And in their hands they shall 82425 bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 82426 82427 4:12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not 82428 tempt the Lord thy God. 82429 82430 4:13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from 82431 him for a season. 82432 82433 4:14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and 82434 there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. 82435 82436 4:15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. 82437 82438 4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as 82439 his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and 82440 stood up for to read. 82441 82442 4:17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. 82443 And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was 82444 written, 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath 82445 anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal 82446 the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and 82447 recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are 82448 bruised, 4:19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 82449 82450 4:20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and 82451 sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were 82452 fastened on him. 82453 82454 4:21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture 82455 fulfilled in your ears. 82456 82457 4:22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words 82458 which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's 82459 son? 4:23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this 82460 proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in 82461 Capernaum, do also here in thy country. 82462 82463 4:24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his 82464 own country. 82465 82466 4:25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days 82467 of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when 82468 great famine was throughout all the land; 4:26 But unto none of them 82469 was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that 82470 was a widow. 82471 82472 4:27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the 82473 prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. 82474 82475 4:28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were 82476 filled with wrath, 4:29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, 82477 and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, 82478 that they might cast him down headlong. 82479 82480 4:30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way, 4:31 And 82481 came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the 82482 sabbath days. 82483 82484 4:32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with 82485 power. 82486 82487 4:33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an 82488 unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, 4:34 Saying, Let us 82489 alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou 82490 come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God. 82491 82492 4:35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of 82493 him. 82494 82495 And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, 82496 and hurt him not. 82497 82498 4:36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, 82499 What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the 82500 unclean spirits, and they come out. 82501 82502 4:37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country 82503 round about. 82504 82505 4:38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's 82506 house. 82507 82508 And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they 82509 besought him for her. 82510 82511 4:39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: 82512 and immediately she arose and ministered unto them. 82513 82514 4:40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with 82515 divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every 82516 one of them, and healed them. 82517 82518 4:41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou 82519 art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to 82520 speak: for they knew that he was Christ. 82521 82522 4:42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: 82523 and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he 82524 should not depart from them. 82525 82526 4:43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other 82527 cities also: for therefore am I sent. 82528 82529 4:44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. 82530 82531 5:1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear 82532 the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 5:2 And saw two 82533 ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, 82534 and were washing their nets. 82535 82536 5:3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and 82537 prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat 82538 down, and taught the people out of the ship. 82539 82540 5:4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into 82541 the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. 82542 82543 5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the 82544 night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let 82545 down the net. 82546 82547 5:6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of 82548 fishes: and their net brake. 82549 82550 5:7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other 82551 ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled 82552 both the ships, so that they began to sink. 82553 82554 5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, 82555 Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 82556 82557 5:9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught 82558 of the fishes which they had taken: 5:10 And so was also James, and 82559 John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus 82560 said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. 82561 82562 5:11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, 82563 and followed him. 82564 82565 5:12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man 82566 full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, 82567 saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 82568 82569 5:13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be 82570 thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. 82571 82572 5:14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to 82573 the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, 82574 for a testimony unto them. 82575 82576 5:15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great 82577 multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their 82578 infirmities. 82579 82580 5:16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. 82581 82582 5:17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that 82583 there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were 82584 come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the 82585 power of the Lord was present to heal them. 82586 82587 5:18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a 82588 palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before 82589 him. 82590 82591 5:19 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in 82592 because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him 82593 down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus. 82594 82595 5:20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are 82596 forgiven thee. 82597 82598 5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is 82599 this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? 82600 5:22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto 82601 them, What reason ye in your hearts? 5:23 Whether is easier, to say, 82602 Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? 5:24 But that 82603 ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, 82604 (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take 82605 up thy couch, and go into thine house. 82606 82607 5:25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon 82608 he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. 82609 82610 5:26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled 82611 with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day. 82612 82613 5:27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named 82614 Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow 82615 me. 82616 82617 5:28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him. 82618 82619 5:29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a 82620 great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. 82621 82622 5:30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, 82623 saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 5:31 And 82624 Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a 82625 physician; but they that are sick. 82626 82627 5:32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 82628 82629 5:33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, 82630 and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but 82631 thine eat and drink? 5:34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the 82632 children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? 82633 5:35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away 82634 from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 82635 82636 5:36 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of 82637 a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a 82638 rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the 82639 old. 82640 82641 5:37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine 82642 will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. 82643 82644 5:38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are 82645 preserved. 82646 82647 5:39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for 82648 he saith, The old is better. 82649 82650 6:1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he 82651 went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of 82652 corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. 82653 82654 6:2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which 82655 is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? 6:3 And Jesus answering them 82656 said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself 82657 was an hungred, and they which were with him; 6:4 How he went into the 82658 house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to 82659 them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the 82660 priests alone? 6:5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord 82661 also of the sabbath. 82662 82663 6:6 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into 82664 the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was 82665 withered. 82666 82667 6:7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal 82668 on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him. 82669 82670 6:8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the 82671 withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and 82672 stood forth. 82673 82674 6:9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful 82675 on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to 82676 destroy it? 6:10 And looking round about upon them all, he said unto 82677 the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was 82678 restored whole as the other. 82679 82680 6:11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another 82681 what they might do to Jesus. 82682 82683 6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a 82684 mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. 82685 82686 6:13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of 82687 them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; 6:14 Simon, (whom 82688 he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip 82689 and Bartholomew, 6:15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, 82690 and Simon called Zelotes, 6:16 And Judas the brother of James, and 82691 Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor. 82692 82693 6:17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the 82694 company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all 82695 Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which 82696 came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; 6:18 And they 82697 that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed. 82698 82699 6:19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went 82700 virtue out of him, and healed them all. 82701 82702 6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be 82703 ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. 82704 82705 6:21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed 82706 are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. 82707 82708 6:22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall 82709 separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out 82710 your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. 82711 82712 6:23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your 82713 reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers 82714 unto the prophets. 82715 82716 6:24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your 82717 consolation. 82718 82719 6:25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you 82720 that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. 82721 82722 6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did 82723 their fathers to the false prophets. 82724 82725 6:27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them 82726 which hate you, 6:28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them 82727 which despitefully use you. 82728 82729 6:29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the 82730 other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat 82731 also. 82732 82733 6:30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh 82734 away thy goods ask them not again. 82735 82736 6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them 82737 likewise. 82738 82739 6:32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for 82740 sinners also love those that love them. 82741 82742 6:33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have 82743 ye? for sinners also do even the same. 82744 82745 6:34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank 82746 have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. 82747 82748 6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for 82749 nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the 82750 children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the 82751 evil. 82752 82753 6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. 82754 82755 6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall 82756 not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 6:38 Give, and it 82757 shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken 82758 together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with 82759 the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you 82760 again. 82761 82762 6:39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? 82763 shall they not both fall into the ditch? 6:40 The disciple is not 82764 above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his 82765 master. 82766 82767 6:41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but 82768 perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 6:42 Either how 82769 canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that 82770 is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in 82771 thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine 82772 own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is 82773 in thy brother's eye. 82774 82775 6:43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a 82776 corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 82777 82778 6:44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do 82779 not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. 82780 82781 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth 82782 that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his 82783 heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the 82784 heart his mouth speaketh. 82785 82786 6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I 82787 say? 6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth 82788 them, I will shew you to whom he is like: 6:48 He is like a man which 82789 built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: 82790 and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, 82791 and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. 82792 82793 6:49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a 82794 foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did 82795 beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house 82796 was great. 82797 82798 7:1 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the 82799 people, he entered into Capernaum. 82800 82801 7:2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was 82802 sick, and ready to die. 82803 82804 7:3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the 82805 Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. 82806 82807 7:4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, 82808 That he was worthy for whom he should do this: 7:5 For he loveth our 82809 nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. 82810 82811 7:6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the 82812 house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, 82813 trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter 82814 under my roof: 7:7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come 82815 unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. 82816 82817 7:8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, 82818 and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he 82819 cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 82820 82821 7:9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him 82822 about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I 82823 have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 82824 82825 7:10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the 82826 servant whole that had been sick. 82827 82828 7:11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city 82829 called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. 82830 82831 7:12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was 82832 a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a 82833 widow: and much people of the city was with her. 82834 82835 7:13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said 82836 unto her, Weep not. 82837 82838 7:14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood 82839 still. 82840 82841 And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. 82842 82843 7:15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered 82844 him to his mother. 82845 82846 7:16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, 82847 That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited 82848 his people. 82849 82850 7:17 And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and 82851 throughout all the region round about. 82852 82853 7:18 And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. 82854 82855 7:19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to 82856 Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 82857 7:20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath 82858 sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we 82859 for another? 7:21 And in that same hour he cured many of their 82860 infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were 82861 blind he gave sight. 82862 82863 7:22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John 82864 what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame 82865 walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to 82866 the poor the gospel is preached. 82867 82868 7:23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. 82869 82870 7:24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak 82871 unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness 82872 for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 7:25 But what went ye out 82873 for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are 82874 gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. 82875 82876 7:26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, 82877 and much more than a prophet. 82878 82879 7:27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger 82880 before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 82881 82882 7:28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is 82883 not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in 82884 the kingdom of God is greater than he. 82885 82886 7:29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified 82887 God, being baptized with the baptism of John. 82888 82889 7:30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against 82890 themselves, being not baptized of him. 82891 82892 7:31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this 82893 generation? and to what are they like? 7:32 They are like unto 82894 children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and 82895 saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have 82896 mourned to you, and ye have not wept. 82897 82898 7:33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; 82899 and ye say, He hath a devil. 82900 82901 7:34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a 82902 gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! 82903 7:35 But wisdom is justified of all her children. 82904 82905 7:36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. 82906 And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. 82907 82908 7:37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she 82909 knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an 82910 alabaster box of ointment, 7:38 And stood at his feet behind him 82911 weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with 82912 the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the 82913 ointment. 82914 82915 7:39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake 82916 within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have 82917 known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she 82918 is a sinner. 82919 82920 7:40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say 82921 unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. 82922 82923 7:41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed 82924 five hundred pence, and the other fifty. 82925 82926 7:42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. 82927 Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? 7:43 Simon 82928 answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. 82929 82930 And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. 82931 82932 7:44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this 82933 woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my 82934 feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the 82935 hairs of her head. 82936 82937 7:45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in 82938 hath not ceased to kiss my feet. 82939 82940 7:46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath 82941 anointed my feet with ointment. 82942 82943 7:47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are 82944 forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same 82945 loveth little. 82946 82947 7:48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. 82948 82949 7:49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within 82950 themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? 7:50 And he said to 82951 the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. 82952 82953 8:1 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city 82954 and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of 82955 God: and the twelve were with him, 8:2 And certain women, which had 82956 been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, 82957 out of whom went seven devils, 8:3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza 82958 Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto 82959 him of their substance. 82960 82961 8:4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him 82962 out of every city, he spake by a parable: 8:5 A sower went out to sow 82963 his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was 82964 trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 82965 82966 8:6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it 82967 withered away, because it lacked moisture. 82968 82969 8:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and 82970 choked it. 82971 82972 8:8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an 82973 hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath 82974 ears to hear, let him hear. 82975 82976 8:9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? 82977 8:10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the 82978 kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not 82979 see, and hearing they might not understand. 82980 82981 8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 82982 82983 8:12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, 82984 and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe 82985 and be saved. 82986 82987 8:13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the 82988 word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and 82989 in time of temptation fall away. 82990 82991 8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have 82992 heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of 82993 this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. 82994 82995 8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good 82996 heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with 82997 patience. 82998 82999 8:16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, 83000 or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they 83001 which enter in may see the light. 83002 83003 8:17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither 83004 any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. 83005 83006 8:18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall 83007 be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that 83008 which he seemeth to have. 83009 83010 8:19 Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come 83011 at him for the press. 83012 83013 8:20 And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy 83014 brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. 83015 83016 8:21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are 83017 these which hear the word of God, and do it. 83018 83019 8:22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship 83020 with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the 83021 other side of the lake. And they launched forth. 83022 83023 8:23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of 83024 wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in 83025 jeopardy. 83026 83027 8:24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we 83028 perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the 83029 water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. 83030 83031 8:25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid 83032 wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he 83033 commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him. 83034 83035 8:26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over 83036 against Galilee. 83037 83038 8:27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a 83039 certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither 83040 abode in any house, but in the tombs. 83041 83042 8:28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and 83043 with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son 83044 of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. 83045 83046 8:29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. 83047 For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains 83048 and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil 83049 into the wilderness.) 8:30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy 83050 name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. 83051 83052 8:31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out 83053 into the deep. 83054 83055 8:32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the 83056 mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter 83057 into them. And he suffered them. 83058 83059 8:33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: 83060 and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were 83061 choked. 83062 83063 8:34 When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went 83064 and told it in the city and in the country. 83065 83066 8:35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and 83067 found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the 83068 feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. 83069 83070 8:36 They also which saw it told them by what means he that was 83071 possessed of the devils was healed. 83072 83073 8:37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round 83074 about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great 83075 fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again. 83076 83077 8:38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him 83078 that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, 8:39 83079 Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done 83080 unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole 83081 city how great things Jesus had done unto him. 83082 83083 8:40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people 83084 gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him. 83085 83086 8:41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of 83087 the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that 83088 he would come into his house: 8:42 For he had one only daughter, about 83089 twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people 83090 thronged him. 83091 83092 8:43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had 83093 spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, 83094 8:44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and 83095 immediately her issue of blood stanched. 83096 83097 8:45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they 83098 that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press 83099 thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 8:46 And Jesus said, Somebody 83100 hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. 83101 83102 8:47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, 83103 and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the 83104 people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed 83105 immediately. 83106 83107 8:48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith 83108 hath made thee whole; go in peace. 83109 83110 8:49 While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the 83111 synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not 83112 the Master. 83113 83114 8:50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: 83115 believe only, and she shall be made whole. 83116 83117 8:51 And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, 83118 save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the 83119 maiden. 83120 83121 8:52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not 83122 dead, but sleepeth. 83123 83124 8:53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. 83125 83126 8:54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, 83127 saying, Maid, arise. 83128 83129 8:55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he 83130 commanded to give her meat. 83131 83132 8:56 And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they 83133 should tell no man what was done. 83134 83135 9:1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power 83136 and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. 83137 83138 9:2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the 83139 sick. 83140 83141 9:3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither 83142 staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two 83143 coats apiece. 83144 83145 9:4 And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence 83146 depart. 83147 83148 9:5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, 83149 shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them. 83150 83151 9:6 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the 83152 gospel, and healing every where. 83153 83154 9:7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he 83155 was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen 83156 from the dead; 9:8 And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of 83157 others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. 83158 83159 9:9 And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I 83160 hear such things? And he desired to see him. 83161 83162 9:10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they 83163 had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert 83164 place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. 83165 83166 9:11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received 83167 them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that 83168 had need of healing. 83169 83170 9:12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and 83171 said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the 83172 towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are 83173 here in a desert place. 83174 83175 9:13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We 83176 have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and 83177 buy meat for all this people. 83178 83179 9:14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his 83180 disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. 83181 83182 9:15 And they did so, and made them all sit down. 83183 83184 9:16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up 83185 to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to 83186 set before the multitude. 83187 83188 9:17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of 83189 fragments that remained to them twelve baskets. 83190 83191 9:18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were 83192 with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? 83193 9:19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and 83194 others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. 83195 83196 9:20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering 83197 said, The Christ of God. 83198 83199 9:21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man 83200 that thing; 9:22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and 83201 be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, 83202 and be raised the third day. 83203 83204 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him 83205 deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 83206 83207 9:24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever 83208 will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 83209 83210 9:25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and 83211 lose himself, or be cast away? 9:26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of 83212 me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he 83213 shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy 83214 angels. 83215 83216 9:27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which 83217 shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. 83218 83219 9:28 And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he 83220 took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. 83221 83222 9:29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and 83223 his raiment was white and glistering. 83224 83225 9:30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and 83226 Elias: 9:31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he 83227 should accomplish at Jerusalem. 83228 83229 9:32 But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and 83230 when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood 83231 with him. 83232 83233 9:33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto 83234 Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three 83235 tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not 83236 knowing what he said. 83237 83238 9:34 While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: 83239 and they feared as they entered into the cloud. 83240 83241 9:35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my 83242 beloved Son: hear him. 83243 83244 9:36 And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept 83245 it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they 83246 had seen. 83247 83248 9:37 And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come 83249 down from the hill, much people met him. 83250 83251 9:38 And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I 83252 beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child. 83253 83254 9:39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it 83255 teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth 83256 from him. 83257 83258 9:40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not. 83259 83260 9:41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, 83261 how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither. 83262 83263 9:42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare 83264 him. 83265 83266 And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and 83267 delivered him again to his father. 83268 83269 9:43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while 83270 they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto 83271 his disciples, 9:44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for 83272 the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. 83273 83274 9:45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, 83275 that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying. 83276 83277 9:46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be 83278 greatest. 83279 83280 9:47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, 83281 and set him by him, 9:48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive 83282 this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me 83283 receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the 83284 same shall be great. 83285 83286 9:49 And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils 83287 in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. 83288 83289 9:50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not 83290 against us is for us. 83291 83292 9:51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be 83293 received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, 9:52 And 83294 sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a 83295 village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. 83296 83297 9:53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he 83298 would go to Jerusalem. 83299 83300 9:54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, 83301 wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume 83302 them, even as Elias did? 9:55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and 83303 said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. 83304 83305 9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to 83306 save them. And they went to another village. 83307 83308 9:57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man 83309 said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 83310 83311 9:58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air 83312 have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 83313 83314 9:59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me 83315 first to go and bury my father. 83316 83317 9:60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou 83318 and preach the kingdom of God. 83319 83320 9:61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first 83321 go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. 83322 83323 9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the 83324 plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. 83325 83326 10:1 After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and 83327 sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, 83328 whither he himself would come. 83329 83330 10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the 83331 labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he 83332 would send forth labourers into his harvest. 83333 83334 10:3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. 83335 83336 10:4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by 83337 the way. 83338 83339 10:5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this 83340 house. 83341 83342 10:6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: 83343 if not, it shall turn to you again. 83344 83345 10:7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as 83346 they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house 83347 to house. 83348 83349 10:8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such 83350 things as are set before you: 10:9 And heal the sick that are therein, 83351 and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. 83352 83353 10:10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go 83354 your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, 10:11 Even the 83355 very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against 83356 you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is 83357 come nigh unto you. 83358 83359 10:12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day 83360 for Sodom, than for that city. 83361 83362 10:13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the 83363 mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in 83364 you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and 83365 ashes. 83366 83367 10:14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the 83368 judgment, than for you. 83369 83370 10:15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be 83371 thrust down to hell. 83372 83373 10:16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you 83374 despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. 83375 83376 10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the 83377 devils are subject unto us through thy name. 83378 83379 10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from 83380 heaven. 83381 83382 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and 83383 scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by 83384 any means hurt you. 83385 83386 10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are 83387 subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written 83388 in heaven. 83389 83390 10:21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O 83391 Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from 83392 the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, 83393 Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. 83394 83395 10:22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth 83396 who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, 83397 and he to whom the Son will reveal him. 83398 83399 10:23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, 83400 Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: 10:24 For I 83401 tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those 83402 things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things 83403 which ye hear, and have not heard them. 83404 83405 10:25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, 83406 Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 10:26 He said unto 83407 him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 10:27 And he 83408 answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, 83409 and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy 83410 mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. 83411 83412 10:28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and 83413 thou shalt live. 83414 83415 10:29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is 83416 my neighbour? 10:30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down 83417 from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him 83418 of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 83419 83420 10:31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and 83421 when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 83422 83423 10:32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked 83424 on him, and passed by on the other side. 83425 83426 10:33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and 83427 when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 10:34 And went to him, and 83428 bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own 83429 beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 83430 83431 10:35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and 83432 gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and 83433 whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. 83434 83435 10:36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him 83436 that fell among the thieves? 10:37 And he said, He that shewed mercy 83437 on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. 83438 83439 10:38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a 83440 certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into 83441 her house. 83442 83443 10:39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, 83444 and heard his word. 83445 83446 10:40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and 83447 said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve 83448 alone? bid her therefore that she help me. 83449 83450 10:41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art 83451 careful and troubled about many things: 10:42 But one thing is 83452 needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken 83453 away from her. 83454 83455 11:1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, 83456 when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to 83457 pray, as John also taught his disciples. 83458 83459 11:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in 83460 heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as 83461 in heaven, so in earth. 83462 83463 11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 83464 83465 11:4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is 83466 indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from 83467 evil. 83468 83469 11:5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and 83470 shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three 83471 loaves; 11:6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I 83472 have nothing to set before him? 11:7 And he from within shall answer 83473 and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are 83474 with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. 83475 83476 11:8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he 83477 is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give 83478 him as many as he needeth. 83479 83480 11:9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye 83481 shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 83482 83483 11:10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh 83484 findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 83485 83486 11:11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he 83487 give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a 83488 serpent? 11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a 83489 scorpion? 11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts 83490 unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the 83491 Holy Spirit to them that ask him? 11:14 And he was casting out a 83492 devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone 83493 out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. 83494 83495 11:15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub 83496 the chief of the devils. 83497 83498 11:16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. 83499 83500 11:17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom 83501 divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided 83502 against a house falleth. 83503 83504 11:18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom 83505 stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. 83506 83507 11:19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast 83508 them out? therefore shall they be your judges. 83509 83510 11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the 83511 kingdom of God is come upon you. 83512 83513 11:21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in 83514 peace: 11:22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and 83515 overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, 83516 and divideth his spoils. 83517 83518 11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not 83519 with me scattereth. 83520 83521 11:24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through 83522 dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return 83523 unto my house whence I came out. 83524 83525 11:25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. 83526 83527 11:26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked 83528 than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state 83529 of that man is worse than the first. 83530 83531 11:27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman 83532 of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the 83533 womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. 83534 83535 11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of 83536 God, and keep it. 83537 83538 11:29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to 83539 say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no 83540 sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. 83541 83542 11:30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the 83543 Son of man be to this generation. 83544 83545 11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the 83546 men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost 83547 parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a 83548 greater than Solomon is here. 83549 83550 11:32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this 83551 generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching 83552 of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. 83553 83554 11:33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret 83555 place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which 83556 come in may see the light. 83557 83558 11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is 83559 single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is 83560 evil, thy body also is full of darkness. 83561 83562 11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not 83563 darkness. 83564 83565 11:36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part 83566 dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of 83567 a candle doth give thee light. 83568 83569 11:37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with 83570 him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 83571 83572 11:38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first 83573 washed before dinner. 83574 83575 11:39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the 83576 outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of 83577 ravening and wickedness. 83578 83579 11:40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that 83580 which is within also? 11:41 But rather give alms of such things as ye 83581 have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. 83582 83583 11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all 83584 manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these 83585 ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 83586 83587 11:43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the 83588 synagogues, and greetings in the markets. 83589 83590 11:44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as 83591 graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware 83592 of them. 83593 83594 11:45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, 83595 thus saying thou reproachest us also. 83596 83597 11:46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with 83598 burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens 83599 with one of your fingers. 83600 83601 11:47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and 83602 your fathers killed them. 83603 83604 11:48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: 83605 for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. 83606 83607 11:49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets 83608 and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: 11:50 83609 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation 83610 of the world, may be required of this generation; 11:51 From the blood 83611 of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar 83612 and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this 83613 generation. 83614 83615 11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of 83616 knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering 83617 in ye hindered. 83618 83619 11:53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the 83620 Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of 83621 many things: 11:54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something 83622 out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. 83623 83624 12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an 83625 innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon 83626 another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of 83627 the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 83628 83629 12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither 83630 hid, that shall not be known. 83631 83632 12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in 83633 the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall 83634 be proclaimed upon the housetops. 83635 83636 12:4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill 83637 the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 83638 83639 12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after 83640 he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear 83641 him. 83642 83643 12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them 83644 is forgotten before God? 12:7 But even the very hairs of your head 83645 are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many 83646 sparrows. 83647 83648 12:8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him 83649 shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: 12:9 But 83650 he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of 83651 God. 83652 83653 12:10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it 83654 shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy 83655 Ghost it shall not be forgiven. 83656 83657 12:11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto 83658 magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall 83659 answer, or what ye shall say: 12:12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you 83660 in the same hour what ye ought to say. 83661 83662 12:13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my 83663 brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. 83664 83665 12:14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over 83666 you? 12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of 83667 covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the 83668 things which he possesseth. 83669 83670 12:16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a 83671 certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 12:17 And he thought 83672 within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where 83673 to bestow my fruits? 12:18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull 83674 down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my 83675 fruits and my goods. 83676 83677 12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up 83678 for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 83679 83680 12:20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be 83681 required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast 83682 provided? 12:21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is 83683 not rich toward God. 83684 83685 12:22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take 83686 no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, 83687 what ye shall put on. 83688 83689 12:23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 83690 83691 12:24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which 83692 neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more 83693 are ye better than the fowls? 12:25 And which of you with taking 83694 thought can add to his stature one cubit? 12:26 If ye then be not 83695 able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the 83696 rest? 12:27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they 83697 spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was 83698 not arrayed like one of these. 83699 83700 12:28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, 83701 and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, 83702 O ye of little faith? 12:29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or 83703 what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. 83704 83705 12:30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and 83706 your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. 83707 83708 12:31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things 83709 shall be added unto you. 83710 83711 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to 83712 give you the kingdom. 83713 83714 12:33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which 83715 wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no 83716 thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 83717 83718 12:34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 83719 83720 12:35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 12:36 83721 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will 83722 return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may 83723 open unto him immediately. 83724 83725 12:37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall 83726 find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and 83727 make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. 83728 83729 12:38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third 83730 watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 83731 83732 12:39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what 83733 hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have 83734 suffered his house to be broken through. 83735 83736 12:40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour 83737 when ye think not. 83738 83739 12:41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto 83740 us, or even to all? 12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that 83741 faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his 83742 household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? 12:43 83743 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so 83744 doing. 83745 83746 12:44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all 83747 that he hath. 83748 83749 12:45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his 83750 coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to 83751 eat and drink, and to be drunken; 12:46 The lord of that servant will 83752 come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is 83753 not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his 83754 portion with the unbelievers. 83755 83756 12:47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not 83757 himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many 83758 stripes. 83759 83760 12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, 83761 shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, 83762 of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of 83763 him they will ask the more. 83764 83765 12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be 83766 already kindled? 12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and 83767 how am I straitened till it be accomplished! 12:51 Suppose ye that I 83768 am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: 83769 12:52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, 83770 three against two, and two against three. 83771 83772 12:53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against 83773 the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against 83774 the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the 83775 daughter in law against her mother in law. 83776 83777 12:54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of 83778 the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. 83779 83780 12:55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; 83781 and it cometh to pass. 83782 83783 12:56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the 83784 earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? 12:57 Yea, and 83785 why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? 12:58 When thou 83786 goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, 83787 give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale 83788 thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the 83789 officer cast thee into prison. 83790 83791 12:59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid 83792 the very last mite. 83793 83794 13:1 There were present at that season some that told him of the 83795 Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 83796 83797 13:2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these 83798 Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they 83799 suffered such things? 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye 83800 shall all likewise perish. 83801 83802 13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew 83803 them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in 83804 Jerusalem? 13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all 83805 likewise perish. 83806 83807 13:6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted 83808 in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 83809 83810 13:7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these 83811 three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut 83812 it down; why cumbereth it the ground? 13:8 And he answering said unto 83813 him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and 83814 dung it: 13:9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that 83815 thou shalt cut it down. 83816 83817 13:10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 83818 83819 13:11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity 83820 eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up 83821 herself. 83822 83823 13:12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, 83824 Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. 83825 83826 13:13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made 83827 straight, and glorified God. 83828 83829 13:14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, 83830 because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the 83831 people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them 83832 therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. 83833 83834 13:15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not 83835 each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, 83836 and lead him away to watering? 13:16 And ought not this woman, being 83837 a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen 83838 years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? 13:17 And when he 83839 had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the 83840 people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. 83841 83842 13:18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and 83843 whereunto shall I resemble it? 13:19 It is like a grain of mustard 83844 seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and 83845 waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of 83846 it. 83847 83848 13:20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? 83849 13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures 83850 of meal, till the whole was leavened. 83851 83852 13:22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and 83853 journeying toward Jerusalem. 83854 83855 13:23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And 83856 he said unto them, 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for 83857 many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 83858 83859 13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to 83860 the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, 83861 saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto 83862 you, I know you not whence ye are: 13:26 Then shall ye begin to say, 83863 We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our 83864 streets. 83865 83866 13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; 83867 depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 83868 83869 13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see 83870 Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of 83871 God, and you yourselves thrust out. 83872 83873 13:29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from 83874 the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of 83875 God. 83876 83877 13:30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are 83878 first which shall be last. 83879 83880 13:31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto 83881 him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. 83882 83883 13:32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast 83884 out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I 83885 shall be perfected. 83886 83887 13:33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day 83888 following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. 83889 83890 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest 83891 them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy 83892 children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and 83893 ye would not! 13:35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and 83894 verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when 83895 ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 83896 83897 14:1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the 83898 chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched 83899 him. 83900 83901 14:2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the 83902 dropsy. 83903 83904 14:3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, 83905 Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? 14:4 And they held their 83906 peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; 14:5 And 83907 answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen 83908 into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day? 83909 14:6 And they could not answer him again to these things. 83910 83911 14:7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he 83912 marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them. 83913 83914 14:8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the 83915 highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; 83916 14:9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man 83917 place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. 83918 83919 14:10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; 83920 that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go 83921 up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that 83922 sit at meat with thee. 83923 83924 14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that 83925 humbleth himself shall be exalted. 83926 83927 14:12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a 83928 dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither 83929 thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, 83930 and a recompence be made thee. 83931 83932 14:13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the 83933 lame, the blind: 14:14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot 83934 recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of 83935 the just. 83936 83937 14:15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these 83938 things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the 83939 kingdom of God. 83940 83941 14:16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and 83942 bade many: 14:17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them 83943 that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. 83944 83945 14:18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first 83946 said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go 83947 and see it: I pray thee have me excused. 83948 83949 14:19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to 83950 prove them: I pray thee have me excused. 83951 83952 14:20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot 83953 come. 83954 83955 14:21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the 83956 master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly 83957 into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, 83958 and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. 83959 83960 14:22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, 83961 and yet there is room. 83962 83963 14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and 83964 hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. 83965 83966 14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden 83967 shall taste of my supper. 83968 83969 14:25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and 83970 said unto them, 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, 83971 and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, 83972 and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 83973 83974 14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot 83975 be my disciple. 83976 83977 14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down 83978 first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 83979 14:29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able 83980 to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, 14:30 Saying, This 83981 man began to build, and was not able to finish. 83982 83983 14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth 83984 not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to 83985 meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? 14:32 Or else, 83986 while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and 83987 desireth conditions of peace. 83988 83989 14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that 83990 he hath, he cannot be my disciple. 83991 83992 14:34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith 83993 shall it be seasoned? 14:35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet 83994 for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let 83995 him hear. 83996 83997 15:1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear 83998 him. 83999 84000 15:2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man 84001 receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. 84002 84003 15:3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 15:4 What man of 84004 you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave 84005 the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is 84006 lost, until he find it? 15:5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it 84007 on his shoulders, rejoicing. 84008 84009 15:6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and 84010 neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my 84011 sheep which was lost. 84012 84013 15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one 84014 sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, 84015 which need no repentance. 84016 84017 15:8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one 84018 piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek 84019 diligently till she find it? 15:9 And when she hath found it, she 84020 calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with 84021 me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. 84022 84023 15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the 84024 angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. 84025 84026 15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 15:12 And the younger 84027 of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that 84028 falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 84029 84030 15:13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, 84031 and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his 84032 substance with riotous living. 84033 84034 15:14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that 84035 land; and he began to be in want. 84036 84037 15:15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and 84038 he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 84039 84040 15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the 84041 swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 84042 84043 15:17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of 84044 my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 84045 15:18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, 84046 I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 15:19 And am no more 84047 worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 84048 84049 15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a 84050 great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and 84051 fell on his neck, and kissed him. 84052 84053 15:21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, 84054 and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 84055 84056 15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, 84057 and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: 84058 15:23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, 84059 and be merry: 15:24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he 84060 was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 84061 84062 15:25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh 84063 to the house, he heard musick and dancing. 84064 84065 15:26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things 84066 meant. 84067 84068 15:27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath 84069 killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. 84070 84071 15:28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father 84072 out, and intreated him. 84073 84074 15:29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I 84075 serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and 84076 yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my 84077 friends: 15:30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath 84078 devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted 84079 calf. 84080 84081 15:31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I 84082 have is thine. 84083 84084 15:32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy 84085 brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. 84086 84087 16:1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich 84088 man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he 84089 had wasted his goods. 84090 84091 16:2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this 84092 of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no 84093 longer steward. 84094 84095 16:3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my 84096 lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am 84097 ashamed. 84098 84099 16:4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the 84100 stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 84101 84102 16:5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said 84103 unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? 16:6 And he said, 84104 An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and 84105 sit down quickly, and write fifty. 84106 84107 16:7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An 84108 hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and 84109 write fourscore. 84110 84111 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done 84112 wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser 84113 than the children of light. 84114 84115 16:9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of 84116 unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into 84117 everlasting habitations. 84118 84119 16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in 84120 much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. 84121 84122 16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous 84123 mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 16:12 And if 84124 ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall 84125 give you that which is your own? 16:13 No servant can serve two 84126 masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else 84127 he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God 84128 and mammon. 84129 84130 16:14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these 84131 things: and they derided him. 84132 84133 16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves 84134 before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly 84135 esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. 84136 84137 16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the 84138 kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. 84139 84140 16:17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle 84141 of the law to fail. 84142 84143 16:18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, 84144 committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from 84145 her husband committeth adultery. 84146 84147 16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and 84148 fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 16:20 And there was a 84149 certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of 84150 sores, 16:21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from 84151 the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 84152 84153 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by 84154 the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was 84155 buried; 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and 84156 seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 84157 84158 16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and 84159 send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool 84160 my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 84161 84162 16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime 84163 receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now 84164 he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 84165 84166 16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf 84167 fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither 84168 can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 84169 84170 16:27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest 84171 send him to my father's house: 16:28 For I have five brethren; that he 84172 may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 84173 84174 16:29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let 84175 them hear them. 84176 84177 16:30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from 84178 the dead, they will repent. 84179 84180 16:31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, 84181 neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. 84182 84183 17:1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that 84184 offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 17:2 It 84185 were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and 84186 he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little 84187 ones. 84188 84189 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, 84190 rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 84191 84192 17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven 84193 times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt 84194 forgive him. 84195 84196 17:5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. 84197 84198 17:6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye 84199 might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and 84200 be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. 84201 84202 17:7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, 84203 will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and 84204 sit down to meat? 17:8 And will not rather say unto him, Make ready 84205 wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten 84206 and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? 17:9 Doth he 84207 thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? 84208 I trow not. 84209 84210 17:10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which 84211 are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done 84212 that which was our duty to do. 84213 84214 17:11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed 84215 through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 84216 84217 17:12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men 84218 that were lepers, which stood afar off: 17:13 And they lifted up their 84219 voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 84220 84221 17:14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto 84222 the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were 84223 cleansed. 84224 84225 17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, 84226 and with a loud voice glorified God, 17:16 And fell down on his face 84227 at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. 84228 84229 17:17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where 84230 are the nine? 17:18 There are not found that returned to give glory 84231 to God, save this stranger. 84232 84233 17:19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made 84234 thee whole. 84235 84236 17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of 84237 God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh 84238 not with observation: 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo 84239 there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. 84240 84241 17:22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye 84242 shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall 84243 not see it. 84244 84245 17:23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after 84246 them, nor follow them. 84247 84248 17:24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under 84249 heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the 84250 Son of man be in his day. 84251 84252 17:25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this 84253 generation. 84254 84255 17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the 84256 days of the Son of man. 84257 84258 17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in 84259 marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood 84260 came, and destroyed them all. 84261 84262 17:28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they 84263 drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 17:29 But 84264 the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone 84265 from heaven, and destroyed them all. 84266 84267 17:30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is 84268 revealed. 84269 84270 17:31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff 84271 in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in 84272 the field, let him likewise not return back. 84273 84274 17:32 Remember Lot's wife. 84275 84276 17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and 84277 whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. 84278 84279 17:34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the 84280 one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 84281 84282 17:35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, 84283 and the other left. 84284 84285 17:36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the 84286 other left. 84287 84288 17:37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said 84289 unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be 84290 gathered together. 84291 84292 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought 84293 always to pray, and not to faint; 18:2 Saying, There was in a city a 84294 judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 18:3 And there was 84295 a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine 84296 adversary. 84297 84298 18:4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within 84299 himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 18:5 Yet because this 84300 widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming 84301 she weary me. 84302 84303 18:6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. 84304 84305 18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night 84306 unto him, though he bear long with them? 18:8 I tell you that he will 84307 avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall 84308 he find faith on the earth? 18:9 And he spake this parable unto 84309 certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and 84310 despised others: 18:10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the 84311 one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 84312 84313 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank 84314 thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, 84315 adulterers, or even as this publican. 84316 84317 18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 84318 84319 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much 84320 as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be 84321 merciful to me a sinner. 84322 84323 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather 84324 than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; 84325 and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 84326 84327 18:15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch 84328 them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 84329 84330 18:16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children 84331 to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of 84332 God. 84333 84334 18:17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom 84335 of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. 84336 84337 18:18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I 84338 do to inherit eternal life? 18:19 And Jesus said unto him, Why 84339 callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. 84340 84341 18:20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not 84342 kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and 84343 thy mother. 84344 84345 18:21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. 84346 84347 18:22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest 84348 thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, 84349 and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. 84350 84351 18:23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very 84352 rich. 84353 84354 18:24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How 84355 hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! 84356 18:25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than 84357 for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 84358 84359 18:26 And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? 18:27 And 84360 he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with 84361 God. 84362 84363 18:28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. 84364 84365 18:29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man 84366 that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, 84367 for the kingdom of God's sake, 18:30 Who shall not receive manifold 84368 more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. 84369 84370 18:31 Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we 84371 go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets 84372 concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. 84373 84374 18:32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be 84375 mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: 18:33 And they shall 84376 scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise 84377 again. 84378 84379 18:34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was 84380 hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. 84381 84382 18:35 And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a 84383 certain blind man sat by the way side begging: 18:36 And hearing the 84384 multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. 84385 84386 18:37 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. 84387 84388 18:38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on 84389 me. 84390 84391 18:39 And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his 84392 peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on 84393 me. 84394 84395 18:40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and 84396 when he was come near, he asked him, 18:41 Saying, What wilt thou that 84397 I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. 84398 84399 18:42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved 84400 thee. 84401 84402 18:43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, 84403 glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto 84404 God. 84405 84406 19:1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 84407 84408 19:2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief 84409 among the publicans, and he was rich. 84410 84411 19:3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the 84412 press, because he was little of stature. 84413 84414 19:4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see 84415 him: for he was to pass that way. 84416 84417 19:5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and 84418 said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must 84419 abide at thy house. 84420 84421 19:6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. 84422 84423 19:7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone 84424 to be guest with a man that is a sinner. 84425 84426 19:8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the 84427 half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing 84428 from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. 84429 84430 19:9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this 84431 house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. 84432 84433 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was 84434 lost. 84435 84436 19:11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, 84437 because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the 84438 kingdom of God should immediately appear. 84439 84440 19:12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to 84441 receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 84442 84443 19:13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, 84444 and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 84445 84446 19:14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, 84447 saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. 84448 84449 19:15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received 84450 the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, 84451 to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man 84452 had gained by trading. 84453 84454 19:16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten 84455 pounds. 84456 84457 19:17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast 84458 been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. 84459 84460 19:18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five 84461 pounds. 84462 84463 19:19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. 84464 84465 19:20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which 84466 I have kept laid up in a napkin: 19:21 For I feared thee, because thou 84467 art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and 84468 reapest that thou didst not sow. 84469 84470 19:22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, 84471 thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up 84472 that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: 19:23 Wherefore 84473 then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might 84474 have required mine own with usury? 19:24 And he said unto them that 84475 stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten 84476 pounds. 84477 84478 19:25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) 19:26 For I 84479 say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from 84480 him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. 84481 84482 19:27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over 84483 them, bring hither, and slay them before me. 84484 84485 19:28 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to 84486 Jerusalem. 84487 84488 19:29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and 84489 Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his 84490 disciples, 19:30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in 84491 the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet 84492 never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. 84493 84494 19:31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say 84495 unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. 84496 84497 19:32 And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had 84498 said unto them. 84499 84500 19:33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto 84501 them, Why loose ye the colt? 19:34 And they said, The Lord hath need 84502 of him. 84503 84504 19:35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon 84505 the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. 84506 84507 19:36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way. 84508 84509 19:37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount 84510 of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and 84511 praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had 84512 seen; 19:38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the 84513 Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. 84514 84515 19:39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto 84516 him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. 84517 84518 19:40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these 84519 should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. 84520 84521 19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 84522 19:42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy 84523 day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from 84524 thine eyes. 84525 84526 19:43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast 84527 a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every 84528 side, 19:44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children 84529 within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; 84530 because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. 84531 84532 19:45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that 84533 sold therein, and them that bought; 19:46 Saying unto them, It is 84534 written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of 84535 thieves. 84536 84537 19:47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the 84538 scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, 19:48 And 84539 could not find what they might do: for all the people were very 84540 attentive to hear him. 84541 84542 20:1 And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the 84543 people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and 84544 the scribes came upon him with the elders, 20:2 And spake unto him, 84545 saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is 84546 he that gave thee this authority? 20:3 And he answered and said unto 84547 them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: 20:4 The baptism 84548 of John, was it from heaven, or of men? 20:5 And they reasoned with 84549 themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why 84550 then believed ye him not? 20:6 But and if we say, Of men; all the 84551 people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet. 84552 84553 20:7 And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was. 84554 84555 20:8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I 84556 do these things. 84557 84558 20:9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man 84559 planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a 84560 far country for a long time. 84561 84562 20:10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they 84563 should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat 84564 him, and sent him away empty. 84565 84566 20:11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and 84567 entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. 84568 84569 20:12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast 84570 him out. 84571 84572 20:13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send 84573 my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. 84574 84575 20:14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, 84576 saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance 84577 may be ours. 84578 84579 20:15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What 84580 therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? 20:16 He shall 84581 come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to 84582 others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. 84583 84584 20:17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, 84585 The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of 84586 the corner? 20:18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be 84587 broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 84588 84589 20:19 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to 84590 lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that 84591 he had spoken this parable against them. 84592 84593 20:20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign 84594 themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so 84595 they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. 84596 84597 20:21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and 84598 teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but 84599 teachest the way of God truly: 20:22 Is it lawful for us to give 84600 tribute unto Caesar, or no? 20:23 But he perceived their craftiness, 84601 and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? 20:24 Shew me a penny. Whose 84602 image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's. 84603 84604 20:25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things 84605 which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's. 84606 84607 20:26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and 84608 they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace. 84609 84610 20:27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there 84611 is any resurrection; and they asked him, 20:28 Saying, Master, Moses 84612 wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die 84613 without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up 84614 seed unto his brother. 84615 84616 20:29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, 84617 and died without children. 84618 84619 20:30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. 84620 84621 20:31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and 84622 they left no children, and died. 84623 84624 20:32 Last of all the woman died also. 84625 84626 20:33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for 84627 seven had her to wife. 84628 84629 20:34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world 84630 marry, and are given in marriage: 20:35 But they which shall be 84631 accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the 84632 dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: 20:36 Neither can they 84633 die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children 84634 of God, being the children of the resurrection. 84635 84636 20:37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, 84637 when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and 84638 the God of Jacob. 84639 84640 20:38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live 84641 unto him. 84642 84643 20:39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast 84644 well said. 84645 84646 20:40 And after that they durst not ask him any question at all. 84647 84648 20:41 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son? 84649 20:42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said 84650 unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 20:43 Till I make thine 84651 enemies thy footstool. 84652 84653 20:44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son? 20:45 84654 Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples, 84655 20:46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and 84656 love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the 84657 synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; 20:47 Which devour widows' 84658 houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive 84659 greater damnation. 84660 84661 21:1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into 84662 the treasury. 84663 84664 21:2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two 84665 mites. 84666 84667 21:3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath 84668 cast in more than they all: 21:4 For all these have of their abundance 84669 cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in 84670 all the living that she had. 84671 84672 21:5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly 84673 stones and gifts, he said, 21:6 As for these things which ye behold, 84674 the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone 84675 upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 84676 84677 21:7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things 84678 be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? 84679 21:8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall 84680 come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye 84681 not therefore after them. 84682 84683 21:9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: 84684 for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and 84685 by. 84686 84687 21:10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and 84688 kingdom against kingdom: 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in 84689 divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and 84690 great signs shall there be from heaven. 84691 84692 21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and 84693 persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, 84694 being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. 84695 84696 21:13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony. 84697 84698 21:14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what 84699 ye shall answer: 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which 84700 all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. 84701 84702 21:16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and 84703 kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to 84704 death. 84705 84706 21:17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. 84707 84708 21:18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish. 84709 84710 21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls. 84711 84712 21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know 84713 that the desolation thereof is nigh. 84714 84715 21:21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let 84716 them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that 84717 are in the countries enter thereinto. 84718 84719 21:22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are 84720 written may be fulfilled. 84721 84722 21:23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give 84723 suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, 84724 and wrath upon this people. 84725 84726 21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led 84727 away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of 84728 the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 84729 84730 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the 84731 stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the 84732 sea and the waves roaring; 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, 84733 and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for 84734 the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 84735 84736 21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with 84737 power and great glory. 84738 84739 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and 84740 lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. 84741 84742 21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the 84743 trees; 21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own 84744 selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 84745 84746 21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye 84747 that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 84748 84749 21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till 84750 all be fulfilled. 84751 84752 21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass 84753 away. 84754 84755 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be 84756 overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, 84757 and so that day come upon you unawares. 84758 84759 21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face 84760 of the whole earth. 84761 84762 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted 84763 worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to 84764 stand before the Son of man. 84765 84766 21:37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night 84767 he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of 84768 Olives. 84769 84770 21:38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the 84771 temple, for to hear him. 84772 84773 22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the 84774 Passover. 84775 84776 22:2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; 84777 for they feared the people. 84778 84779 22:3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the 84780 number of the twelve. 84781 84782 22:4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and 84783 captains, how he might betray him unto them. 84784 84785 22:5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. 84786 84787 22:6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them 84788 in the absence of the multitude. 84789 84790 22:7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be 84791 killed. 84792 84793 22:8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the 84794 passover, that we may eat. 84795 84796 22:9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? 22:10 84797 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, 84798 there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him 84799 into the house where he entereth in. 84800 84801 22:11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith 84802 unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover 84803 with my disciples? 22:12 And he shall shew you a large upper room 84804 furnished: there make ready. 84805 84806 22:13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made 84807 ready the passover. 84808 84809 22:14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles 84810 with him. 84811 84812 22:15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this 84813 passover with you before I suffer: 22:16 For I say unto you, I will 84814 not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 84815 84816 22:17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and 84817 divide it among yourselves: 22:18 For I say unto you, I will not drink 84818 of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. 84819 84820 22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto 84821 them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in 84822 remembrance of me. 84823 84824 22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new 84825 testament in my blood, which is shed for you. 84826 84827 22:21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the 84828 table. 84829 84830 22:22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe 84831 unto that man by whom he is betrayed! 22:23 And they began to enquire 84832 among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing. 84833 84834 22:24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be 84835 accounted the greatest. 84836 84837 22:25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise 84838 lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are 84839 called benefactors. 84840 84841 22:26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let 84842 him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. 84843 84844 22:27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that 84845 serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he 84846 that serveth. 84847 84848 22:28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. 84849 84850 22:29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed 84851 unto me; 22:30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, 84852 and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 84853 84854 22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to 84855 have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 22:32 But I have prayed for 84856 thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen 84857 thy brethren. 84858 84859 22:33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both 84860 into prison, and to death. 84861 84862 22:34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this 84863 day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. 84864 84865 22:35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, 84866 and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. 84867 84868 22:36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him 84869 take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him 84870 sell his garment, and buy one. 84871 84872 22:37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be 84873 accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for 84874 the things concerning me have an end. 84875 84876 22:38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said 84877 unto them, It is enough. 84878 84879 22:39 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of 84880 Olives; and his disciples also followed him. 84881 84882 22:40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye 84883 enter not into temptation. 84884 84885 22:41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled 84886 down, and prayed, 22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove 84887 this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. 84888 84889 22:43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening 84890 him. 84891 84892 22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat 84893 was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. 84894 84895 22:45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, 84896 he found them sleeping for sorrow, 22:46 And said unto them, Why sleep 84897 ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. 84898 84899 22:47 And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was 84900 called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto 84901 Jesus to kiss him. 84902 84903 22:48 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man 84904 with a kiss? 22:49 When they which were about him saw what would 84905 follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? 84906 22:50 And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut 84907 off his right ear. 84908 84909 22:51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched 84910 his ear, and healed him. 84911 84912 22:52 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the 84913 temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as 84914 against a thief, with swords and staves? 22:53 When I was daily with 84915 you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is 84916 your hour, and the power of darkness. 84917 84918 22:54 Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high 84919 priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. 84920 84921 22:55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and 84922 were set down together, Peter sat down among them. 84923 84924 22:56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and 84925 earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. 84926 84927 22:57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. 84928 84929 22:58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art 84930 also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. 84931 84932 22:59 And about the space of one hour after another confidently 84933 affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is 84934 a Galilaean. 84935 84936 22:60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And 84937 immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. 84938 84939 22:61 And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered 84940 the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, 84941 thou shalt deny me thrice. 84942 84943 22:62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. 84944 84945 22:63 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. 84946 84947 22:64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, 84948 and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? 22:65 And 84949 many other things blasphemously spake they against him. 84950 84951 22:66 And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the 84952 chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their 84953 council, saying, 22:67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto 84954 them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: 22:68 And if I also ask you, 84955 ye will not answer me, nor let me go. 84956 84957 22:69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the 84958 power of God. 84959 84960 22:70 Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said 84961 unto them, Ye say that I am. 84962 84963 22:71 And they said, What need we any further witness? for we 84964 ourselves have heard of his own mouth. 84965 84966 23:1 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. 84967 84968 23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow 84969 perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, 84970 saying that he himself is Christ a King. 84971 84972 23:3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And 84973 he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. 84974 84975 23:4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find 84976 no fault in this man. 84977 84978 23:5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, 84979 teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. 84980 84981 23:6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a 84982 Galilaean. 84983 84984 23:7 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's 84985 jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem 84986 at that time. 84987 84988 23:8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was 84989 desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things 84990 of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. 84991 84992 23:9 Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him 84993 nothing. 84994 84995 23:10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused 84996 him. 84997 84998 23:11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, 84999 and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. 85000 85001 23:12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: 85002 for before they were at enmity between themselves. 85003 85004 23:13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and 85005 the rulers and the people, 23:14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this 85006 man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having 85007 examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching 85008 those things whereof ye accuse him: 23:15 No, nor yet Herod: for I 85009 sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. 85010 85011 23:16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him. 85012 85013 23:17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) 85014 23:18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and 85015 release unto us Barabbas: 23:19 (Who for a certain sedition made in 85016 the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) 23:20 Pilate 85017 therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. 85018 85019 23:21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. 85020 85021 23:22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he 85022 done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise 85023 him, and let him go. 85024 85025 23:23 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might 85026 be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests 85027 prevailed. 85028 85029 23:24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. 85030 85031 23:25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was 85032 cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to 85033 their will. 85034 85035 23:26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a 85036 Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, 85037 that he might bear it after Jesus. 85038 85039 23:27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, 85040 which also bewailed and lamented him. 85041 85042 23:28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep 85043 not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 85044 85045 23:29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, 85046 Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps 85047 which never gave suck. 85048 85049 23:30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and 85050 to the hills, Cover us. 85051 85052 23:31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done 85053 in the dry? 23:32 And there were also two other, malefactors, led 85054 with him to be put to death. 85055 85056 23:33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, 85057 there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, 85058 and the other on the left. 85059 85060 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what 85061 they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. 85062 85063 23:35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them 85064 derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be 85065 Christ, the chosen of God. 85066 85067 23:36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering 85068 him vinegar, 23:37 And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save 85069 thyself. 85070 85071 23:38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of 85072 Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 85073 85074 23:39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, 85075 saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. 85076 85077 23:40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear 85078 God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? 23:41 And we indeed 85079 justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath 85080 done nothing amiss. 85081 85082 23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into 85083 thy kingdom. 85084 85085 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt 85086 thou be with me in paradise. 85087 85088 23:44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over 85089 all the earth until the ninth hour. 85090 85091 23:45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in 85092 the midst. 85093 85094 23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, 85095 into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up 85096 the ghost. 85097 85098 23:47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, 85099 saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. 85100 85101 23:48 And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding 85102 the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. 85103 85104 23:49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from 85105 Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. 85106 85107 23:50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he 85108 was a good man, and a just: 23:51 (The same had not consented to the 85109 counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: 85110 who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. 85111 85112 23:52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 85113 85114 23:53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a 85115 sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. 85116 85117 23:54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. 85118 85119 23:55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed 85120 after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. 85121 85122 23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested 85123 the sabbath day according to the commandment. 85124 85125 24:1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, 85126 they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had 85127 prepared, and certain others with them. 85128 85129 24:2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. 85130 85131 24:3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 85132 85133 24:4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, 85134 behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: 24:5 And as they 85135 were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto 85136 them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? 24:6 He is not here, but 85137 is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 85138 24:7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful 85139 men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. 85140 85141 24:8 And they remembered his words, 24:9 And returned from the 85142 sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the 85143 rest. 85144 85145 24:10 It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, 85146 and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the 85147 apostles. 85148 85149 24:11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed 85150 them not. 85151 85152 24:12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, 85153 he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, 85154 wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. 85155 85156 24:13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called 85157 Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. 85158 85159 24:14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened. 85160 85161 24:15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and 85162 reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. 85163 85164 24:16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. 85165 85166 24:17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these 85167 that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? 24:18 And the 85168 one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou 85169 only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are 85170 come to pass there in these days? 24:19 And he said unto them, What 85171 things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which 85172 was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: 85173 24:20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be 85174 condemned to death, and have crucified him. 85175 85176 24:21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed 85177 Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these 85178 things were done. 85179 85180 24:22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, 85181 which were early at the sepulchre; 24:23 And when they found not his 85182 body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, 85183 which said that he was alive. 85184 85185 24:24 And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, 85186 and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. 85187 85188 24:25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe 85189 all that the prophets have spoken: 24:26 Ought not Christ to have 85190 suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? 24:27 And 85191 beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all 85192 the scriptures the things concerning himself. 85193 85194 24:28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he 85195 made as though he would have gone further. 85196 85197 24:29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is 85198 toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with 85199 them. 85200 85201 24:30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, 85202 and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. 85203 85204 24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished 85205 out of their sight. 85206 85207 24:32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, 85208 while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the 85209 scriptures? 24:33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to 85210 Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were 85211 with them, 24:34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared 85212 to Simon. 85213 85214 24:35 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was 85215 known of them in breaking of bread. 85216 85217 24:36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of 85218 them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. 85219 85220 24:37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they 85221 had seen a spirit. 85222 85223 24:38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts 85224 arise in your hearts? 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I 85225 myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as 85226 ye see me have. 85227 85228 24:40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his 85229 feet. 85230 85231 24:41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said 85232 unto them, Have ye here any meat? 24:42 And they gave him a piece of 85233 a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. 85234 85235 24:43 And he took it, and did eat before them. 85236 85237 24:44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto 85238 you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, 85239 which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in 85240 the psalms, concerning me. 85241 85242 24:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand 85243 the scriptures, 24:46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus 85244 it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: 85245 24:47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in 85246 his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 85247 85248 24:48 And ye are witnesses of these things. 85249 85250 24:49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry 85251 ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on 85252 high. 85253 85254 24:50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his 85255 hands, and blessed them. 85256 85257 24:51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from 85258 them, and carried up into heaven. 85259 85260 24:52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great 85261 joy: 24:53 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing 85262 God. Amen. 85263 85264 85265 85266 The Gospel According to Saint John 85267 85268 85269 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the 85270 Word was God. 85271 85272 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God. 85273 85274 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing 85275 made that was made. 85276 85277 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 85278 85279 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended 85280 it not. 85281 85282 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 85283 85284 1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that 85285 all men through him might believe. 85286 85287 1:8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 85288 85289 1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into 85290 the world. 85291 85292 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world 85293 knew him not. 85294 85295 1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 85296 85297 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the 85298 sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 1:13 Which were 85299 born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of 85300 man, but of God. 85301 85302 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld 85303 his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of 85304 grace and truth. 85305 85306 1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom 85307 I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was 85308 before me. 85309 85310 1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 85311 85312 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus 85313 Christ. 85314 85315 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is 85316 in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. 85317 85318 1:19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and 85319 Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? 1:20 And he 85320 confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. 85321 85322 1:21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am 85323 not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. 85324 85325 1:22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer 85326 to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? 1:23 He said, I am 85327 the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of 85328 the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. 85329 85330 1:24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. 85331 85332 1:25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, 85333 if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? 1:26 85334 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth 85335 one among you, whom ye know not; 1:27 He it is, who coming after me is 85336 preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. 85337 85338 1:28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was 85339 baptizing. 85340 85341 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold 85342 the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. 85343 85344 1:30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is 85345 preferred before me: for he was before me. 85346 85347 1:31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to 85348 Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. 85349 85350 1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from 85351 heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. 85352 85353 1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, 85354 the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, 85355 and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy 85356 Ghost. 85357 85358 1:34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. 85359 85360 1:35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; 85361 1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of 85362 God! 1:37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed 85363 Jesus. 85364 85365 1:38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, 85366 What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being 85367 interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? 1:39 He saith unto them, 85368 Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him 85369 that day: for it was about the tenth hour. 85370 85371 1:40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was 85372 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 85373 85374 1:41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We 85375 have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. 85376 85377 1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, 85378 Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is 85379 by interpretation, A stone. 85380 85381 1:43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth 85382 Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. 85383 85384 1:44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 85385 85386 1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, 85387 of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of 85388 Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 85389 85390 1:46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of 85391 Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. 85392 85393 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an 85394 Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! 1:48 Nathanael saith unto him, 85395 Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that 85396 Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. 85397 85398 1:49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of 85399 God; thou art the King of Israel. 85400 85401 1:50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw 85402 thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things 85403 than these. 85404 85405 1:51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter 85406 ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and 85407 descending upon the Son of man. 85408 85409 2:1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the 85410 mother of Jesus was there: 2:2 And both Jesus was called, and his 85411 disciples, to the marriage. 85412 85413 2:3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, 85414 They have no wine. 85415 85416 2:4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine 85417 hour is not yet come. 85418 85419 2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, 85420 do it. 85421 85422 2:6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner 85423 of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. 85424 85425 2:7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they 85426 filled them up to the brim. 85427 85428 2:8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor 85429 of the feast. And they bare it. 85430 85431 2:9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made 85432 wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the 85433 water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 2:10 And 85434 saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; 85435 and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast 85436 kept the good wine until now. 85437 85438 2:11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and 85439 manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. 85440 85441 2:12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his 85442 brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. 85443 85444 2:13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to 85445 Jerusalem. 85446 85447 2:14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, 85448 and the changers of money sitting: 2:15 And when he had made a scourge 85449 of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, 85450 and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the 85451 tables; 2:16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things 85452 hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. 85453 85454 2:17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of 85455 thine house hath eaten me up. 85456 85457 2:18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou 85458 unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? 2:19 Jesus answered and 85459 said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it 85460 up. 85461 85462 2:20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in 85463 building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? 2:21 But he spake 85464 of the temple of his body. 85465 85466 2:22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples 85467 remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the 85468 scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. 85469 85470 2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, 85471 many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. 85472 85473 2:24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all 85474 men, 2:25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew 85475 what was in man. 85476 85477 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the 85478 Jews: 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, 85479 we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these 85480 miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 85481 85482 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 85483 Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 85484 85485 3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? 85486 can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 3:5 85487 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born 85488 of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 85489 85490 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born 85491 of the Spirit is spirit. 85492 85493 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 85494 85495 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound 85496 thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so 85497 is every one that is born of the Spirit. 85498 85499 3:9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? 85500 3:10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, 85501 and knowest not these things? 3:11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 85502 We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye 85503 receive not our witness. 85504 85505 3:12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall 85506 ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 3:13 And no man hath 85507 ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son 85508 of man which is in heaven. 85509 85510 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so 85511 must the Son of man be lifted up: 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him 85512 should not perish, but have eternal life. 85513 85514 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, 85515 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 85516 everlasting life. 85517 85518 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but 85519 that the world through him might be saved. 85520 85521 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth 85522 not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of 85523 the only begotten Son of God. 85524 85525 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, 85526 and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were 85527 evil. 85528 85529 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to 85530 the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 85531 85532 3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may 85533 be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. 85534 85535 3:22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of 85536 Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 85537 85538 3:23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there 85539 was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. 85540 85541 3:24 For John was not yet cast into prison. 85542 85543 3:25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and 85544 the Jews about purifying. 85545 85546 3:26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was 85547 with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same 85548 baptizeth, and all men come to him. 85549 85550 3:27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be 85551 given him from heaven. 85552 85553 3:28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, 85554 but that I am sent before him. 85555 85556 3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the 85557 bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because 85558 of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. 85559 85560 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease. 85561 85562 3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth 85563 is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is 85564 above all. 85565 85566 3:32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man 85567 receiveth his testimony. 85568 85569 3:33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God 85570 is true. 85571 85572 3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God 85573 giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. 85574 85575 3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his 85576 hand. 85577 85578 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that 85579 believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth 85580 on him. 85581 85582 4:1 When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that 85583 Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, 4:2 (Though Jesus 85584 himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 4:3 He left Judaea, and 85585 departed again into Galilee. 85586 85587 4:4 And he must needs go through Samaria. 85588 85589 4:5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near 85590 to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 85591 85592 4:6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with 85593 his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. 85594 85595 4:7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto 85596 her, Give me to drink. 85597 85598 4:8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 4:9 85599 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a 85600 Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews 85601 have no dealings with the Samaritans. 85602 85603 4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of 85604 God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest 85605 have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. 85606 85607 4:11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, 85608 and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? 85609 4:12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, 85610 and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? 4:13 85611 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water 85612 shall thirst again: 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I 85613 shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him 85614 shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. 85615 85616 4:15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst 85617 not, neither come hither to draw. 85618 85619 4:16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. 85620 85621 4:17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto 85622 her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: 4:18 For thou hast had 85623 five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that 85624 saidst thou truly. 85625 85626 4:19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a 85627 prophet. 85628 85629 4:20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in 85630 Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 85631 85632 4:21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye 85633 shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the 85634 Father. 85635 85636 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for 85637 salvation is of the Jews. 85638 85639 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall 85640 worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such 85641 to worship him. 85642 85643 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in 85644 spirit and in truth. 85645 85646 4:25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is 85647 called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. 85648 85649 4:26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. 85650 85651 4:27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked 85652 with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest 85653 thou with her? 4:28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her 85654 way into the city, and saith to the men, 4:29 Come, see a man, which 85655 told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? 4:30 Then 85656 they went out of the city, and came unto him. 85657 85658 4:31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. 85659 85660 4:32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. 85661 85662 4:33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought 85663 him ought to eat? 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the 85664 will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. 85665 85666 4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? 85667 behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for 85668 they are white already to harvest. 85669 85670 4:36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto 85671 life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice 85672 together. 85673 85674 4:37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. 85675 85676 4:38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men 85677 laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. 85678 85679 4:39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the 85680 saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. 85681 85682 4:40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that 85683 he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. 85684 85685 4:41 And many more believed because of his own word; 4:42 And said 85686 unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have 85687 heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the 85688 Saviour of the world. 85689 85690 4:43 Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. 85691 85692 4:44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his 85693 own country. 85694 85695 4:45 Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, 85696 having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for 85697 they also went unto the feast. 85698 85699 4:46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water 85700 wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at 85701 Capernaum. 85702 85703 4:47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he 85704 went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his 85705 son: for he was at the point of death. 85706 85707 4:48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye 85708 will not believe. 85709 85710 4:49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. 85711 85712 4:50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man 85713 believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. 85714 85715 4:51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, 85716 saying, Thy son liveth. 85717 85718 4:52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And 85719 they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. 85720 85721 4:53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which 85722 Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his 85723 whole house. 85724 85725 4:54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come 85726 out of Judaea into Galilee. 85727 85728 5:1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to 85729 Jerusalem. 85730 85731 5:2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is 85732 called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 85733 85734 5:3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, 85735 withered, waiting for the moving of the water. 85736 85737 5:4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and 85738 troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the 85739 water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. 85740 85741 5:5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and 85742 eight years. 85743 85744 5:6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time 85745 in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? 5:7 The 85746 impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is 85747 troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another 85748 steppeth down before me. 85749 85750 5:8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. 85751 85752 5:9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and 85753 walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. 85754 85755 5:10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the 85756 sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. 85757 85758 5:11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, 85759 Take up thy bed, and walk. 85760 85761 5:12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take 85762 up thy bed, and walk? 5:13 And he that was healed wist not who it 85763 was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that 85764 place. 85765 85766 5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, 85767 Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto 85768 thee. 85769 85770 5:15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had 85771 made him whole. 85772 85773 5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay 85774 him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. 85775 85776 5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 85777 85778 5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not 85779 only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, 85780 making himself equal with God. 85781 85782 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say 85783 unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the 85784 Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son 85785 likewise. 85786 85787 5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that 85788 himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye 85789 may marvel. 85790 85791 5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even 85792 so the Son quickeneth whom he will. 85793 85794 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment 85795 unto the Son: 5:23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they 85796 honour the Father. 85797 85798 He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent 85799 him. 85800 85801 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and 85802 believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not 85803 come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. 85804 85805 5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, 85806 when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that 85807 hear shall live. 85808 85809 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the 85810 Son to have life in himself; 5:27 And hath given him authority to 85811 execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 85812 85813 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that 85814 are in the graves shall hear his voice, 5:29 And shall come forth; 85815 they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that 85816 have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. 85817 85818 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my 85819 judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of 85820 the Father which hath sent me. 85821 85822 5:31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 85823 85824 5:32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the 85825 witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 85826 85827 5:33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. 85828 85829 5:34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, 85830 that ye might be saved. 85831 85832 5:35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a 85833 season to rejoice in his light. 85834 85835 5:36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which 85836 the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear 85837 witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. 85838 85839 5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of 85840 me. 85841 85842 Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. 85843 85844 5:38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, 85845 him ye believe not. 85846 85847 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: 85848 and they are they which testify of me. 85849 85850 5:40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. 85851 85852 5:41 I receive not honour from men. 85853 85854 5:42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. 85855 85856 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another 85857 shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 85858 85859 5:44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek 85860 not the honour that cometh from God only? 5:45 Do not think that I 85861 will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even 85862 Moses, in whom ye trust. 85863 85864 5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he 85865 wrote of me. 85866 85867 5:47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my 85868 words? 6:1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, 85869 which is the sea of Tiberias. 85870 85871 6:2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles 85872 which he did on them that were diseased. 85873 85874 6:3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his 85875 disciples. 85876 85877 6:4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. 85878 85879 6:5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come 85880 unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these 85881 may eat? 6:6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what 85882 he would do. 85883 85884 6:7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not 85885 sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. 85886 85887 6:8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto 85888 him, 6:9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two 85889 small fishes: but what are they among so many? 6:10 And Jesus said, 85890 Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the 85891 men sat down, in number about five thousand. 85892 85893 6:11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he 85894 distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set 85895 down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. 85896 85897 6:12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the 85898 fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. 85899 85900 6:13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets 85901 with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and 85902 above unto them that had eaten. 85903 85904 6:14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, 85905 said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. 85906 85907 6:15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him 85908 by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain 85909 himself alone. 85910 85911 6:16 And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, 85912 6:17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. 85913 And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. 85914 85915 6:18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. 85916 85917 6:19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, 85918 they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and 85919 they were afraid. 85920 85921 6:20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. 85922 85923 6:21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately 85924 the ship was at the land whither they went. 85925 85926 6:22 The day following, when the people which stood on the other side 85927 of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one 85928 whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his 85929 disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone; 85930 6:23 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place 85931 where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:) 6:24 85932 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his 85933 disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for 85934 Jesus. 85935 85936 6:25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they 85937 said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? 6:26 Jesus answered 85938 them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because 85939 ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were 85940 filled. 85941 85942 6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which 85943 endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto 85944 you: for him hath God the Father sealed. 85945 85946 6:28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the 85947 works of God? 6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the 85948 work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 85949 85950 6:30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that 85951 we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? 6:31 Our fathers 85952 did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from 85953 heaven to eat. 85954 85955 6:32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses 85956 gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true 85957 bread from heaven. 85958 85959 6:33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and 85960 giveth life unto the world. 85961 85962 6:34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. 85963 85964 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh 85965 to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never 85966 thirst. 85967 85968 6:36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. 85969 85970 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that 85971 cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. 85972 85973 6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the 85974 will of him that sent me. 85975 85976 6:39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all 85977 which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up 85978 again at the last day. 85979 85980 6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which 85981 seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I 85982 will raise him up at the last day. 85983 85984 6:41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread 85985 which came down from heaven. 85986 85987 6:42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father 85988 and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from 85989 heaven? 6:43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not 85990 among yourselves. 85991 85992 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw 85993 him: and I will raise him up at the last day. 85994 85995 6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of 85996 God. 85997 85998 Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, 85999 cometh unto me. 86000 86001 6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, 86002 he hath seen the Father. 86003 86004 6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath 86005 everlasting life. 86006 86007 6:48 I am that bread of life. 86008 86009 6:49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 86010 86011 6:50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may 86012 eat thereof, and not die. 86013 86014 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat 86015 of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give 86016 is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. 86017 86018 6:52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this 86019 man give us his flesh to eat? 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, 86020 verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and 86021 drink his blood, ye have no life in you. 86022 86023 6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; 86024 and I will raise him up at the last day. 86025 86026 6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 86027 86028 6:56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, 86029 and I in him. 86030 86031 6:57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so 86032 he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. 86033 86034 6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your 86035 fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread 86036 shall live for ever. 86037 86038 6:59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. 86039 86040 6:60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, 86041 This is an hard saying; who can hear it? 6:61 When Jesus knew in 86042 himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth 86043 this offend you? 6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend 86044 up where he was before? 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the 86045 flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are 86046 spirit, and they are life. 86047 86048 6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from 86049 the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray 86050 him. 86051 86052 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto 86053 me, except it were given unto him of my Father. 86054 86055 6:66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no 86056 more with him. 86057 86058 6:67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? 6:68 Then 86059 Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the 86060 words of eternal life. 86061 86062 6:69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of 86063 the living God. 86064 86065 6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you 86066 is a devil? 6:71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he 86067 it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve. 86068 86069 7:1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk 86070 in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. 86071 86072 7:2 Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand. 86073 86074 7:3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into 86075 Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. 86076 86077 7:4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself 86078 seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to 86079 the world. 86080 86081 7:5 For neither did his brethren believe in him. 86082 86083 7:6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time 86084 is alway ready. 86085 86086 7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of 86087 it, that the works thereof are evil. 86088 86089 7:8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my 86090 time is not yet full come. 86091 86092 7:9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee. 86093 86094 7:10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the 86095 feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. 86096 86097 7:11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? 86098 7:12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for 86099 some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the 86100 people. 86101 86102 7:13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. 86103 86104 7:14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, 86105 and taught. 86106 86107 7:15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, 86108 having never learned? 7:16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine 86109 is not mine, but his that sent me. 86110 86111 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, 86112 whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 86113 86114 7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that 86115 seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no 86116 unrighteousness is in him. 86117 86118 7:19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the 86119 law? Why go ye about to kill me? 7:20 The people answered and said, 86120 Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? 7:21 Jesus answered 86121 and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel. 86122 86123 7:22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of 86124 Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a 86125 man. 86126 86127 7:23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of 86128 Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a 86129 man every whit whole on the sabbath day? 7:24 Judge not according to 86130 the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. 86131 86132 7:25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they 86133 seek to kill? 7:26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing 86134 unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? 86135 7:27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no 86136 man knoweth whence he is. 86137 86138 7:28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know 86139 me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that 86140 sent me is true, whom ye know not. 86141 86142 7:29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. 86143 86144 7:30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, 86145 because his hour was not yet come. 86146 86147 7:31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ 86148 cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done? 86149 7:32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things 86150 concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers 86151 to take him. 86152 86153 7:33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and 86154 then I go unto him that sent me. 86155 86156 7:34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither 86157 ye cannot come. 86158 86159 7:35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we 86160 shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, 86161 and teach the Gentiles? 7:36 What manner of saying is this that he 86162 said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither 86163 ye cannot come? 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, 86164 Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto 86165 me, and drink. 86166 86167 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his 86168 belly shall flow rivers of living water. 86169 86170 7:39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him 86171 should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that 86172 Jesus was not yet glorified.) 7:40 Many of the people therefore, when 86173 they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. 86174 86175 7:41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come 86176 out of Galilee? 7:42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh 86177 of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David 86178 was? 7:43 So there was a division among the people because of him. 86179 86180 7:44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on 86181 him. 86182 86183 7:45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and 86184 they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? 7:46 The officers 86185 answered, Never man spake like this man. 86186 86187 7:47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? 7:48 86188 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? 7:49 But 86189 this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. 86190 86191 7:50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being 86192 one of them,) 7:51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and 86193 know what he doeth? 7:52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou 86194 also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no 86195 prophet. 86196 86197 7:53 And every man went unto his own house. 86198 86199 8:1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 86200 86201 8:2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all 86202 the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. 86203 86204 8:3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in 86205 adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 8:4 They say unto 86206 him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 86207 86208 8:5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but 86209 what sayest thou? 8:6 This they said, tempting him, that they might 86210 have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote 86211 on the ground, as though he heard them not. 86212 86213 8:7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said 86214 unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a 86215 stone at her. 86216 86217 8:8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. 86218 86219 8:9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, 86220 went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and 86221 Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 86222 86223 8:10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he 86224 said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man 86225 condemned thee? 8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, 86226 Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. 86227 86228 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the 86229 world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have 86230 the light of life. 86231 86232 8:13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of 86233 thyself; thy record is not true. 86234 86235 8:14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of 86236 myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I 86237 go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. 86238 86239 8:15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. 86240 86241 8:16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but 86242 I and the Father that sent me. 86243 86244 8:17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is 86245 true. 86246 86247 8:18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me 86248 beareth witness of me. 86249 86250 8:19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye 86251 neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have 86252 known my Father also. 86253 86254 8:20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the 86255 temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. 86256 86257 8:21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek 86258 me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. 86259 86260 8:22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, 86261 Whither I go, ye cannot come. 86262 86263 8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye 86264 are of this world; I am not of this world. 86265 86266 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if 86267 ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. 86268 86269 8:25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, 86270 Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. 86271 86272 8:26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent 86273 me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard 86274 of him. 86275 86276 8:27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. 86277 86278 8:28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, 86279 then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but 86280 as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. 86281 86282 8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me 86283 alone; for I do always those things that please him. 86284 86285 8:30 As he spake these words, many believed on him. 86286 86287 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye 86288 continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 8:32 And ye 86289 shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 86290 86291 8:33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in 86292 bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? 8:34 86293 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever 86294 committeth sin is the servant of sin. 86295 86296 8:35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son 86297 abideth ever. 86298 86299 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free 86300 indeed. 86301 86302 8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, 86303 because my word hath no place in you. 86304 86305 8:38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that 86306 which ye have seen with your father. 86307 86308 8:39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus 86309 saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works 86310 of Abraham. 86311 86312 8:40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, 86313 which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 86314 86315 8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not 86316 born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. 86317 86318 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: 86319 for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but 86320 he sent me. 86321 86322 8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear 86323 my word. 86324 86325 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye 86326 will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the 86327 truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he 86328 speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 86329 86330 8:45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 86331 86332 8:46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do 86333 ye not believe me? 8:47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye 86334 therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. 86335 86336 8:48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that 86337 thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 8:49 Jesus answered, I have 86338 not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. 86339 86340 8:50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and 86341 judgeth. 86342 86343 8:51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall 86344 never see death. 86345 86346 8:52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. 86347 86348 Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my 86349 saying, he shall never taste of death. 86350 86351 8:53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the 86352 prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? 8:54 Jesus answered, If 86353 I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth 86354 me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: 8:55 Yet ye have not known 86355 him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a 86356 liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. 86357 86358 8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and 86359 was glad. 86360 86361 8:57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, 86362 and hast thou seen Abraham? 8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, 86363 verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. 86364 86365 8:59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, 86366 and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so 86367 passed by. 86368 86369 9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his 86370 birth. 86371 86372 9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this 86373 man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 9:3 Jesus answered, 86374 Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of 86375 God should be made manifest in him. 86376 86377 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the 86378 night cometh, when no man can work. 86379 86380 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 86381 86382 9:6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of 86383 the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 86384 9:7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by 86385 interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came 86386 seeing. 86387 86388 9:8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that 86389 he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? 9:9 Some 86390 said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. 86391 86392 9:10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? 9:11 86393 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and 86394 anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and 86395 wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. 86396 86397 9:12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. 86398 86399 9:13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. 86400 86401 9:14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened 86402 his eyes. 86403 86404 9:15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his 86405 sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, 86406 and do see. 86407 86408 9:16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, 86409 because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man 86410 that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among 86411 them. 86412 86413 9:17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that 86414 he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet. 86415 86416 9:18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been 86417 blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him 86418 that had received his sight. 86419 86420 9:19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was 86421 born blind? how then doth he now see? 9:20 His parents answered them 86422 and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: 86423 9:21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened 86424 his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for 86425 himself. 86426 86427 9:22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for 86428 the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was 86429 Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. 86430 86431 9:23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. 86432 86433 9:24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, 86434 Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. 86435 86436 9:25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: 86437 one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. 86438 86439 9:26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he 86440 thine eyes? 9:27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye 86441 did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his 86442 disciples? 9:28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his 86443 disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. 86444 86445 9:29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know 86446 not from whence he is. 86447 86448 9:30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous 86449 thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine 86450 eyes. 86451 86452 9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a 86453 worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. 86454 86455 9:32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the 86456 eyes of one that was born blind. 86457 86458 9:33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. 86459 86460 9:34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in 86461 sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. 86462 86463 9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found 86464 him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 9:36 He 86465 answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? 9:37 86466 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that 86467 talketh with thee. 86468 86469 9:38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. 86470 86471 9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they 86472 which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. 86473 86474 9:40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, 86475 and said unto him, Are we blind also? 9:41 Jesus said unto them, If 86476 ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; 86477 therefore your sin remaineth. 86478 86479 10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door 86480 into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a 86481 thief and a robber. 86482 86483 10:2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 86484 86485 10:3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he 86486 calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 86487 86488 10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, 86489 and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 86490 86491 10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for 86492 they know not the voice of strangers. 86493 86494 10:6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what 86495 things they were which he spake unto them. 86496 86497 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, 86498 I am the door of the sheep. 86499 86500 10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the 86501 sheep did not hear them. 86502 86503 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and 86504 shall go in and out, and find pasture. 86505 86506 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to 86507 destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have 86508 it more abundantly. 86509 86510 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for 86511 the sheep. 86512 86513 10:12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the 86514 sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and 86515 fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 86516 86517 10:13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not 86518 for the sheep. 86519 86520 10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. 86521 86522 10:15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay 86523 down my life for the sheep. 86524 86525 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I 86526 must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, 86527 and one shepherd. 86528 86529 10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, 86530 that I might take it again. 86531 86532 10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have 86533 power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This 86534 commandment have I received of my Father. 86535 86536 10:19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these 86537 sayings. 86538 86539 10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye 86540 him? 10:21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a 86541 devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? 10:22 And it was at 86542 Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. 86543 86544 10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. 86545 86546 10:24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long 86547 dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 86548 86549 10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works 86550 that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. 86551 86552 10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said 86553 unto you. 86554 86555 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 86556 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, 86557 neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 86558 86559 10:29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man 86560 is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. 86561 86562 10:30 I and my Father are one. 86563 86564 10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. 86565 86566 10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my 86567 Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? 10:33 The Jews 86568 answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for 86569 blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 86570 86571 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye 86572 are gods? 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God 86573 came, and the scripture cannot be broken; 10:36 Say ye of him, whom 86574 the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; 86575 because I said, I am the Son of God? 10:37 If I do not the works of 86576 my Father, believe me not. 86577 86578 10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that 86579 ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. 86580 86581 10:39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of 86582 their hand, 10:40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place 86583 where John at first baptized; and there he abode. 86584 86585 10:41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but 86586 all things that John spake of this man were true. 86587 86588 10:42 And many believed on him there. 86589 86590 11:1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town 86591 of Mary and her sister Martha. 86592 86593 11:2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and 86594 wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 11:3 86595 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom 86596 thou lovest is sick. 86597 86598 11:4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, 86599 but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified 86600 thereby. 86601 86602 11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. 86603 86604 11:6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days 86605 still in the same place where he was. 86606 86607 11:7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea 86608 again. 86609 86610 11:8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to 86611 stone thee; and goest thou thither again? 11:9 Jesus answered, Are 86612 there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he 86613 stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. 86614 86615 11:10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is 86616 no light in him. 86617 86618 11:11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our 86619 friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. 86620 86621 11:12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. 86622 86623 11:13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had 86624 spoken of taking of rest in sleep. 86625 86626 11:14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. 86627 86628 11:15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent 86629 ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. 86630 86631 11:16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his 86632 fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. 86633 86634 11:17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave 86635 four days already. 86636 86637 11:18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: 86638 11:19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them 86639 concerning their brother. 86640 86641 11:20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went 86642 and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. 86643 86644 11:21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my 86645 brother had not died. 86646 86647 11:22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God 86648 will give it thee. 86649 86650 11:23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. 86651 86652 11:24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the 86653 resurrection at the last day. 86654 86655 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he 86656 that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 11:26 86657 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest 86658 thou this? 11:27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou 86659 art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. 86660 86661 11:28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her 86662 sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee. 86663 86664 11:29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him. 86665 86666 11:30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place 86667 where Martha met him. 86668 86669 11:31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted 86670 her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, 86671 followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there. 86672 86673 11:32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell 86674 down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my 86675 brother had not died. 86676 86677 11:33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping 86678 which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. 86679 86680 11:34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come 86681 and see. 86682 86683 11:35 Jesus wept. 86684 86685 11:36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! 11:37 And some of 86686 them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, 86687 have caused that even this man should not have died? 11:38 Jesus 86688 therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a 86689 cave, and a stone lay upon it. 86690 86691 11:39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him 86692 that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he 86693 hath been dead four days. 86694 86695 11:40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou 86696 wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? 11:41 Then 86697 they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And 86698 Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou 86699 hast heard me. 86700 86701 11:42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the 86702 people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast 86703 sent me. 86704 86705 11:43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, 86706 Lazarus, come forth. 86707 86708 11:44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with 86709 graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith 86710 unto them, Loose him, and let him go. 86711 86712 11:45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the 86713 things which Jesus did, believed on him. 86714 86715 11:46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them 86716 what things Jesus had done. 86717 86718 11:47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and 86719 said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. 86720 86721 11:48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the 86722 Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. 86723 86724 11:49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same 86725 year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, 11:50 Nor consider that 86726 it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and 86727 that the whole nation perish not. 86728 86729 11:51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that 86730 year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; 11:52 And 86731 not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in 86732 one the children of God that were scattered abroad. 86733 86734 11:53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put 86735 him to death. 86736 86737 11:54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went 86738 thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called 86739 Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. 86740 86741 11:55 And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of 86742 the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves. 86743 86744 11:56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they 86745 stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the 86746 feast? 11:57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a 86747 commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, 86748 that they might take him. 86749 86750 12:1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where 86751 Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 86752 86753 12:2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was 86754 one of them that sat at the table with him. 86755 86756 12:3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and 86757 anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the 86758 house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 86759 86760 12:4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, 86761 which should betray him, 12:5 Why was not this ointment sold for three 86762 hundred pence, and given to the poor? 12:6 This he said, not that he 86763 cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and 86764 bare what was put therein. 86765 86766 12:7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying 86767 hath she kept this. 86768 86769 12:8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always. 86770 86771 12:9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and 86772 they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus 86773 also, whom he had raised from the dead. 86774 86775 12:10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also 86776 to death; 12:11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went 86777 away, and believed on Jesus. 86778 86779 12:12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when 86780 they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 12:13 Took branches of 86781 palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is 86782 the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. 86783 86784 12:14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is 86785 written, 12:15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, 86786 sitting on an ass's colt. 86787 86788 12:16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when 86789 Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were 86790 written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. 86791 86792 12:17 The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus 86793 out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. 86794 86795 12:18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that 86796 he had done this miracle. 86797 86798 12:19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how 86799 ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him. 86800 86801 12:20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship 86802 at the feast: 12:21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of 86803 Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see 86804 Jesus. 86805 86806 12:22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip 86807 tell Jesus. 86808 86809 12:23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son 86810 of man should be glorified. 86811 86812 12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into 86813 the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth 86814 much fruit. 86815 86816 12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his 86817 life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. 86818 86819 12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there 86820 shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father 86821 honour. 86822 86823 12:27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me 86824 from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. 86825 86826 12:28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, 86827 saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. 86828 86829 12:29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it 86830 thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. 86831 86832 12:30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but 86833 for your sakes. 86834 86835 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this 86836 world be cast out. 86837 86838 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto 86839 me. 86840 86841 12:33 This he said, signifying what death he should die. 86842 86843 12:34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that 86844 Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be 86845 lifted up? who is this Son of man? 12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, 86846 Yet a little while is the light with you. 86847 86848 Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that 86849 walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 86850 86851 12:36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the 86852 children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did 86853 hide himself from them. 86854 86855 12:37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they 86856 believed not on him: 12:38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might 86857 be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and 86858 to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? 12:39 Therefore they 86859 could not believe, because that Esaias said again, 12:40 He hath 86860 blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see 86861 with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, 86862 and I should heal them. 86863 86864 12:41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of 86865 him. 86866 86867 12:42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; 86868 but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they 86869 should be put out of the synagogue: 12:43 For they loved the praise of 86870 men more than the praise of God. 86871 86872 12:44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on 86873 me, but on him that sent me. 86874 86875 12:45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. 86876 86877 12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me 86878 should not abide in darkness. 86879 86880 12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: 86881 for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 86882 86883 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that 86884 judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in 86885 the last day. 86886 86887 12:49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, 86888 he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. 86889 86890 12:50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever 86891 I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. 86892 86893 13:1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his 86894 hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, 86895 having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the 86896 end. 86897 86898 13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart 86899 of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; 13:3 Jesus knowing that 86900 the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come 86901 from God, and went to God; 13:4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside 86902 his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. 86903 86904 13:5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the 86905 disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was 86906 girded. 86907 86908 13:6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, 86909 dost thou wash my feet? 13:7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I 86910 do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. 86911 86912 13:8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus 86913 answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. 86914 86915 13:9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my 86916 hands and my head. 86917 86918 13:10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash 86919 his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. 86920 86921 13:11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not 86922 all clean. 86923 86924 13:12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, 86925 and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to 86926 you? 13:13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. 86927 86928 13:14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also 86929 ought to wash one another's feet. 86930 86931 13:15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have 86932 done to you. 86933 86934 13:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than 86935 his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. 86936 86937 13:17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. 86938 86939 13:18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the 86940 scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted 86941 up his heel against me. 86942 86943 13:19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye 86944 may believe that I am he. 86945 86946 13:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I 86947 send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent 86948 me. 86949 86950 13:21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and 86951 testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you 86952 shall betray me. 86953 86954 13:22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he 86955 spake. 86956 86957 13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom 86958 Jesus loved. 86959 86960 13:24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it 86961 should be of whom he spake. 86962 86963 13:25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? 86964 13:26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I 86965 have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas 86966 Iscariot, the son of Simon. 86967 86968 13:27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto 86969 him, That thou doest, do quickly. 86970 86971 13:28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto 86972 him. 86973 86974 13:29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus 86975 had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the 86976 feast; or, that he should give something to the poor. 86977 86978 13:30 He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was 86979 night. 86980 86981 13:31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of 86982 man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 86983 86984 13:32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in 86985 himself, and shall straightway glorify him. 86986 86987 13:33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek 86988 me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now 86989 I say to you. 86990 86991 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as 86992 I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 86993 86994 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have 86995 love one to another. 86996 86997 13:36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus 86998 answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou 86999 shalt follow me afterwards. 87000 87001 13:37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will 87002 lay down my life for thy sake. 87003 87004 13:38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? 87005 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou 87006 hast denied me thrice. 87007 87008 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also 87009 in me. 87010 87011 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I 87012 would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 87013 87014 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and 87015 receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 87016 87017 14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. 87018 87019 14:5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and 87020 how can we know the way? 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the 87021 truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 87022 87023 14:7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from 87024 henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 87025 87026 14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth 87027 us. 87028 87029 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet 87030 hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the 87031 Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? 14:10 Believest 87032 thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words 87033 that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that 87034 dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 87035 87036 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or 87037 else believe me for the very works' sake. 87038 87039 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the 87040 works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall 87041 he do; because I go unto my Father. 87042 87043 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the 87044 Father may be glorified in the Son. 87045 87046 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. 87047 87048 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. 87049 87050 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another 87051 Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 14:17 Even the Spirit 87052 of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, 87053 neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and 87054 shall be in you. 87055 87056 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 87057 87058 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see 87059 me: because I live, ye shall live also. 87060 87061 14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, 87062 and I in you. 87063 87064 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that 87065 loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I 87066 will love him, and will manifest myself to him. 87067 87068 14:22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou 87069 wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 14:23 Jesus 87070 answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: 87071 and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our 87072 abode with him. 87073 87074 14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which 87075 ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. 87076 87077 14:25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. 87078 87079 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will 87080 send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things 87081 to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 87082 87083 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the 87084 world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither 87085 let it be afraid. 87086 87087 14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again 87088 unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto 87089 the Father: for my Father is greater than I. 87090 87091 14:29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is 87092 come to pass, ye might believe. 87093 87094 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this 87095 world cometh, and hath nothing in me. 87096 87097 14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the 87098 Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. 87099 87100 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 87101 87102 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and 87103 every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring 87104 forth more fruit. 87105 87106 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 87107 87108 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of 87109 itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide 87110 in me. 87111 87112 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I 87113 in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do 87114 nothing. 87115 87116 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is 87117 withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they 87118 are burned. 87119 87120 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what 87121 ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 87122 87123 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall 87124 ye be my disciples. 87125 87126 15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in 87127 my love. 87128 87129 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I 87130 have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 87131 87132 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in 87133 you, and that your joy might be full. 87134 87135 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have 87136 loved you. 87137 87138 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life 87139 for his friends. 87140 87141 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 87142 87143 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not 87144 what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things 87145 that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. 87146 87147 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, 87148 that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should 87149 remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may 87150 give it you. 87151 87152 15:17 These things I command you, that ye love one another. 87153 87154 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated 87155 you. 87156 87157 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but 87158 because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the 87159 world, therefore the world hateth you. 87160 87161 15:20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not 87162 greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also 87163 persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. 87164 87165 15:21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, 87166 because they know not him that sent me. 87167 87168 15:22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: 87169 but now they have no cloak for their sin. 87170 87171 15:23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 87172 87173 15:24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, 87174 they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me 87175 and my Father. 87176 87177 15:25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that 87178 is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. 87179 87180 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from 87181 the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the 87182 Father, he shall testify of me: 15:27 And ye also shall bear witness, 87183 because ye have been with me from the beginning. 87184 87185 16:1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be 87186 offended. 87187 87188 16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, 87189 that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 87190 87191 16:3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not 87192 known the Father, nor me. 87193 87194 16:4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, 87195 ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not 87196 unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. 87197 87198 16:5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh 87199 me, Whither goest thou? 16:6 But because I have said these things 87200 unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. 87201 87202 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I 87203 go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; 87204 but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 87205 87206 16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of 87207 righteousness, and of judgment: 16:9 Of sin, because they believe not 87208 on me; 16:10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see 87209 me no more; 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is 87210 judged. 87211 87212 16:12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them 87213 now. 87214 87215 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you 87216 into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he 87217 shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. 87218 87219 16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall 87220 shew it unto you. 87221 87222 16:15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that 87223 he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 87224 87225 16:16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little 87226 while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. 87227 87228 16:17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this 87229 that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and 87230 again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the 87231 Father? 16:18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A 87232 little while? we cannot tell what he saith. 87233 87234 16:19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto 87235 them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, 87236 and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see 87237 me? 16:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and 87238 lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but 87239 your sorrow shall be turned into joy. 87240 87241 16:21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is 87242 come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no 87243 more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. 87244 87245 16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and 87246 your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. 87247 87248 16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say 87249 unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give 87250 it you. 87251 87252 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall 87253 receive, that your joy may be full. 87254 87255 16:25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time 87256 cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall 87257 shew you plainly of the Father. 87258 87259 16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, 87260 that I will pray the Father for you: 16:27 For the Father himself 87261 loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came 87262 out from God. 87263 87264 16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, 87265 I leave the world, and go to the Father. 87266 87267 16:29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and 87268 speakest no proverb. 87269 87270 16:30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not 87271 that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest 87272 forth from God. 87273 87274 16:31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? 16:32 Behold, the hour 87275 cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his 87276 own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the 87277 Father is with me. 87278 87279 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have 87280 peace. 87281 87282 In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have 87283 overcome the world. 87284 87285 17:1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and 87286 said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may 87287 glorify thee: 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that 87288 he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 87289 87290 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true 87291 God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 87292 87293 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work 87294 which thou gavest me to do. 87295 87296 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the 87297 glory which I had with thee before the world was. 87298 87299 17:6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out 87300 of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have 87301 kept thy word. 87302 87303 17:7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me 87304 are of thee. 87305 87306 17:8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and 87307 they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from 87308 thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. 87309 87310 17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which 87311 thou hast given me; for they are thine. 87312 87313 17:10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified 87314 in them. 87315 87316 17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, 87317 and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those 87318 whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. 87319 87320 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: 87321 those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but 87322 the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. 87323 87324 17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, 87325 that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 87326 87327 17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, 87328 because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 87329 87330 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but 87331 that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 87332 87333 17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 87334 87335 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 87336 87337 17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent 87338 them into the world. 87339 87340 17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be 87341 sanctified through the truth. 87342 87343 17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall 87344 believe on me through their word; 17:21 That they all may be one; as 87345 thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in 87346 us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 87347 87348 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they 87349 may be one, even as we are one: 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that 87350 they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou 87351 hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. 87352 87353 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with 87354 me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given 87355 me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. 87356 87357 17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have 87358 known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. 87359 87360 17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: 87361 that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in 87362 them. 87363 87364 18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his 87365 disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he 87366 entered, and his disciples. 87367 87368 18:2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus 87369 ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. 87370 87371 18:3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the 87372 chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches 87373 and weapons. 87374 87375 18:4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, 87376 went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? 18:5 They answered him, 87377 Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. 87378 87379 And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. 87380 87381 18:6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went 87382 backward, and fell to the ground. 87383 87384 18:7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of 87385 Nazareth. 87386 87387 18:8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye 87388 seek me, let these go their way: 18:9 That the saying might be 87389 fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost 87390 none. 87391 87392 18:10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high 87393 priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was 87394 Malchus. 87395 87396 18:11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: 87397 the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? 18:12 87398 Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and 87399 bound him, 18:13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in 87400 law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. 87401 87402 18:14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was 87403 expedient that one man should die for the people. 87404 87405 18:15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: 87406 that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus 87407 into the palace of the high priest. 87408 87409 18:16 But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other 87410 disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her 87411 that kept the door, and brought in Peter. 87412 87413 18:17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not 87414 thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not. 87415 87416 18:18 And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire 87417 of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood 87418 with them, and warmed himself. 87419 87420 18:19 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his 87421 doctrine. 87422 87423 18:20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught 87424 in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; 87425 and in secret have I said nothing. 87426 87427 18:21 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said 87428 unto them: behold, they know what I said. 87429 87430 18:22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by 87431 struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the 87432 high priest so? 18:23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear 87433 witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me? 18:24 Now 87434 Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. 87435 87436 18:25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore 87437 unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and 87438 said, I am not. 87439 87440 18:26 One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose 87441 ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? 87442 18:27 Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew. 87443 87444 18:28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and 87445 it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, 87446 lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. 87447 87448 18:29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring 87449 ye against this man? 18:30 They answered and said unto him, If he 87450 were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. 87451 87452 18:31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according 87453 to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us 87454 to put any man to death: 18:32 That the saying of Jesus might be 87455 fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die. 87456 87457 18:33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called 87458 Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? 18:34 Jesus 87459 answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it 87460 thee of me? 18:35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and 87461 the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? 87462 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom 87463 were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be 87464 delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. 87465 87466 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus 87467 answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and 87468 for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto 87469 the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. 87470 87471 18:38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, 87472 he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no 87473 fault at all. 87474 87475 18:39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the 87476 passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the 87477 Jews? 18:40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but 87478 Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. 87479 87480 19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. 87481 87482 19:2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his 87483 head, and they put on him a purple robe, 19:3 And said, Hail, King of 87484 the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. 87485 87486 19:4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I 87487 bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. 87488 87489 19:5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the 87490 purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! 19:6 When 87491 the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, 87492 saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, 87493 and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. 87494 87495 19:7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to 87496 die, because he made himself the Son of God. 87497 87498 19:8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; 87499 19:9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, 87500 Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. 87501 87502 19:10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest 87503 thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release 87504 thee? 19:11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all 87505 against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that 87506 delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. 87507 87508 19:12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews 87509 cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's 87510 friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. 87511 87512 19:13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, 87513 and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the 87514 Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. 87515 87516 19:14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth 87517 hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! 19:15 But they 87518 cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. 87519 87520 Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests 87521 answered, We have no king but Caesar. 87522 87523 19:16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And 87524 they took Jesus, and led him away. 87525 87526 19:17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the 87527 place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 19:18 Where 87528 they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and 87529 Jesus in the midst. 87530 87531 19:19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the 87532 writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. 87533 87534 19:20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus 87535 was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and 87536 Greek, and Latin. 87537 87538 19:21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, 87539 The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. 87540 87541 19:22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. 87542 87543 19:23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his 87544 garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his 87545 coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. 87546 87547 19:24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but 87548 cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be 87549 fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my 87550 vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. 87551 87552 19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his 87553 mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. 87554 87555 19:26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing 87556 by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! 87557 19:27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that 87558 hour that disciple took her unto his own home. 87559 87560 19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, 87561 that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. 87562 87563 19:29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a 87564 spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. 87565 87566 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is 87567 finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. 87568 87569 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the 87570 bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that 87571 sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be 87572 broken, and that they might be taken away. 87573 87574 19:32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of 87575 the other which was crucified with him. 87576 87577 19:33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, 87578 they brake not his legs: 19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear 87579 pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. 87580 87581 19:35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he 87582 knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. 87583 87584 19:36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be 87585 fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. 87586 87587 19:37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom 87588 they pierced. 87589 87590 19:38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, 87591 but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take 87592 away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, 87593 and took the body of Jesus. 87594 87595 19:39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus 87596 by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred 87597 pound weight. 87598 87599 19:40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes 87600 with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 87601 87602 19:41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and 87603 in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. 87604 87605 19:42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation 87606 day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand. 87607 87608 20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it 87609 was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from 87610 the sepulchre. 87611 87612 20:2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other 87613 disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away 87614 the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid 87615 him. 87616 87617 20:3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to 87618 the sepulchre. 87619 87620 20:4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun 87621 Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. 87622 87623 20:5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes 87624 lying; yet went he not in. 87625 87626 20:6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the 87627 sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, 20:7 And the napkin, that 87628 was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped 87629 together in a place by itself. 87630 87631 20:8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the 87632 sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. 87633 87634 20:9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again 87635 from the dead. 87636 87637 20:10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. 87638 87639 20:11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she 87640 wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, 20:12 And seeth 87641 two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the 87642 feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 87643 87644 20:13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto 87645 them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they 87646 have laid him. 87647 87648 20:14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw 87649 Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. 87650 87651 20:15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest 87652 thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if 87653 thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I 87654 will take him away. 87655 87656 20:16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto 87657 him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. 87658 87659 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to 87660 my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my 87661 Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. 87662 87663 20:18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the 87664 LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her. 87665 87666 20:19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, 87667 when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear 87668 of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, 87669 Peace be unto you. 87670 87671 20:20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his 87672 side. 87673 87674 Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD. 87675 87676 20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father 87677 hath sent me, even so send I you. 87678 87679 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto 87680 them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 20:23 Whose soever sins ye remit, 87681 they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are 87682 retained. 87683 87684 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them 87685 when Jesus came. 87686 87687 20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the 87688 LORD. 87689 87690 But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of 87691 the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust 87692 my hand into his side, I will not believe. 87693 87694 20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas 87695 with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the 87696 midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 87697 87698 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my 87699 hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be 87700 not faithless, but believing. 87701 87702 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God. 87703 87704 20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou 87705 hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have 87706 believed. 87707 87708 20:30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his 87709 disciples, which are not written in this book: 20:31 But these are 87710 written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of 87711 God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. 87712 87713 21:1 After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at 87714 the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. 87715 87716 21:2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and 87717 Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other 87718 of his disciples. 87719 87720 21:3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, 87721 We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship 87722 immediately; and that night they caught nothing. 87723 87724 21:4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but 87725 the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. 87726 87727 21:5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They 87728 answered him, No. 87729 87730 21:6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the 87731 ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not 87732 able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. 87733 87734 21:7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is 87735 the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his 87736 fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into 87737 the sea. 87738 87739 21:8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not 87740 far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net 87741 with fishes. 87742 87743 21:9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals 87744 there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. 87745 87746 21:10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now 87747 caught. 87748 87749 21:11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great 87750 fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so 87751 many, yet was not the net broken. 87752 87753 21:12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples 87754 durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. 87755 87756 21:13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish 87757 likewise. 87758 87759 21:14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his 87760 disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. 87761 87762 21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son 87763 of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, 87764 Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 87765 87766 21:16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, 87767 lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love 87768 thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 87769 87770 21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest 87771 thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, 87772 Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; 87773 thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 87774 87775 21:18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou 87776 girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou 87777 shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall 87778 gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. 87779 87780 21:19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. 87781 And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. 87782 87783 21:20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved 87784 following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, 87785 which is he that betrayeth thee? 21:21 Peter seeing him saith to 87786 Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? 21:22 Jesus saith unto him, 87787 If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou 87788 me. 87789 87790 21:23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that 87791 disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not 87792 die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? 87793 21:24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote 87794 these things: and we know that his testimony is true. 87795 87796 21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, 87797 if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world 87798 itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen. 87799 87800 87801 87802 87803 The Acts of the Apostles 87804 87805 87806 1:1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus 87807 began both to do and teach, 1:2 Until the day in which he was taken 87808 up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto 87809 the apostles whom he had chosen: 1:3 To whom also he shewed himself 87810 alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them 87811 forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of 87812 God: 1:4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that 87813 they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the 87814 Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 87815 87816 1:5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with 87817 the Holy Ghost not many days hence. 87818 87819 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, 87820 Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 1:7 87821 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the 87822 seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 87823 87824 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon 87825 you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all 87826 Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 87827 87828 1:9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was 87829 taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 87830 87831 1:10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, 87832 behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 1:11 Which also said, 87833 Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same 87834 Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like 87835 manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. 87836 87837 1:12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, 87838 which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. 87839 87840 1:13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, 87841 where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and 87842 Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon 87843 Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. 87844 87845 1:14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, 87846 with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. 87847 87848 1:15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, 87849 and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and 87850 twenty,) 1:16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been 87851 fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before 87852 concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus. 87853 87854 1:17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this 87855 ministry. 87856 87857 1:18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and 87858 falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels 87859 gushed out. 87860 87861 1:19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as 87862 that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, 87863 The field of blood. 87864 87865 1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be 87866 desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another 87867 take. 87868 87869 1:21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time 87870 that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 1:22 Beginning from the 87871 baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must 87872 one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. 87873 87874 1:23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed 87875 Justus, and Matthias. 87876 87877 1:24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts 87878 of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, 1:25 That he 87879 may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by 87880 transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. 87881 87882 1:26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; 87883 and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. 87884 87885 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with 87886 one accord in one place. 87887 87888 2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty 87889 wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 87890 87891 2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and 87892 it sat upon each of them. 87893 87894 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak 87895 with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 87896 87897 2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of 87898 every nation under heaven. 87899 87900 2:6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and 87901 were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own 87902 language. 87903 87904 2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, 87905 Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? 2:8 And how hear we 87906 every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? 2:9 Parthians, and 87907 Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, 87908 and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in 87909 Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, 87910 Jews and proselytes, 2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak 87911 in our tongues the wonderful works of God. 87912 87913 2:12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to 87914 another, What meaneth this? 2:13 Others mocking said, These men are 87915 full of new wine. 87916 87917 2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and 87918 said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, 87919 be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 2:15 For these are 87920 not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the 87921 day. 87922 87923 2:16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 2:17 And 87924 it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of 87925 my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall 87926 prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall 87927 dream dreams: 2:18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will 87928 pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 2:19 And 87929 I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; 87930 blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 2:20 The sun shall be turned 87931 into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable 87932 day of the Lord come: 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever 87933 shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 87934 87935 2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man 87936 approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God 87937 did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: 2:23 Him, 87938 being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, 87939 ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: 2:24 Whom 87940 God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was 87941 not possible that he should be holden of it. 87942 87943 2:25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always 87944 before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be 87945 moved: 2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; 87946 moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: 2:27 Because thou wilt not 87947 leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see 87948 corruption. 87949 87950 2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me 87951 full of joy with thy countenance. 87952 87953 2:29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch 87954 David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us 87955 unto this day. 87956 87957 2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an 87958 oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, 87959 he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; 2:31 He seeing this 87960 before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left 87961 in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. 87962 87963 2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 87964 87965 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having 87966 received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed 87967 forth this, which ye now see and hear. 87968 87969 2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, 87970 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 2:35 Until I 87971 make thy foes thy footstool. 87972 87973 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God 87974 hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and 87975 Christ. 87976 87977 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and 87978 said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, 87979 what shall we do? 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be 87980 baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the 87981 remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 87982 87983 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all 87984 that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call. 87985 87986 2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save 87987 yourselves from this untoward generation. 87988 87989 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the 87990 same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. 87991 87992 2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and 87993 fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 87994 87995 2:43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were 87996 done by the apostles. 87997 87998 2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; 87999 2:45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, 88000 as every man had need. 88001 88002 2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and 88003 breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness 88004 and singleness of heart, 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all 88005 the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be 88006 saved. 88007 88008 3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of 88009 prayer, being the ninth hour. 88010 88011 3:2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom 88012 they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, 88013 to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; 3:3 Who seeing Peter 88014 and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. 88015 88016 3:4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on 88017 us. 88018 88019 3:5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of 88020 them. 88021 88022 3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have 88023 give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. 88024 88025 3:7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and 88026 immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. 88027 88028 3:8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into 88029 the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. 88030 88031 3:9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God: 3:10 And they 88032 knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the 88033 temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which 88034 had happened unto him. 88035 88036 3:11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the 88037 people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, 88038 greatly wondering. 88039 88040 3:12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of 88041 Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as 88042 though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? 88043 3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our 88044 fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and 88045 denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let 88046 him go. 88047 88048 3:14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer 88049 to be granted unto you; 3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God 88050 hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. 88051 88052 3:16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, 88053 whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him 88054 this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. 88055 88056 3:17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did 88057 also your rulers. 88058 88059 3:18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all 88060 his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. 88061 88062 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be 88063 blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence 88064 of the Lord. 88065 88066 3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto 88067 you: 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution 88068 of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy 88069 prophets since the world began. 88070 88071 3:22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord 88072 your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall 88073 ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. 88074 88075 3:23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear 88076 that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. 88077 88078 3:24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow 88079 after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. 88080 88081 3:25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which 88082 God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall 88083 all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. 88084 88085 3:26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to 88086 bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. 88087 88088 4:1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of 88089 the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, 4:2 Being grieved that 88090 they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection 88091 from the dead. 88092 88093 4:3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next 88094 day: for it was now eventide. 88095 88096 4:4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number 88097 of the men was about five thousand. 88098 88099 4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, 88100 and scribes, 4:6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, 88101 and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, 88102 were gathered together at Jerusalem. 88103 88104 4:7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what 88105 power, or by what name, have ye done this? 4:8 Then Peter, filled 88106 with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and 88107 elders of Israel, 4:9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done 88108 to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; 4:10 Be it known 88109 unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of 88110 Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the 88111 dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 88112 88113 4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which 88114 is become the head of the corner. 88115 88116 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other 88117 name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. 88118 88119 4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived 88120 that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they 88121 took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. 88122 88123 4:14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they 88124 could say nothing against it. 88125 88126 4:15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, 88127 they conferred among themselves, 4:16 Saying, What shall we do to 88128 these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is 88129 manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. 88130 88131 4:17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly 88132 threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. 88133 88134 4:18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor 88135 teach in the name of Jesus. 88136 88137 4:19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be 88138 right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, 88139 judge ye. 88140 88141 4:20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. 88142 88143 4:21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, 88144 finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for 88145 all men glorified God for that which was done. 88146 88147 4:22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of 88148 healing was shewed. 88149 88150 4:23 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported 88151 all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. 88152 88153 4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with 88154 one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and 88155 earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: 4:25 Who by the mouth of 88156 thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people 88157 imagine vain things? 4:26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the 88158 rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his 88159 Christ. 88160 88161 4:27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast 88162 anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the 88163 people of Israel, were gathered together, 4:28 For to do whatsoever 88164 thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. 88165 88166 4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy 88167 servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, 4:30 By 88168 stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be 88169 done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. 88170 88171 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were 88172 assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and 88173 they spake the word of God with boldness. 88174 88175 4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of 88176 one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he 88177 possessed was his own; but they had all things common. 88178 88179 4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the 88180 resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. 88181 88182 4:34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were 88183 possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the 88184 things that were sold, 4:35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet: 88185 and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. 88186 88187 4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, 88188 being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the 88189 country of Cyprus, 4:37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, 88190 and laid it at the apostles' feet. 88191 88192 5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a 88193 possession, 5:2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being 88194 privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' 88195 feet. 88196 88197 5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie 88198 to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? 88199 5:4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, 88200 was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in 88201 thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. 88202 88203 5:5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: 88204 and great fear came on all them that heard these things. 88205 88206 5:6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and 88207 buried him. 88208 88209 5:7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, 88210 not knowing what was done, came in. 88211 88212 5:8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for 88213 so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. 88214 88215 5:9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together 88216 to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have 88217 buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. 88218 88219 5:10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the 88220 ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying 88221 her forth, buried her by her husband. 88222 88223 5:11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as 88224 heard these things. 88225 88226 5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders 88227 wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in 88228 Solomon's porch. 88229 88230 5:13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people 88231 magnified them. 88232 88233 5:14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of 88234 men and women.) 5:15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into 88235 the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the 88236 shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. 88237 88238 5:16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto 88239 Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean 88240 spirits: and they were healed every one. 88241 88242 5:17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, 88243 (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with 88244 indignation, 5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them 88245 in the common prison. 88246 88247 5:19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and 88248 brought them forth, and said, 5:20 Go, stand and speak in the temple 88249 to the people all the words of this life. 88250 88251 5:21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in 88252 the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were 88253 with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the 88254 children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. 88255 88256 5:22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, 88257 they returned and told, 5:23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut 88258 with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: 88259 but when we had opened, we found no man within. 88260 88261 5:24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the 88262 chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this 88263 would grow. 88264 88265 5:25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put 88266 in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. 88267 88268 5:26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without 88269 violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been 88270 stoned. 88271 88272 5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: 88273 and the high priest asked them, 5:28 Saying, Did not we straitly 88274 command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye 88275 have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this 88276 man's blood upon us. 88277 88278 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to 88279 obey God rather than men. 88280 88281 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged 88282 on a tree. 88283 88284 5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a 88285 Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 88286 88287 5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy 88288 Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. 88289 88290 5:33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took 88291 counsel to slay them. 88292 88293 5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named 88294 Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, 88295 and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; 5:35 And said 88296 unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to 88297 do as touching these men. 88298 88299 5:36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be 88300 somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined 88301 themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were 88302 scattered, and brought to nought. 88303 88304 5:37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the 88305 taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and 88306 all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. 88307 88308 5:38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them 88309 alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to 88310 nought: 5:39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply 88311 ye be found even to fight against God. 88312 88313 5:40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, 88314 and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name 88315 of Jesus, and let them go. 88316 88317 5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing 88318 that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. 88319 88320 5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to 88321 teach and preach Jesus Christ. 88322 88323 6:1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was 88324 multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the 88325 Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily 88326 ministration. 88327 88328 6:2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, 88329 and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and 88330 serve tables. 88331 88332 6:3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest 88333 report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over 88334 this business. 88335 88336 6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the 88337 ministry of the word. 88338 88339 6:5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose 88340 Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and 88341 Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a 88342 proselyte of Antioch: 6:6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when 88343 they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. 88344 88345 6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples 88346 multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests 88347 were obedient to the faith. 88348 88349 6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and 88350 miracles among the people. 88351 88352 6:9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the 88353 synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of 88354 them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. 88355 88356 6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by 88357 which he spake. 88358 88359 6:11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak 88360 blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. 88361 88362 6:12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, 88363 and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, 88364 6:13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to 88365 speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: 6:14 For 88366 we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this 88367 place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. 88368 88369 6:15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw 88370 his face as it had been the face of an angel. 88371 88372 7:1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 7:2 And he said, 88373 Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto 88374 our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in 88375 Charran, 7:3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from 88376 thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. 88377 88378 7:4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in 88379 Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him 88380 into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 88381 88382 7:5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set 88383 his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a 88384 possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child. 88385 88386 7:6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a 88387 strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and 88388 entreat them evil four hundred years. 88389 88390 7:7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said 88391 God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place. 88392 88393 7:8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat 88394 Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and 88395 Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. 88396 88397 7:9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but 88398 God was with him, 7:10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, 88399 and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; 88400 and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 88401 88402 7:11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, 88403 and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. 88404 88405 7:12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out 88406 our fathers first. 88407 88408 7:13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and 88409 Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. 88410 88411 7:14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his 88412 kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. 88413 88414 7:15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, 88415 7:16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that 88416 Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of 88417 Sychem. 88418 88419 7:17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn 88420 to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 7:18 Till another 88421 king arose, which knew not Joseph. 88422 88423 7:19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our 88424 fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they 88425 might not live. 88426 88427 7:20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and 88428 nourished up in his father's house three months: 7:21 And when he was 88429 cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her 88430 own son. 88431 88432 7:22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was 88433 mighty in words and in deeds. 88434 88435 7:23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to 88436 visit his brethren the children of Israel. 88437 88438 7:24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged 88439 him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: 7:25 For he supposed 88440 his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would 88441 deliver them: but they understood not. 88442 88443 7:26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and 88444 would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why 88445 do ye wrong one to another? 7:27 But he that did his neighbour wrong 88446 thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? 88447 7:28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday? 7:29 88448 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of 88449 Madian, where he begat two sons. 88450 88451 7:30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the 88452 wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a 88453 bush. 88454 88455 7:31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near 88456 to behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him, 7:32 Saying, I am 88457 the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and 88458 the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold. 88459 88460 7:33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for 88461 the place where thou standest is holy ground. 88462 88463 7:34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in 88464 Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver 88465 them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. 88466 88467 7:35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a 88468 judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand 88469 of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. 88470 88471 7:36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs 88472 in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty 88473 years. 88474 88475 7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A 88476 prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, 88477 like unto me; him shall ye hear. 88478 88479 7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the 88480 angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who 88481 received the lively oracles to give unto us: 7:39 To whom our fathers 88482 would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned 88483 back again into Egypt, 7:40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go 88484 before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of 88485 Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 88486 88487 7:41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto 88488 the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 88489 88490 7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; 88491 as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, 88492 have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of 88493 forty years in the wilderness? 7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of 88494 Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to 88495 worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. 88496 88497 7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as 88498 he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it 88499 according to the fashion that he had seen. 88500 88501 7:45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into 88502 the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of 88503 our fathers, unto the days of David; 7:46 Who found favour before God, 88504 and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. 88505 88506 7:47 But Solomon built him an house. 88507 88508 7:48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as 88509 saith the prophet, 7:49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my 88510 footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the 88511 place of my rest? 7:50 Hath not my hand made all these things? 7:51 88512 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always 88513 resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. 88514 88515 7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they 88516 have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of 88517 whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: 7:53 Who have 88518 received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. 88519 88520 7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and 88521 they gnashed on him with their teeth. 88522 88523 7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into 88524 heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand 88525 of God, 7:56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son 88526 of man standing on the right hand of God. 88527 88528 7:57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, 88529 and ran upon him with one accord, 7:58 And cast him out of the city, 88530 and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young 88531 man's feet, whose name was Saul. 88532 88533 7:59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord 88534 Jesus, receive my spirit. 88535 88536 7:60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not 88537 this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. 88538 88539 8:1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was 88540 a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and 88541 they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and 88542 Samaria, except the apostles. 88543 88544 8:2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great 88545 lamentation over him. 88546 88547 8:3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every 88548 house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. 88549 88550 8:4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where 88551 preaching the word. 88552 88553 8:5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ 88554 unto them. 88555 88556 8:6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which 88557 Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 88558 88559 8:7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that 88560 were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were 88561 lame, were healed. 88562 88563 8:8 And there was great joy in that city. 88564 88565 8:9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the 88566 same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving 88567 out that himself was some great one: 8:10 To whom they all gave heed, 88568 from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of 88569 God. 88570 88571 8:11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had 88572 bewitched them with sorceries. 88573 88574 8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the 88575 kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both 88576 men and women. 88577 88578 8:13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he 88579 continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs 88580 which were done. 88581 88582 8:14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria 88583 had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 8:15 88584 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might 88585 receive the Holy Ghost: 8:16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of 88586 them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 8:17 88587 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. 88588 88589 8:18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands 88590 the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, 8:19 Saying, Give me 88591 also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the 88592 Holy Ghost. 88593 88594 8:20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou 88595 hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. 88596 88597 8:21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is 88598 not right in the sight of God. 88599 88600 8:22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps 88601 the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. 88602 88603 8:23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in 88604 the bond of iniquity. 88605 88606 8:24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, that 88607 none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. 88608 88609 8:25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the 88610 Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages 88611 of the Samaritans. 88612 88613 8:26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and 88614 go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto 88615 Gaza, which is desert. 88616 88617 8:27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch 88618 of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the 88619 charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, 88620 8:28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the 88621 prophet. 88622 88623 8:29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to 88624 this chariot. 88625 88626 8:30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet 88627 Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 8:31 And he 88628 said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired 88629 Philip that he would come up and sit with him. 88630 88631 8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as 88632 a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so 88633 opened he not his mouth: 8:33 In his humiliation his judgment was 88634 taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is 88635 taken from the earth. 88636 88637 8:34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom 88638 speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? 8:35 88639 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and 88640 preached unto him Jesus. 88641 88642 8:36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: 88643 and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be 88644 baptized? 8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine 88645 heart, thou mayest. 88646 88647 And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of 88648 God. 88649 88650 8:38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down 88651 both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. 88652 88653 8:39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the 88654 Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went 88655 on his way rejoicing. 88656 88657 8:40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached 88658 in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea. 88659 88660 9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the 88661 disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 9:2 And desired of 88662 him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of 88663 this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound 88664 unto Jerusalem. 88665 88666 9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there 88667 shined round about him a light from heaven: 9:4 And he fell to the 88668 earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest 88669 thou me? 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am 88670 Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the 88671 pricks. 88672 88673 9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me 88674 to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it 88675 shall be told thee what thou must do. 88676 88677 9:7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a 88678 voice, but seeing no man. 88679 88680 9:8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he 88681 saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into 88682 Damascus. 88683 88684 9:9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor 88685 drink. 88686 88687 9:10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and 88688 to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am 88689 here, Lord. 88690 88691 9:11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which 88692 is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called 88693 Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, 9:12 And hath seen in a 88694 vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, 88695 that he might receive his sight. 88696 88697 9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, 88698 how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: 9:14 And here 88699 he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy 88700 name. 88701 88702 9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel 88703 unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the 88704 children of Israel: 9:16 For I will shew him how great things he must 88705 suffer for my name's sake. 88706 88707 9:17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting 88708 his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that 88709 appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou 88710 mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. 88711 88712 9:18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: 88713 and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. 88714 88715 9:19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul 88716 certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. 88717 88718 9:20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is 88719 the Son of God. 88720 88721 9:21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that 88722 destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither 88723 for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief 88724 priests? 9:22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded 88725 the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ. 88726 88727 9:23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to 88728 kill him: 9:24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they 88729 watched the gates day and night to kill him. 88730 88731 9:25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the 88732 wall in a basket. 88733 88734 9:26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself 88735 to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not 88736 that he was a disciple. 88737 88738 9:27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and 88739 declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he 88740 had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the 88741 name of Jesus. 88742 88743 9:28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem. 88744 88745 9:29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed 88746 against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him. 88747 88748 9:30 Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, 88749 and sent him forth to Tarsus. 88750 88751 9:31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and 88752 Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in 88753 the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. 88754 88755 9:32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he 88756 came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda. 88757 88758 9:33 And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his 88759 bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. 88760 88761 9:34 And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: 88762 arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately. 88763 88764 9:35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the 88765 Lord. 88766 88767 9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by 88768 interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and 88769 almsdeeds which she did. 88770 88771 9:37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: 88772 whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. 88773 88774 9:38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had 88775 heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him 88776 that he would not delay to come to them. 88777 88778 9:39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they 88779 brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him 88780 weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while 88781 she was with them. 88782 88783 9:40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and 88784 turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: 88785 and when she saw Peter, she sat up. 88786 88787 9:41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had 88788 called the saints and widows, presented her alive. 88789 88790 9:42 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the 88791 Lord. 88792 88793 9:43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one 88794 Simon a tanner. 88795 88796 10:1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion 88797 of the band called the Italian band, 10:2 A devout man, and one that 88798 feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and 88799 prayed to God alway. 88800 88801 10:3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an 88802 angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. 88803 88804 10:4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, 88805 Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up 88806 for a memorial before God. 88807 88808 10:5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname 88809 is Peter: 10:6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by 88810 the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. 88811 88812 10:7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he 88813 called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them 88814 that waited on him continually; 10:8 And when he had declared all 88815 these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa. 88816 88817 10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto 88818 the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth 88819 hour: 10:10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while 88820 they made ready, he fell into a trance, 10:11 And saw heaven opened, 88821 and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet 88822 knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 10:12 Wherein 88823 were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, 88824 and creeping things, and fowls of the air. 88825 88826 10:13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. 88827 88828 10:14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing 88829 that is common or unclean. 88830 88831 10:15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God 88832 hath cleansed, that call not thou common. 88833 88834 10:16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into 88835 heaven. 88836 88837 10:17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had 88838 seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had 88839 made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate, 10:18 And 88840 called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged 88841 there. 88842 88843 10:19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, 88844 Behold, three men seek thee. 88845 88846 10:20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting 88847 nothing: for I have sent them. 88848 88849 10:21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from 88850 Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause 88851 wherefore ye are come? 10:22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, 88852 a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the 88853 nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for 88854 thee into his house, and to hear words of thee. 88855 88856 10:23 Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter 88857 went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him. 88858 88859 10:24 And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius 88860 waited for them, and he had called together his kinsmen and near 88861 friends. 88862 88863 10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at 88864 his feet, and worshipped him. 88865 88866 10:26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. 88867 88868 10:27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were 88869 come together. 88870 88871 10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing 88872 for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another 88873 nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common 88874 or unclean. 88875 88876 10:29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was 88877 sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me? 10:30 88878 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and 88879 at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood 88880 before me in bright clothing, 10:31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is 88881 heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. 88882 88883 10:32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is 88884 Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea 88885 side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. 88886 88887 10:33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done 88888 that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, 88889 to hear all things that are commanded thee of God. 88890 88891 10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive 88892 that God is no respecter of persons: 10:35 But in every nation he that 88893 feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. 88894 88895 10:36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching 88896 peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) 10:37 That word, I say, ye 88897 know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from 88898 Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; 10:38 How God anointed 88899 Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about 88900 doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God 88901 was with him. 88902 88903 10:39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land 88904 of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: 88905 10:40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; 10:41 88906 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before God, even to 88907 us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. 88908 88909 10:42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify 88910 that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and 88911 dead. 88912 88913 10:43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name 88914 whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. 88915 88916 10:44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all 88917 them which heard the word. 88918 88919 10:45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as 88920 many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured 88921 out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 88922 88923 10:46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then 88924 answered Peter, 10:47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not 88925 be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? 10:48 88926 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then 88927 prayed they him to tarry certain days. 88928 88929 11:1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the 88930 Gentiles had also received the word of God. 88931 88932 11:2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the 88933 circumcision contended with him, 11:3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men 88934 uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. 88935 88936 11:4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded 88937 it by order unto them, saying, 11:5 I was in the city of Joppa 88938 praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as 88939 it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and 88940 it came even to me: 11:6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, 88941 I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, 88942 and creeping things, and fowls of the air. 88943 88944 11:7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat. 88945 88946 11:8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at 88947 any time entered into my mouth. 88948 88949 11:9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath 88950 cleansed, that call not thou common. 88951 88952 11:10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into 88953 heaven. 88954 88955 11:11 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto 88956 the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me. 88957 88958 11:12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover 88959 these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's 88960 house: 11:13 And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, 88961 which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, 88962 whose surname is Peter; 11:14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou 88963 and all thy house shall be saved. 88964 88965 11:15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us 88966 at the beginning. 88967 88968 11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John 88969 indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy 88970 Ghost. 88971 88972 11:17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, 88973 who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could 88974 withstand God? 11:18 When they heard these things, they held their 88975 peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles 88976 granted repentance unto life. 88977 88978 11:19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that 88979 arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and 88980 Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. 88981 88982 11:20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they 88983 were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the LORD 88984 Jesus. 88985 88986 11:21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number 88987 believed, and turned unto the Lord. 88988 88989 11:22 Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church 88990 which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should 88991 go as far as Antioch. 88992 88993 11:23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and 88994 exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto 88995 the Lord. 88996 88997 11:24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: 88998 and much people was added unto the Lord. 88999 89000 11:25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: 11:26 And 89001 when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to 89002 pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and 89003 taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in 89004 Antioch. 89005 89006 11:27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. 89007 89008 11:28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by 89009 the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: 89010 which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. 89011 89012 11:29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, 89013 determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea: 89014 11:30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of 89015 Barnabas and Saul. 89016 89017 12:1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to 89018 vex certain of the church. 89019 89020 12:2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 89021 89022 12:3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to 89023 take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) 12:4 And 89024 when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him 89025 to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to 89026 bring him forth to the people. 89027 89028 12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without 89029 ceasing of the church unto God for him. 89030 89031 12:6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter 89032 was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the 89033 keepers before the door kept the prison. 89034 89035 12:7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light 89036 shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him 89037 up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. 89038 89039 12:8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy 89040 sandals. 89041 89042 And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and 89043 follow me. 89044 89045 12:9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true 89046 which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. 89047 89048 12:10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came 89049 unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of 89050 his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; 89051 and forthwith the angel departed from him. 89052 89053 12:11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a 89054 surety, that the LORD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out 89055 of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of 89056 the Jews. 89057 89058 12:12 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of 89059 Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were 89060 gathered together praying. 89061 89062 12:13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to 89063 hearken, named Rhoda. 89064 89065 12:14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for 89066 gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. 89067 89068 12:15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly 89069 affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. 89070 89071 12:16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, 89072 and saw him, they were astonished. 89073 89074 12:17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, 89075 declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And 89076 he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he 89077 departed, and went into another place. 89078 89079 12:18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the 89080 soldiers, what was become of Peter. 89081 89082 12:19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he 89083 examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. 89084 And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode. 89085 89086 12:20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but 89087 they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's 89088 chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was 89089 nourished by the king's country. 89090 89091 12:21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his 89092 throne, and made an oration unto them. 89093 89094 12:22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, 89095 and not of a man. 89096 89097 12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave 89098 not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 89099 89100 12:24 But the word of God grew and multiplied. 89101 89102 12:25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had 89103 fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was 89104 Mark. 89105 89106 13:1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets 89107 and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and 89108 Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the 89109 tetrarch, and Saul. 89110 89111 13:2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, 89112 Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called 89113 them. 89114 89115 13:3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on 89116 them, they sent them away. 89117 89118 13:4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto 89119 Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 89120 89121 13:5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in 89122 the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. 89123 89124 13:6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a 89125 certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus: 89126 13:7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a 89127 prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the 89128 word of God. 89129 89130 13:8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) 89131 withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. 89132 89133 13:9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, 89134 set his eyes on him. 89135 89136 13:10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of 89137 the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to 89138 pervert the right ways of the Lord? 13:11 And now, behold, the hand 89139 of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun 89140 for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; 89141 and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. 89142 89143 13:12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being 89144 astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. 89145 89146 13:13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to 89147 Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to 89148 Jerusalem. 89149 89150 13:14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in 89151 Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. 89152 89153 13:15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of 89154 the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have 89155 any word of exhortation for the people, say on. 89156 89157 13:16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of 89158 Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. 89159 89160 13:17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted 89161 the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with 89162 an high arm brought he them out of it. 89163 89164 13:18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in 89165 the wilderness. 89166 89167 13:19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, 89168 he divided their land to them by lot. 89169 89170 13:20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four 89171 hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. 89172 89173 13:21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul 89174 the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty 89175 years. 89176 89177 13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be 89178 their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have 89179 found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall 89180 fulfil all my will. 89181 89182 13:23 Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto 89183 Israel a Saviour, Jesus: 13:24 When John had first preached before his 89184 coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 89185 89186 13:25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I 89187 am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes 89188 of his feet I am not worthy to loose. 89189 89190 13:26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and 89191 whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation 89192 sent. 89193 89194 13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they 89195 knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every 89196 sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. 89197 89198 13:28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they 89199 Pilate that he should be slain. 89200 89201 13:29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they 89202 took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. 89203 89204 13:30 But God raised him from the dead: 13:31 And he was seen many 89205 days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are 89206 his witnesses unto the people. 89207 89208 13:32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which 89209 was made unto the fathers, 13:33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us 89210 their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also 89211 written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten 89212 thee. 89213 89214 13:34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no 89215 more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you 89216 the sure mercies of David. 89217 89218 13:35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer 89219 thine Holy One to see corruption. 89220 89221 13:36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of 89222 God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: 89223 13:37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. 89224 89225 13:38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through 89226 this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 13:39 And by 89227 him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye 89228 could not be justified by the law of Moses. 89229 89230 13:40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in 89231 the prophets; 13:41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for 89232 I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, 89233 though a man declare it unto you. 89234 89235 13:42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles 89236 besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. 89237 89238 13:43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and 89239 religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to 89240 them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. 89241 89242 13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to 89243 hear the word of God. 89244 89245 13:45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with 89246 envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, 89247 contradicting and blaspheming. 89248 89249 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary 89250 that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing 89251 ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, 89252 lo, we turn to the Gentiles. 89253 89254 13:47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be 89255 a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the 89256 ends of the earth. 89257 89258 13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified 89259 the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life 89260 believed. 89261 89262 13:49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the 89263 region. 89264 89265 13:50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the 89266 chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and 89267 Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. 89268 89269 13:51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came 89270 unto Iconium. 89271 89272 13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost. 89273 89274 14:1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into 89275 the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both 89276 of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. 89277 89278 14:2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their 89279 minds evil affected against the brethren. 89280 89281 14:3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which 89282 gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and 89283 wonders to be done by their hands. 89284 89285 14:4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the 89286 Jews, and part with the apostles. 89287 89288 14:5 And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also 89289 of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone 89290 them, 14:6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, 89291 cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about: 14:7 89292 And there they preached the gospel. 89293 89294 14:8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, 89295 being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 14:9 The 89296 same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving 89297 that he had faith to be healed, 14:10 Said with a loud voice, Stand 89298 upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. 89299 89300 14:11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their 89301 voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us 89302 in the likeness of men. 89303 89304 14:12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because 89305 he was the chief speaker. 89306 89307 14:13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought 89308 oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with 89309 the people. 89310 89311 14:14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent 89312 their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, 14:15 And 89313 saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions 89314 with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities 89315 unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and 89316 all things that are therein: 14:16 Who in times past suffered all 89317 nations to walk in their own ways. 89318 89319 14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did 89320 good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our 89321 hearts with food and gladness. 89322 89323 14:18 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that 89324 they had not done sacrifice unto them. 89325 89326 14:19 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, 89327 who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out of the 89328 city, supposing he had been dead. 89329 89330 14:20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and 89331 came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to 89332 Derbe. 89333 89334 14:21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had 89335 taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and 89336 Antioch, 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting 89337 them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much 89338 tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. 89339 89340 14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had 89341 prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they 89342 believed. 89343 89344 14:24 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to 89345 Pamphylia. 89346 89347 14:25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down 89348 into Attalia: 14:26 And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had 89349 been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they 89350 fulfilled. 89351 89352 14:27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, 89353 they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened 89354 the door of faith unto the Gentiles. 89355 89356 14:28 And there they abode long time with the disciples. 89357 89358 15:1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, 89359 and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye 89360 cannot be saved. 89361 89362 15:2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and 89363 disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and 89364 certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and 89365 elders about this question. 89366 89367 15:3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through 89368 Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and 89369 they caused great joy unto all the brethren. 89370 89371 15:4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the 89372 church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things 89373 that God had done with them. 89374 89375 15:5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which 89376 believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to 89377 command them to keep the law of Moses. 89378 89379 15:6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this 89380 matter. 89381 89382 15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said 89383 unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God 89384 made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the 89385 word of the gospel, and believe. 89386 89387 15:8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them 89388 the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; 15:9 And put no difference 89389 between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. 89390 89391 15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of 89392 the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? 89393 15:11 But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ 89394 we shall be saved, even as they. 89395 89396 15:12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to 89397 Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought 89398 among the Gentiles by them. 89399 89400 15:13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men 89401 and brethren, hearken unto me: 15:14 Simeon hath declared how God at 89402 the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his 89403 name. 89404 89405 15:15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, 89406 15:16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of 89407 David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, 89408 and I will set it up: 15:17 That the residue of men might seek after 89409 the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the 89410 Lord, who doeth all these things. 89411 89412 15:18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the 89413 world. 89414 89415 15:19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from 89416 among the Gentiles are turned to God: 15:20 But that we write unto 89417 them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from 89418 fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. 89419 89420 15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, 89421 being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. 89422 89423 15:22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, 89424 to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and 89425 Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among 89426 the brethren: 15:23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; 89427 The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren 89428 which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia. 89429 89430 15:24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us 89431 have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must 89432 be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: 89433 15:25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send 89434 chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 15:26 Men that 89435 have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 89436 89437 15:27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you 89438 the same things by mouth. 89439 89440 15:28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you 89441 no greater burden than these necessary things; 15:29 That ye abstain 89442 from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things 89443 strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye 89444 shall do well. Fare ye well. 89445 89446 15:30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they 89447 had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle: 15:31 89448 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation. 89449 89450 15:32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted 89451 the brethren with many words, and confirmed them. 89452 89453 15:33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in 89454 peace from the brethren unto the apostles. 89455 89456 15:34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. 89457 89458 15:35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and 89459 preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. 89460 89461 15:36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and 89462 visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of 89463 the LORD, and see how they do. 89464 89465 15:37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname 89466 was Mark. 89467 89468 15:38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed 89469 from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. 89470 89471 15:39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed 89472 asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto 89473 Cyprus; 15:40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by 89474 the brethren unto the grace of God. 89475 89476 15:41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches. 89477 89478 16:1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple 89479 was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a 89480 Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: 16:2 Which was well 89481 reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. 89482 89483 16:3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and 89484 circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for 89485 they knew all that his father was a Greek. 89486 89487 16:4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the 89488 decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders 89489 which were at Jerusalem. 89490 89491 16:5 And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased 89492 in number daily. 89493 89494 16:6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of 89495 Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in 89496 Asia, 16:7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into 89497 Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. 89498 89499 16:8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. 89500 89501 16:9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of 89502 Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help 89503 us. 89504 89505 16:10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to 89506 go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for 89507 to preach the gospel unto them. 89508 89509 16:11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to 89510 Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; 16:12 And from thence to 89511 Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a 89512 colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days. 89513 89514 16:13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, 89515 where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the 89516 women which resorted thither. 89517 89518 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city 89519 of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord 89520 opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. 89521 89522 16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, 89523 saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my 89524 house, and abide there. And she constrained us. 89525 89526 16:16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel 89527 possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her 89528 masters much gain by soothsaying: 16:17 The same followed Paul and us, 89529 and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, 89530 which shew unto us the way of salvation. 89531 89532 16:18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and 89533 said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come 89534 out of her. 89535 89536 And he came out the same hour. 89537 89538 16:19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, 89539 they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto 89540 the rulers, 16:20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These 89541 men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, 16:21 And teach 89542 customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, 89543 being Romans. 89544 89545 16:22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the 89546 magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. 89547 89548 16:23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them 89549 into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: 16:24 Who, 89550 having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and 89551 made their feet fast in the stocks. 89552 89553 16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto 89554 God: and the prisoners heard them. 89555 89556 16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the 89557 foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors 89558 were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. 89559 89560 16:27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and 89561 seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have 89562 killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. 89563 89564 16:28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: 89565 for we are all here. 89566 89567 16:29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, 89568 and fell down before Paul and Silas, 16:30 And brought them out, and 89569 said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 16:31 And they said, Believe 89570 on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 89571 89572 16:32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that 89573 were in his house. 89574 89575 16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their 89576 stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. 89577 89578 16:34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before 89579 them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. 89580 89581 16:35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, 89582 Let those men go. 89583 89584 16:36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The 89585 magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in 89586 peace. 89587 89588 16:37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, 89589 being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us 89590 out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us 89591 out. 89592 89593 16:38 And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and 89594 they feared, when they heard that they were Romans. 89595 89596 16:39 And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and 89597 desired them to depart out of the city. 89598 89599 16:40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of 89600 Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and 89601 departed. 89602 89603 17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they 89604 came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: 17:2 And 89605 Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days 89606 reasoned with them out of the scriptures, 17:3 Opening and alleging, 89607 that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; 89608 and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. 89609 89610 17:4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and 89611 of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a 89612 few. 89613 89614 17:5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them 89615 certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and 89616 set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and 89617 sought to bring them out to the people. 89618 89619 17:6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain 89620 brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned 89621 the world upside down are come hither also; 17:7 Whom Jason hath 89622 received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying 89623 that there is another king, one Jesus. 89624 89625 17:8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when 89626 they heard these things. 89627 89628 17:9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they 89629 let them go. 89630 89631 17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night 89632 unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 89633 89634 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they 89635 received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the 89636 scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 89637 89638 17:12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which 89639 were Greeks, and of men, not a few. 89640 89641 17:13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of 89642 God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred 89643 up the people. 89644 89645 17:14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it 89646 were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. 89647 89648 17:15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and 89649 receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him 89650 with all speed, they departed. 89651 89652 17:16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred 89653 in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. 89654 89655 17:17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with 89656 the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with 89657 him. 89658 89659 17:18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, 89660 encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other 89661 some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he 89662 preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. 89663 89664 17:19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May 89665 we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 17:20 For 89666 thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know 89667 therefore what these things mean. 89668 89669 17:21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent 89670 their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new 89671 thing.) 17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, 89672 Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too 89673 superstitious. 89674 89675 17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar 89676 with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye 89677 ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. 89678 89679 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he 89680 is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 89681 17:25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any 89682 thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 17:26 89683 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the 89684 face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and 89685 the bounds of their habitation; 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, 89686 if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far 89687 from every one of us: 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our 89688 being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also 89689 his offspring. 89690 89691 17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to 89692 think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven 89693 by art and man's device. 89694 89695 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now 89696 commandeth all men every where to repent: 17:31 Because he hath 89697 appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness 89698 by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance 89699 unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. 89700 89701 17:32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some 89702 mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. 89703 89704 17:33 So Paul departed from among them. 89705 89706 17:34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the 89707 which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and 89708 others with them. 89709 89710 18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to 89711 Corinth; 18:2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, 89712 lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that 89713 Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto 89714 them. 89715 89716 18:3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and 89717 wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. 89718 89719 18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the 89720 Jews and the Greeks. 89721 89722 18:5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was 89723 pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was 89724 Christ. 89725 89726 18:6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his 89727 raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am 89728 clean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. 89729 89730 18:7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, 89731 named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the 89732 synagogue. 89733 89734 18:8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the 89735 Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, 89736 and were baptized. 89737 89738 18:9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not 89739 afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 18:10 For I am with thee, 89740 and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in 89741 this city. 89742 89743 18:11 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word 89744 of God among them. 89745 89746 18:12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made 89747 insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the 89748 judgment seat, 18:13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God 89749 contrary to the law. 89750 89751 18:14 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto 89752 the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, 89753 reason would that I should bear with you: 18:15 But if it be a 89754 question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I 89755 will be no judge of such matters. 89756 89757 18:16 And he drave them from the judgment seat. 89758 89759 18:17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the 89760 synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for 89761 none of those things. 89762 89763 18:18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then 89764 took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with 89765 him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he 89766 had a vow. 89767 89768 18:19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself 89769 entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. 89770 89771 18:20 When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he 89772 consented not; 18:21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all 89773 means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return 89774 again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus. 89775 89776 18:22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the 89777 church, he went down to Antioch. 89778 89779 18:23 And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went 89780 over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening 89781 all the disciples. 89782 89783 18:24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent 89784 man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 89785 89786 18:25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being 89787 fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of 89788 the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. 89789 89790 18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila 89791 and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto 89792 him the way of God more perfectly. 89793 89794 18:27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren 89795 wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, 89796 helped them much which had believed through grace: 18:28 For he 89797 mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the 89798 scriptures that Jesus was Christ. 89799 89800 19:1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul 89801 having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding 89802 certain disciples, 19:2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy 89803 Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much 89804 as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. 89805 89806 19:3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they 89807 said, Unto John's baptism. 89808 89809 19:4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of 89810 repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him 89811 which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 89812 89813 19:5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord 89814 Jesus. 89815 89816 19:6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came 89817 on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. 89818 89819 19:7 And all the men were about twelve. 89820 89821 19:8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of 89822 three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the 89823 kingdom of God. 89824 89825 19:9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil 89826 of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated 89827 the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. 89828 89829 19:10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they 89830 which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and 89831 Greeks. 89832 89833 19:11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: 19:12 So 89834 that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, 89835 and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of 89836 them. 89837 89838 19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to 89839 call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus, 89840 saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. 89841 89842 19:14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the 89843 priests, which did so. 89844 89845 19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I 89846 know; but who are ye? 19:16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was 89847 leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that 89848 they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 89849 89850 19:17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at 89851 Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was 89852 magnified. 89853 89854 19:18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their 89855 deeds. 89856 89857 19:19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books 89858 together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price 89859 of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. 89860 89861 19:20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. 89862 89863 19:21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when 89864 he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, 89865 saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. 89866 89867 19:22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, 89868 Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. 89869 89870 19:23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. 89871 89872 19:24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made 89873 silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; 89874 19:25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and 89875 said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. 89876 89877 19:26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost 89878 throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much 89879 people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: 19:27 89880 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but 89881 also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, 89882 and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world 89883 worshippeth. 89884 89885 19:28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and 89886 cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 89887 89888 19:29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught 89889 Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, 89890 they rushed with one accord into the theatre. 89891 89892 19:30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the 89893 disciples suffered him not. 89894 89895 19:31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent 89896 unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the 89897 theatre. 89898 89899 19:32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the 89900 assembly was confused: and the more part knew not wherefore they were 89901 come together. 89902 89903 19:33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting 89904 him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made 89905 his defence unto the people. 89906 89907 19:34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about 89908 the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 89909 89910 19:35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men 89911 of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of 89912 the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the 89913 image which fell down from Jupiter? 19:36 Seeing then that these 89914 things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do 89915 nothing rashly. 89916 89917 19:37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers 89918 of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. 89919 89920 19:38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, 89921 have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are 89922 deputies: let them implead one another. 89923 89924 19:39 But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall 89925 be determined in a lawful assembly. 89926 89927 19:40 For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's 89928 uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this 89929 concourse. 89930 89931 19:41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly. 89932 89933 20:1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the 89934 disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. 89935 89936 20:2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much 89937 exhortation, he came into Greece, 20:3 And there abode three months. 89938 And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into 89939 Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. 89940 89941 20:4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the 89942 Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and 89943 Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. 89944 89945 20:5 These going before tarried for us at Troas. 89946 89947 20:6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened 89948 bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven 89949 days. 89950 89951 20:7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came 89952 together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on 89953 the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. 89954 89955 20:8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were 89956 gathered together. 89957 89958 20:9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, 89959 being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he 89960 sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken 89961 up dead. 89962 89963 20:10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, 89964 Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. 89965 89966 20:11 When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and 89967 eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he 89968 departed. 89969 89970 20:12 And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little 89971 comforted. 89972 89973 20:13 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there 89974 intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to 89975 go afoot. 89976 89977 20:14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to 89978 Mitylene. 89979 89980 20:15 And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; 89981 and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and 89982 the next day we came to Miletus. 89983 89984 20:16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not 89985 spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to 89986 be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. 89987 89988 20:17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of 89989 the church. 89990 89991 20:18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from 89992 the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been 89993 with you at all seasons, 20:19 Serving the LORD with all humility of 89994 mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the 89995 lying in wait of the Jews: 20:20 And how I kept back nothing that was 89996 profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you 89997 publickly, and from house to house, 20:21 Testifying both to the Jews, 89998 and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our 89999 Lord Jesus Christ. 90000 90001 20:22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not 90002 knowing the things that shall befall me there: 20:23 Save that the 90003 Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions 90004 abide me. 90005 90006 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear 90007 unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the 90008 ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the 90009 gospel of the grace of God. 90010 90011 20:25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone 90012 preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. 90013 90014 20:26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the 90015 blood of all men. 90016 90017 20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of 90018 God. 90019 90020 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over 90021 the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church 90022 of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 90023 90024 20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves 90025 enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 90026 90027 20:30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse 90028 things, to draw away disciples after them. 90029 90030 20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years 90031 I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. 90032 90033 20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his 90034 grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance 90035 among all them which are sanctified. 90036 90037 20:33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. 90038 90039 20:34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto 90040 my necessities, and to them that were with me. 90041 90042 20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to 90043 support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he 90044 said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. 90045 90046 20:36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with 90047 them all. 90048 90049 20:37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, 90050 20:38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they 90051 should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship. 90052 90053 21:1 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had 90054 launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day 90055 following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: 21:2 And finding a 90056 ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. 90057 90058 21:3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, 90059 and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to 90060 unlade her burden. 90061 90062 21:4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to 90063 Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. 90064 90065 21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our 90066 way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till 90067 we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed. 90068 90069 21:6 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and 90070 they returned home again. 90071 90072 21:7 And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to 90073 Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day. 90074 90075 21:8 And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and 90076 came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the 90077 evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. 90078 90079 21:9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. 90080 90081 21:10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a 90082 certain prophet, named Agabus. 90083 90084 21:11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound 90085 his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall 90086 the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall 90087 deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. 90088 90089 21:12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, 90090 besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. 90091 90092 21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine 90093 heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at 90094 Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. 90095 90096 21:14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will 90097 of the Lord be done. 90098 90099 21:15 And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to 90100 Jerusalem. 90101 90102 21:16 There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, 90103 and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom 90104 we should lodge. 90105 90106 21:17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us 90107 gladly. 90108 90109 21:18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all 90110 the elders were present. 90111 90112 21:19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what 90113 things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. 90114 90115 21:20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto 90116 him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which 90117 believe; and they are all zealous of the law: 21:21 And they are 90118 informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the 90119 Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise 90120 their children, neither to walk after the customs. 90121 90122 21:22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: 90123 for they will hear that thou art come. 90124 90125 21:23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which 90126 have a vow on them; 21:24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and 90127 be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may 90128 know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, 90129 are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest 90130 the law. 90131 90132 21:25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and 90133 concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep 90134 themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from 90135 strangled, and from fornication. 90136 90137 21:26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with 90138 them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the 90139 days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for 90140 every one of them. 90141 90142 21:27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were 90143 of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, 90144 and laid hands on him, 21:28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is 90145 the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the 90146 law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, 90147 and hath polluted this holy place. 90148 90149 21:29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an 90150 Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) 90151 21:30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and 90152 they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the 90153 doors were shut. 90154 90155 21:31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief 90156 captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. 90157 90158 21:32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto 90159 them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left 90160 beating of Paul. 90161 90162 21:33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded 90163 him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he 90164 had done. 90165 90166 21:34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and 90167 when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him 90168 to be carried into the castle. 90169 90170 21:35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne 90171 of the soldiers for the violence of the people. 90172 90173 21:36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away 90174 with him. 90175 90176 21:37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the 90177 chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak 90178 Greek? 21:38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days 90179 madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand 90180 men that were murderers? 21:39 But Paul said, I am a man which am a 90181 Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I 90182 beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people. 90183 90184 21:40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and 90185 beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a 90186 great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, 22:1 90187 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto 90188 you. 90189 90190 22:2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, 90191 they kept the more silence: and he saith,) 22:3 I am verily a man 90192 which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in 90193 this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect 90194 manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye 90195 all are this day. 90196 90197 22:4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering 90198 into prisons both men and women. 90199 90200 22:5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate 90201 of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, 90202 and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto 90203 Jerusalem, for to be punished. 90204 90205 22:6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come 90206 nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a 90207 great light round about me. 90208 90209 22:7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, 90210 Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 22:8 And I answered, Who art 90211 thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou 90212 persecutest. 90213 90214 22:9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; 90215 but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. 90216 90217 22:10 And I said, What shall I do, LORD? And the Lord said unto me, 90218 Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all 90219 things which are appointed for thee to do. 90220 90221 22:11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led 90222 by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus. 90223 90224 22:12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a 90225 good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, 22:13 Came unto me, and 90226 stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same 90227 hour I looked up upon him. 90228 90229 22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou 90230 shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the 90231 voice of his mouth. 90232 90233 22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast 90234 seen and heard. 90235 90236 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away 90237 thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. 90238 90239 22:17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, 90240 even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; 22:18 And saw 90241 him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: 90242 for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. 90243 90244 22:19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every 90245 synagogue them that believed on thee: 22:20 And when the blood of thy 90246 martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto 90247 his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him. 90248 90249 22:21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto 90250 the Gentiles. 90251 90252 22:22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up 90253 their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it 90254 is not fit that he should live. 90255 90256 22:23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw 90257 dust into the air, 22:24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought 90258 into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; 90259 that he might know wherefore they cried so against him. 90260 90261 22:25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion 90262 that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, 90263 and uncondemned? 22:26 When the centurion heard that, he went and 90264 told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this 90265 man is a Roman. 90266 90267 22:27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art 90268 thou a Roman? He said, Yea. 90269 90270 22:28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this 90271 freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. 90272 90273 22:29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have 90274 examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew 90275 that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. 90276 90277 22:30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty 90278 wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, 90279 and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and 90280 brought Paul down, and set him before them. 90281 90282 23:1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and 90283 brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this 90284 day. 90285 90286 23:2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to 90287 smite him on the mouth. 90288 90289 23:3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: 90290 for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be 90291 smitten contrary to the law? 23:4 And they that stood by said, 90292 Revilest thou God's high priest? 23:5 Then said Paul, I wist not, 90293 brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt 90294 not speak evil of the ruler of thy people. 90295 90296 23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the 90297 other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a 90298 Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the 90299 dead I am called in question. 90300 90301 23:7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the 90302 Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. 90303 90304 23:8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither 90305 angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. 90306 90307 23:9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the 90308 Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this 90309 man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight 90310 against God. 90311 90312 23:10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, 90313 fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded 90314 the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and 90315 to bring him into the castle. 90316 90317 23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of 90318 good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so 90319 must thou bear witness also at Rome. 90320 90321 23:12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and 90322 bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor 90323 drink till they had killed Paul. 90324 90325 23:13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. 90326 90327 23:14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have 90328 bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we 90329 have slain Paul. 90330 90331 23:15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain 90332 that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire 90333 something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, 90334 are ready to kill him. 90335 90336 23:16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he 90337 went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. 90338 90339 23:17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring 90340 this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to 90341 tell him. 90342 90343 23:18 So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, 90344 Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this 90345 young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee. 90346 90347 23:19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him 90348 aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me? 90349 23:20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou 90350 wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they 90351 would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly. 90352 90353 23:21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him 90354 of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, 90355 that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and 90356 now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee. 90357 90358 23:22 So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged 90359 him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me. 90360 90361 23:23 And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two 90362 hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, 90363 and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; 23:24 And 90364 provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe 90365 unto Felix the governor. 90366 90367 23:25 And he wrote a letter after this manner: 23:26 Claudius Lysias 90368 unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting. 90369 90370 23:27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of 90371 them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood 90372 that he was a Roman. 90373 90374 23:28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused 90375 him, I brought him forth into their council: 23:29 Whom I perceived to 90376 be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his 90377 charge worthy of death or of bonds. 90378 90379 23:30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, 90380 I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also 90381 to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell. 90382 90383 23:31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and 90384 brought him by night to Antipatris. 90385 90386 23:32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and 90387 returned to the castle: 23:33 Who, when they came to Caesarea and 90388 delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him. 90389 90390 23:34 And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what 90391 province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia; 23:35 90392 I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he 90393 commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall. 90394 90395 24:1 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the 90396 elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the 90397 governor against Paul. 90398 90399 24:2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, 90400 saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very 90401 worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence, 24:3 We 90402 accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all 90403 thankfulness. 90404 90405 24:4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray 90406 thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. 90407 90408 24:5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of 90409 sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of 90410 the sect of the Nazarenes: 24:6 Who also hath gone about to profane 90411 the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law. 90412 90413 24:7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great 90414 violence took him away out of our hands, 24:8 Commanding his accusers 90415 to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge 90416 of all these things, whereof we accuse him. 90417 90418 24:9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. 90419 90420 24:10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to 90421 speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years 90422 a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself: 90423 24:11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but 90424 twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. 90425 90426 24:12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, 90427 neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the 90428 city: 24:13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse 90429 me. 90430 90431 24:14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call 90432 heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which 90433 are written in the law and in the prophets: 24:15 And have hope toward 90434 God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a 90435 resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. 90436 90437 24:16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience 90438 void to offence toward God, and toward men. 90439 90440 24:17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and 90441 offerings. 90442 90443 24:18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the 90444 temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult. 90445 90446 24:19 Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had 90447 ought against me. 90448 90449 24:20 Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil 90450 doing in me, while I stood before the council, 24:21 Except it be for 90451 this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the 90452 resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day. 90453 90454 24:22 And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge 90455 of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain 90456 shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter. 90457 90458 24:23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have 90459 liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to 90460 minister or come unto him. 90461 90462 24:24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, 90463 which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the 90464 faith in Christ. 90465 90466 24:25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to 90467 come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I 90468 have a convenient season, I will call for thee. 90469 90470 24:26 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, 90471 that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and 90472 communed with him. 90473 90474 24:27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and 90475 Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. 90476 90477 25:1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he 90478 ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. 90479 90480 25:2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him 90481 against Paul, and besought him, 25:3 And desired favour against him, 90482 that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to 90483 kill him. 90484 90485 25:4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and 90486 that he himself would depart shortly thither. 90487 90488 25:5 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down 90489 with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him. 90490 90491 25:6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went 90492 down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat 90493 commanded Paul to be brought. 90494 90495 25:7 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem 90496 stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, 90497 which they could not prove. 90498 90499 25:8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the 90500 Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I 90501 offended any thing at all. 90502 90503 25:9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and 90504 said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these 90505 things before me? 25:10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment 90506 seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as 90507 thou very well knowest. 90508 90509 25:11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of 90510 death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things 90511 whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal 90512 unto Caesar. 90513 90514 25:12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, 90515 Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go. 90516 90517 25:13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto 90518 Caesarea to salute Festus. 90519 90520 25:14 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's 90521 cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by 90522 Felix: 25:15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests 90523 and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment 90524 against him. 90525 90526 25:16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to 90527 deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the 90528 accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself 90529 concerning the crime laid against him. 90530 90531 25:17 Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the 90532 morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought 90533 forth. 90534 90535 25:18 Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none 90536 accusation of such things as I supposed: 25:19 But had certain 90537 questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, 90538 which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. 90539 90540 25:20 And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him 90541 whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these 90542 matters. 90543 90544 25:21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of 90545 Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar. 90546 90547 25:22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. 90548 To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. 90549 90550 25:23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with 90551 great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief 90552 captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul 90553 was brought forth. 90554 90555 25:24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here 90556 present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the 90557 Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that 90558 he ought not to live any longer. 90559 90560 25:25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, 90561 and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to 90562 send him. 90563 90564 25:26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore 90565 I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king 90566 Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write. 90567 90568 25:27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not 90569 withal to signify the crimes laid against him. 90570 90571 26:1 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for 90572 thyself. 90573 90574 Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: 26:2 I 90575 think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself 90576 this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of 90577 the Jews: 26:3 Especially because I know thee to be expert in all 90578 customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech 90579 thee to hear me patiently. 90580 90581 26:4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among 90582 mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; 26:5 Which knew me 90583 from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most 90584 straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. 90585 90586 26:6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of 90587 God, unto our fathers: 26:7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, 90588 instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's 90589 sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. 90590 90591 26:8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God 90592 should raise the dead? 26:9 I verily thought with myself, that I 90593 ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 90594 90595 26:10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did 90596 I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; 90597 and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. 90598 90599 26:11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them 90600 to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted 90601 them even unto strange cities. 90602 90603 26:12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission 90604 from the chief priests, 26:13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a 90605 light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round 90606 about me and them which journeyed with me. 90607 90608 26:14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice 90609 speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why 90610 persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 90611 90612 26:15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom 90613 thou persecutest. 90614 90615 26:16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee 90616 for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these 90617 things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will 90618 appear unto thee; 26:17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the 90619 Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 26:18 To open their eyes, and to 90620 turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto 90621 God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among 90622 them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 90623 90624 26:19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the 90625 heavenly vision: 26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at 90626 Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the 90627 Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet 90628 for repentance. 90629 90630 26:21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went 90631 about to kill me. 90632 90633 26:22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, 90634 witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than 90635 those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: 26:23 That 90636 Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise 90637 from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the 90638 Gentiles. 90639 90640 26:24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, 90641 Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. 90642 90643 26:25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth 90644 the words of truth and soberness. 90645 90646 26:26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak 90647 freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from 90648 him; for this thing was not done in a corner. 90649 90650 26:27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou 90651 believest. 90652 90653 26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a 90654 Christian. 90655 90656 26:29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all 90657 that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, 90658 except these bonds. 90659 90660 26:30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, 90661 and Bernice, and they that sat with them: 26:31 And when they were 90662 gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth 90663 nothing worthy of death or of bonds. 90664 90665 26:32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at 90666 liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. 90667 90668 27:1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they 90669 delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a 90670 centurion of Augustus' band. 90671 90672 27:2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to 90673 sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of 90674 Thessalonica, being with us. 90675 90676 27:3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously 90677 entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh 90678 himself. 90679 90680 27:4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, 90681 because the winds were contrary. 90682 90683 27:5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we 90684 came to Myra, a city of Lycia. 90685 90686 27:6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into 90687 Italy; and he put us therein. 90688 90689 27:7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come 90690 over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, 90691 over against Salmone; 27:8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a place 90692 which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea. 90693 90694 27:9 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, 90695 because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, 27:10 And 90696 said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt 90697 and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our 90698 lives. 90699 90700 27:11 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of 90701 the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul. 90702 90703 27:12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more 90704 part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain 90705 to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth 90706 toward the south west and north west. 90707 90708 27:13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had 90709 obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. 90710 90711 27:14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, 90712 called Euroclydon. 90713 90714 27:15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the 90715 wind, we let her drive. 90716 90717 27:16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we 90718 had much work to come by the boat: 27:17 Which when they had taken up, 90719 they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should 90720 fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven. 90721 90722 27:18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day 90723 they lightened the ship; 27:19 And the third day we cast out with our 90724 own hands the tackling of the ship. 90725 90726 27:20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no 90727 small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then 90728 taken away. 90729 90730 27:21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, 90731 and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed 90732 from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. 90733 90734 27:22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no 90735 loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. 90736 90737 27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, 90738 and whom I serve, 27:24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought 90739 before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with 90740 thee. 90741 90742 27:25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it 90743 shall be even as it was told me. 90744 90745 27:26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. 90746 90747 27:27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and 90748 down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near 90749 to some country; 27:28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and 90750 when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it 90751 fifteen fathoms. 90752 90753 27:29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast 90754 four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. 90755 90756 27:30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they 90757 had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would 90758 have cast anchors out of the foreship, 27:31 Paul said to the 90759 centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye 90760 cannot be saved. 90761 90762 27:32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her 90763 fall off. 90764 90765 27:33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take 90766 meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and 90767 continued fasting, having taken nothing. 90768 90769 27:34 Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your 90770 health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you. 90771 90772 27:35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to 90773 God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to 90774 eat. 90775 90776 27:36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. 90777 90778 27:37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and 90779 sixteen souls. 90780 90781 27:38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and 90782 cast out the wheat into the sea. 90783 90784 27:39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered 90785 a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it 90786 were possible, to thrust in the ship. 90787 90788 27:40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed 90789 themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up 90790 the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. 90791 90792 27:41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship 90793 aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the 90794 hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. 90795 90796 27:42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of 90797 them should swim out, and escape. 90798 90799 27:43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their 90800 purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast 90801 themselves first into the sea, and get to land: 27:44 And the rest, 90802 some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. 90803 90804 And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. 90805 90806 28:1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was 90807 called Melita. 90808 90809 28:2 And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they 90810 kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present 90811 rain, and because of the cold. 90812 90813 28:3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on 90814 the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his 90815 hand. 90816 90817 28:4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, 90818 they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, 90819 though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. 90820 90821 28:5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. 90822 90823 28:6 Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down 90824 dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no 90825 harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a 90826 god. 90827 90828 28:7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the 90829 island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three 90830 days courteously. 90831 90832 28:8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a 90833 fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and 90834 laid his hands on him, and healed him. 90835 90836 28:9 So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the 90837 island, came, and were healed: 28:10 Who also honoured us with many 90838 honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were 90839 necessary. 90840 90841 28:11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, 90842 which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. 90843 90844 28:12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. 90845 90846 28:13 And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and 90847 after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to 90848 Puteoli: 28:14 Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with 90849 them seven days: and so we went toward Rome. 90850 90851 28:15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to 90852 meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul 90853 saw, he thanked God, and took courage. 90854 90855 28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners 90856 to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself 90857 with a soldier that kept him. 90858 90859 28:17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief 90860 of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto 90861 them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the 90862 people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from 90863 Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. 90864 90865 28:18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because 90866 there was no cause of death in me. 90867 90868 28:19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal 90869 unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of. 90870 90871 28:20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and 90872 to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with 90873 this chain. 90874 90875 28:21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of 90876 Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed 90877 or spake any harm of thee. 90878 90879 28:22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as 90880 concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against. 90881 90882 28:23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him 90883 into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of 90884 God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, 90885 and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. 90886 90887 28:24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some 90888 believed not. 90889 90890 28:25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after 90891 that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the 90892 prophet unto our fathers, 28:26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, 90893 Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall 90894 see, and not perceive: 28:27 For the heart of this people is waxed 90895 gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they 90896 closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their 90897 ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I 90898 should heal them. 90899 90900 28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is 90901 sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. 90902 90903 28:29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had 90904 great reasoning among themselves. 90905 90906 28:30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and 90907 received all that came in unto him, 28:31 Preaching the kingdom of 90908 God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, 90909 with all confidence, no man forbidding him. 90910 90911 90912 90913 90914 The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans 90915 90916 90917 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, 90918 separated unto the gospel of God, 1:2 (Which he had promised afore by 90919 his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus 90920 Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the 90921 flesh; 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to 90922 the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: 1:5 By whom 90923 we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith 90924 among all nations, for his name: 1:6 Among whom are ye also the called 90925 of Jesus Christ: 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to 90926 be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord 90927 Jesus Christ. 90928 90929 1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your 90930 faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. 90931 90932 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel 90933 of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my 90934 prayers; 1:10 Making request, if by any means now at length I might 90935 have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. 90936 90937 1:11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual 90938 gift, to the end ye may be established; 1:12 That is, that I may be 90939 comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. 90940 90941 1:13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I 90942 purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have 90943 some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. 90944 90945 1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to 90946 the wise, and to the unwise. 90947 90948 1:15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you 90949 that are at Rome also. 90950 90951 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power 90952 of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, 90953 and also to the Greek. 90954 90955 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to 90956 faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. 90957 90958 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all 90959 ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in 90960 unrighteousness; 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is 90961 manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 90962 90963 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world 90964 are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even 90965 his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 1:21 90966 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, 90967 neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and 90968 their foolish heart was darkened. 90969 90970 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 1:23 And 90971 changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to 90972 corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping 90973 things. 90974 90975 1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts 90976 of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 90977 1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and 90978 served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. 90979 Amen. 90980 90981 1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even 90982 their women did change the natural use into that which is against 90983 nature: 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the 90984 woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working 90985 that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of 90986 their error which was meet. 90987 90988 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, 90989 God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are 90990 not convenient; 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, 90991 fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, 90992 murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 1:30 Backbiters, haters 90993 of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, 90994 disobedient to parents, 1:31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, 90995 without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 1:32 Who knowing 90996 the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of 90997 death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. 90998 90999 2:1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that 91000 judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; 91001 for thou that judgest doest the same things. 91002 91003 2:2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth 91004 against them which commit such things. 91005 91006 2:3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such 91007 things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of 91008 God? 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance 91009 and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee 91010 to repentance? 2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart 91011 treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and 91012 revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 2:6 Who will render to 91013 every man according to his deeds: 2:7 To them who by patient 91014 continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, 91015 eternal life: 2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey 91016 the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 2:9 91017 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of 91018 the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 2:10 But glory, honour, and 91019 peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to 91020 the Gentile: 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God. 91021 91022 2:12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without 91023 law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; 91024 2:13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the 91025 doers of the law shall be justified. 91026 91027 2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the 91028 things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto 91029 themselves: 2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their 91030 hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the 91031 mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) 2:16 In the day 91032 when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to 91033 my gospel. 91034 91035 2:17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest 91036 thy boast of God, 2:18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things 91037 that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 2:19 And art 91038 confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them 91039 which are in darkness, 2:20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of 91040 babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 91041 91042 2:21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? 91043 thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 2:22 91044 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit 91045 adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? 2:23 91046 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law 91047 dishonourest thou God? 2:24 For the name of God is blasphemed among 91048 the Gentiles through you, as it is written. 91049 91050 2:25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if 91051 thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. 91052 91053 2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the 91054 law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? 2:27 91055 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, 91056 judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the 91057 law? 2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is 91058 that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 2:29 But he is a 91059 Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in 91060 the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of 91061 God. 91062 91063 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of 91064 circumcision? 3:2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them 91065 were committed the oracles of God. 91066 91067 3:3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the 91068 faith of God without effect? 3:4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, 91069 but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be 91070 justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. 91071 91072 3:5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what 91073 shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a 91074 man) 3:6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? 3:7 For 91075 if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; 91076 why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 3:8 And not rather, (as we be 91077 slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do 91078 evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. 91079 91080 3:9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have 91081 before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 91082 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 3:11 91083 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after 91084 God. 91085 91086 3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become 91087 unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 91088 91089 3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have 91090 used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 3:14 Whose mouth 91091 is full of cursing and bitterness: 3:15 Their feet are swift to shed 91092 blood: 3:16 Destruction and misery are in their ways: 3:17 And the way 91093 of peace have they not known: 3:18 There is no fear of God before 91094 their eyes. 91095 91096 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to 91097 them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all 91098 the world may become guilty before God. 91099 91100 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be 91101 justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 91102 91103 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, 91104 being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 3:22 Even the 91105 righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and 91106 upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 3:23 For all 91107 have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 3:24 Being justified 91108 freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 91109 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his 91110 blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are 91111 past, through the forbearance of God; 3:26 To declare, I say, at this 91112 time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of 91113 him which believeth in Jesus. 91114 91115 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? 91116 Nay: but by the law of faith. 91117 91118 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without 91119 the deeds of the law. 91120 91121 3:29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? 91122 Yes, of the Gentiles also: 3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shall 91123 justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. 91124 91125 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we 91126 establish the law. 91127 91128 4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to 91129 the flesh, hath found? 4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he 91130 hath whereof to glory; but not before God. 91131 91132 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was 91133 counted unto him for righteousness. 91134 91135 4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but 91136 of debt. 91137 91138 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth 91139 the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 91140 91141 4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto 91142 whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 4:7 Saying, Blessed are 91143 they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 91144 91145 4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. 91146 91147 4:9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon 91148 the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham 91149 for righteousness. 91150 91151 4:10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in 91152 uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 91153 91154 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the 91155 righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that 91156 he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not 91157 circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: 4:12 91158 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision 91159 only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father 91160 Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. 91161 91162 4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not 91163 to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the 91164 righteousness of faith. 91165 91166 4:14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, 91167 and the promise made of none effect: 4:15 Because the law worketh 91168 wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. 91169 91170 4:16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end 91171 the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is 91172 of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is 91173 the father of us all, 4:17 (As it is written, I have made thee a 91174 father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who 91175 quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though 91176 they were. 91177 91178 4:18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the 91179 father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall 91180 thy seed be. 91181 91182 4:19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now 91183 dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness 91184 of Sarah's womb: 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through 91185 unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 4:21 And being 91186 fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to 91187 perform. 91188 91189 4:22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. 91190 91191 4:23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to 91192 him; 4:24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe 91193 on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; 4:25 Who was 91194 delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our 91195 justification. 91196 91197 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through 91198 our Lord Jesus Christ: 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into 91199 this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 91200 91201 5:3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that 91202 tribulation worketh patience; 5:4 And patience, experience; and 91203 experience, hope: 5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of 91204 God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto 91205 us. 91206 91207 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for 91208 the ungodly. 91209 91210 5:7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure 91211 for a good man some would even dare to die. 91212 91213 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet 91214 sinners, Christ died for us. 91215 91216 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be 91217 saved from wrath through him. 91218 91219 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the 91220 death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by 91221 his life. 91222 91223 5:11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus 91224 Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. 91225 91226 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by 91227 sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: 5:13 91228 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when 91229 there is no law. 91230 91231 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them 91232 that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who 91233 is the figure of him that was to come. 91234 91235 5:15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through 91236 the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the 91237 gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto 91238 many. 91239 91240 5:16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the 91241 judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many 91242 offences unto justification. 91243 91244 5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they 91245 which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness 91246 shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 5:18 Therefore as by the 91247 offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by 91248 the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto 91249 justification of life. 91250 91251 5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by 91252 the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. 91253 91254 5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But 91255 where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 5:21 That as sin hath 91256 reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness 91257 unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. 91258 91259 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may 91260 abound? 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any 91261 longer therein? 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized 91262 into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 6:4 Therefore we are 91263 buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised 91264 up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should 91265 walk in newness of life. 91266 91267 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, 91268 we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6:6 Knowing 91269 this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin 91270 might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 91271 91272 6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. 91273 91274 6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live 91275 with him: 6:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no 91276 more; death hath no more dominion over him. 91277 91278 6:10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he 91279 liveth, he liveth unto God. 91280 91281 6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, 91282 but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 91283 91284 6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should 91285 obey it in the lusts thereof. 91286 91287 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness 91288 unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from 91289 the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 91290 91291 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under 91292 the law, but under grace. 91293 91294 6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but 91295 under grace? God forbid. 91296 91297 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, 91298 his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of 91299 obedience unto righteousness? 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were 91300 the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of 91301 doctrine which was delivered you. 91302 91303 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of 91304 righteousness. 91305 91306 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your 91307 flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and 91308 to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to 91309 righteousness unto holiness. 91310 91311 6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from 91312 righteousness. 91313 91314 6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now 91315 ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 91316 91317 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye 91318 have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 91319 91320 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal 91321 life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 91322 91323 7:1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) 91324 how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? 7:2 91325 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband 91326 so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from 91327 the law of her husband. 91328 91329 7:3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another 91330 man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, 91331 she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be 91332 married to another man. 91333 91334 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the 91335 body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who 91336 is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. 91337 91338 7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by 91339 the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. 91340 91341 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we 91342 were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the 91343 oldness of the letter. 91344 91345 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not 91346 known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law 91347 had said, Thou shalt not covet. 91348 91349 7:8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all 91350 manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 91351 91352 7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment 91353 came, sin revived, and I died. 91354 91355 7:10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be 91356 unto death. 91357 91358 7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by 91359 it slew me. 91360 91361 7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, 91362 and good. 91363 91364 7:13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But 91365 sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is 91366 good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. 91367 91368 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold 91369 under sin. 91370 91371 7:15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; 91372 but what I hate, that do I. 91373 91374 7:16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that 91375 it is good. 91376 91377 7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 91378 91379 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good 91380 thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which 91381 is good I find not. 91382 91383 7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would 91384 not, that I do. 91385 91386 7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin 91387 that dwelleth in me. 91388 91389 7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present 91390 with me. 91391 91392 7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 7:23 But I 91393 see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and 91394 bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 91395 91396 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of 91397 this death? 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then 91398 with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the 91399 law of sin. 91400 91401 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ 91402 Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 91403 91404 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me 91405 free from the law of sin and death. 91406 91407 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the 91408 flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and 91409 for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 8:4 That the righteousness of the 91410 law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after 91411 the Spirit. 91412 91413 8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; 91414 but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 91415 91416 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded 91417 is life and peace. 91418 91419 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not 91420 subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 91421 91422 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 91423 91424 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the 91425 Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of 91426 Christ, he is none of his. 91427 91428 8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the 91429 Spirit is life because of righteousness. 91430 91431 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell 91432 in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your 91433 mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 91434 91435 8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live 91436 after the flesh. 91437 91438 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through 91439 the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 91440 91441 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of 91442 God. 91443 91444 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but 91445 ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 91446 91447 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are 91448 the children of God: 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, 91449 and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we 91450 may be also glorified together. 91451 91452 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not 91453 worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 91454 91455 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the 91456 manifestation of the sons of God. 91457 91458 8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but 91459 by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 8:21 Because the 91460 creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption 91461 into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 91462 91463 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in 91464 pain together until now. 91465 91466 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits 91467 of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for 91468 the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 91469 91470 8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for 91471 what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 8:25 But if we hope for 91472 that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. 91473 91474 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not 91475 what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh 91476 intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 91477 91478 8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the 91479 Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the 91480 will of God. 91481 91482 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that 91483 love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 91484 91485 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be 91486 conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn 91487 among many brethren. 91488 91489 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom 91490 he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also 91491 glorified. 91492 91493 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can 91494 be against us? 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him 91495 up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all 91496 things? 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It 91497 is God that justifieth. 91498 91499 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, 91500 that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also 91501 maketh intercession for us. 91502 91503 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, 91504 or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or 91505 sword? 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day 91506 long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 91507 91508 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him 91509 that loved us. 91510 91511 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor 91512 principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 91513 8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to 91514 separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 91515 91516 9:1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing 91517 me witness in the Holy Ghost, 9:2 That I have great heaviness and 91518 continual sorrow in my heart. 91519 91520 9:3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my 91521 brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 9:4 Who are Israelites; 91522 to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and 91523 the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; 9:5 91524 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ 91525 came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. 91526 91527 9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are 91528 not all Israel, which are of Israel: 9:7 Neither, because they are the 91529 seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed 91530 be called. 91531 91532 9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not 91533 the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for 91534 the seed. 91535 91536 9:9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and 91537 Sarah shall have a son. 91538 91539 9:10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, 91540 even by our father Isaac; 9:11 (For the children being not yet born, 91541 neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God 91542 according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that 91543 calleth;) 9:12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the 91544 younger. 91545 91546 9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. 91547 91548 9:14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God 91549 forbid. 91550 91551 9:15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have 91552 mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 91553 91554 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, 91555 but of God that sheweth mercy. 91556 91557 9:17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose 91558 have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my 91559 name might be declared throughout all the earth. 91560 91561 9:18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he 91562 will he hardeneth. 91563 91564 9:19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who 91565 hath resisted his will? 9:20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that 91566 repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed 91567 it, Why hast thou made me thus? 9:21 Hath not the potter power over 91568 the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another 91569 unto dishonour? 9:22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to 91570 make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of 91571 wrath fitted to destruction: 9:23 And that he might make known the 91572 riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore 91573 prepared unto glory, 9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the 91574 Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? 9:25 As he saith also in Osee, I 91575 will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, 91576 which was not beloved. 91577 91578 9:26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said 91579 unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the 91580 children of the living God. 91581 91582 9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the 91583 children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be 91584 saved: 9:28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in 91585 righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. 91586 91587 9:29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us 91588 a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. 91589 91590 9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not 91591 after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the 91592 righteousness which is of faith. 91593 91594 9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath 91595 not attained to the law of righteousness. 91596 91597 9:32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by 91598 the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 9:33 91599 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of 91600 offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 91601 91602 10:1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that 91603 they might be saved. 91604 91605 10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not 91606 according to knowledge. 91607 91608 10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about 91609 to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves 91610 unto the righteousness of God. 91611 91612 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one 91613 that believeth. 91614 91615 10:5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That 91616 the man which doeth those things shall live by them. 91617 91618 10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, 91619 Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to 91620 bring Christ down from above:) 10:7 Or, Who shall descend into the 91621 deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) 10:8 But 91622 what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy 91623 heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 10:9 That if thou 91624 shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in 91625 thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be 91626 saved. 91627 91628 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with 91629 the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 91630 91631 10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be 91632 ashamed. 91633 91634 10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for 91635 the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 91636 91637 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be 91638 saved. 91639 91640 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? 91641 and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how 91642 shall they hear without a preacher? 10:15 And how shall they preach, 91643 except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of 91644 them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good 91645 things! 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias 91646 saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 10:17 So then faith cometh 91647 by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 91648 91649 10:18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went 91650 into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. 91651 91652 10:19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will 91653 provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish 91654 nation I will anger you. 91655 91656 10:20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that 91657 sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. 91658 91659 10:21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my 91660 hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. 91661 91662 11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also 91663 am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 91664 91665 11:2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not 91666 what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God 91667 against Israel saying, 11:3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and 91668 digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 91669 91670 11:4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to 91671 myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of 91672 Baal. 91673 91674 11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant 91675 according to the election of grace. 91676 91677 11:6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is 91678 no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: 91679 otherwise work is no more work. 91680 91681 11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; 91682 but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 91683 91684 11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of 91685 slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not 91686 hear;) unto this day. 91687 91688 11:9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and 91689 a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 11:10 Let their eyes be 91690 darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. 91691 91692 11:11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God 91693 forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the 91694 Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. 91695 91696 11:12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the 91697 diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their 91698 fulness? 11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the 91699 apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: 11:14 If by any means 91700 I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save 91701 some of them. 91702 91703 11:15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, 91704 what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? 11:16 91705 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root 91706 be holy, so are the branches. 91707 91708 11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a 91709 wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest 91710 of the root and fatness of the olive tree; 11:18 Boast not against the 91711 branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root 91712 thee. 91713 91714 11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might 91715 be graffed in. 91716 91717 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou 91718 standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 11:21 For if God 91719 spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not 91720 thee. 91721 91722 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which 91723 fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his 91724 goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. 91725 91726 11:23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be 91727 graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. 91728 91729 11:24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by 91730 nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: 91731 how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed 91732 into their own olive tree? 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye 91733 should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own 91734 conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the 91735 fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 91736 91737 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall 91738 come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from 91739 Jacob: 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away 91740 their sins. 91741 91742 11:28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but 91743 as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes. 91744 91745 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. 91746 91747 11:30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now 91748 obtained mercy through their unbelief: 11:31 Even so have these also 91749 now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. 91750 91751 11:32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have 91752 mercy upon all. 91753 91754 11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of 91755 God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding 91756 out! 11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been 91757 his counsellor? 11:35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be 91758 recompensed unto him again? 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to 91759 him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. 91760 91761 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye 91762 present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, 91763 which is your reasonable service. 91764 91765 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the 91766 renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and 91767 acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 91768 91769 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is 91770 among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; 91771 but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the 91772 measure of faith. 91773 91774 12:4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not 91775 the same office: 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and 91776 every one members one of another. 91777 91778 12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given 91779 to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion 91780 of faith; 12:7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that 91781 teacheth, on teaching; 12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he 91782 that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with 91783 diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. 91784 91785 12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; 91786 cleave to that which is good. 91787 91788 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in 91789 honour preferring one another; 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent 91790 in spirit; serving the Lord; 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in 91791 tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; 12:13 Distributing to the 91792 necessity of saints; given to hospitality. 91793 91794 12:14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. 91795 91796 12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. 91797 91798 12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, 91799 but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. 91800 91801 12:17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the 91802 sight of all men. 91803 91804 12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with 91805 all men. 91806 91807 12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place 91808 unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith 91809 the Lord. 91810 91811 12:20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give 91812 him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 91813 91814 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. 91815 91816 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no 91817 power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. 91818 91819 13:2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance 91820 of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 91821 91822 13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt 91823 thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou 91824 shalt have praise of the same: 13:4 For he is the minister of God to 91825 thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he 91826 beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a 91827 revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 91828 91829 13:5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also 91830 for conscience sake. 91831 91832 13:6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's 91833 ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. 91834 91835 13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is 91836 due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. 91837 91838 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth 91839 another hath fulfilled the law. 91840 91841 13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, 91842 Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt 91843 not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly 91844 comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as 91845 thyself. 91846 91847 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the 91848 fulfilling of the law. 91849 91850 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake 91851 out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. 91852 91853 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore 91854 cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. 91855 91856 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and 91857 drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and 91858 envying. 91859 91860 13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for 91861 the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. 91862 91863 14:1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful 91864 disputations. 91865 91866 14:2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is 91867 weak, eateth herbs. 91868 91869 14:3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not 91870 him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. 91871 91872 14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own 91873 master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is 91874 able to make him stand. 91875 91876 14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every 91877 day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. 91878 91879 14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he 91880 that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that 91881 eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that 91882 eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. 91883 91884 14:7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. 91885 91886 14:8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, 91887 we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the 91888 Lord's. 91889 91890 14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he 91891 might be Lord both of the dead and living. 91892 91893 14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at 91894 nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of 91895 Christ. 91896 91897 14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall 91898 bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 91899 91900 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. 91901 91902 14:13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this 91903 rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his 91904 brother's way. 91905 91906 14:14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is 91907 nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be 91908 unclean, to him it is unclean. 91909 91910 14:15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou 91911 not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. 91912 91913 14:16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of: 14:17 For the kingdom 91914 of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in 91915 the Holy Ghost. 91916 91917 14:18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, 91918 and approved of men. 91919 91920 14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, 91921 and things wherewith one may edify another. 91922 91923 14:20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are 91924 pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. 91925 91926 14:21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any 91927 thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. 91928 91929 14:22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that 91930 condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. 91931 91932 14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not 91933 of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. 91934 91935 15:1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the 91936 weak, and not to please ourselves. 91937 91938 15:2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to 91939 edification. 91940 91941 15:3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The 91942 reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. 91943 91944 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our 91945 learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might 91946 have hope. 91947 91948 15:5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be 91949 likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: 15:6 That ye 91950 may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our 91951 Lord Jesus Christ. 91952 91953 15:7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to 91954 the glory of God. 91955 91956 15:8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision 91957 for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: 91958 15:9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is 91959 written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and 91960 sing unto thy name. 91961 91962 15:10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. 91963 91964 15:11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all 91965 ye people. 91966 91967 15:12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he 91968 that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles 91969 trust. 91970 91971 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in 91972 believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy 91973 Ghost. 91974 91975 15:14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also 91976 are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish 91977 one another. 91978 91979 15:15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you 91980 in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is 91981 given to me of God, 15:16 That I should be the minister of Jesus 91982 Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the 91983 offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by 91984 the Holy Ghost. 91985 91986 15:17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in 91987 those things which pertain to God. 91988 91989 15:18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ 91990 hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and 91991 deed, 15:19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the 91992 Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, 91993 I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 91994 91995 15:20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ 91996 was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation: 15:21 91997 But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: 91998 and they that have not heard shall understand. 91999 92000 15:22 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to 92001 you. 92002 92003 15:23 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great 92004 desire these many years to come unto you; 15:24 Whensoever I take my 92005 journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my 92006 journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be 92007 somewhat filled with your company. 92008 92009 15:25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. 92010 92011 15:26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a 92012 certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. 92013 92014 15:27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if 92015 the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their 92016 duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. 92017 92018 15:28 When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them 92019 this fruit, I will come by you into Spain. 92020 92021 15:29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the 92022 fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. 92023 92024 15:30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, 92025 and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in 92026 your prayers to God for me; 15:31 That I may be delivered from them 92027 that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for 92028 Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; 15:32 That I may come unto 92029 you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. 92030 92031 15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. 92032 92033 16:1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the 92034 church which is at Cenchrea: 16:2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as 92035 becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she 92036 hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself 92037 also. 92038 92039 16:3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: 16:4 Who 92040 have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give 92041 thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. 92042 92043 16:5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my 92044 well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. 92045 92046 16:6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us. 92047 92048 16:7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, 92049 who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. 92050 92051 16:8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. 92052 92053 16:9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. 92054 92055 16:10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of 92056 Aristobulus' household. 92057 92058 16:11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household 92059 of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. 92060 92061 16:12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the 92062 beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord. 92063 92064 16:13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. 92065 92066 16:14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the 92067 brethren which are with them. 92068 92069 16:15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and 92070 Olympas, and all the saints which are with them. 92071 92072 16:16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ 92073 salute you. 92074 92075 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and 92076 offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid 92077 them. 92078 92079 16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but 92080 their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the 92081 hearts of the simple. 92082 92083 16:19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad 92084 therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that 92085 which is good, and simple concerning evil. 92086 92087 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. 92088 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. 92089 92090 16:21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, 92091 my kinsmen, salute you. 92092 92093 16:22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. 92094 92095 16:23 Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus 92096 the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother. 92097 92098 16:24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 92099 92100 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my 92101 gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation 92102 of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 16:26 But 92103 now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according 92104 to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations 92105 for the obedience of faith: 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through 92106 Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. 92107 92108 92109 92110 The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians 92111 92112 92113 1:1 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of 92114 God, and Sosthenes our brother, 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at 92115 Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be 92116 saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus 92117 Christ our Lord, both their's and our's: 1:3 Grace be unto you, and 92118 peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 92119 92120 1:4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which 92121 is given you by Jesus Christ; 1:5 That in every thing ye are enriched 92122 by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; 1:6 Even as the 92123 testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 1:7 So that ye come behind 92124 in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 1:8 Who 92125 shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the 92126 day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 92127 92128 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his 92129 Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 92130 92131 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus 92132 Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no 92133 divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the 92134 same mind and in the same judgment. 92135 92136 1:11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them 92137 which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. 92138 92139 1:12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I 92140 of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. 92141 92142 1:13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye 92143 baptized in the name of Paul? 1:14 I thank God that I baptized none 92144 of you, but Crispus and Gaius; 1:15 Lest any should say that I had 92145 baptized in mine own name. 92146 92147 1:16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know 92148 not whether I baptized any other. 92149 92150 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not 92151 with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none 92152 effect. 92153 92154 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish 92155 foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 92156 92157 1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and 92158 will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 92159 92160 1:20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of 92161 this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 1:21 92162 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, 92163 it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that 92164 believe. 92165 92166 1:22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 92167 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, 92168 and unto the Greeks foolishness; 1:24 But unto them which are called, 92169 both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 92170 92171 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the 92172 weakness of God is stronger than men. 92173 92174 1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men 92175 after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 1:27 But 92176 God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; 92177 and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the 92178 things which are mighty; 1:28 And base things of the world, and things 92179 which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to 92180 bring to nought things that are: 1:29 That no flesh should glory in 92181 his presence. 92182 92183 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us 92184 wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 1:31 92185 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in 92186 the Lord. 92187 92188 2:1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of 92189 speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. 92190 92191 2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus 92192 Christ, and him crucified. 92193 92194 2:3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much 92195 trembling. 92196 92197 2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of 92198 man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 2:5 92199 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the 92200 power of God. 92201 92202 2:6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the 92203 wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to 92204 nought: 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the 92205 hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 2:8 92206 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, 92207 they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 92208 92209 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither 92210 have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared 92211 for them that love him. 92212 92213 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit 92214 searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 92215 92216 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man 92217 which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the 92218 Spirit of God. 92219 92220 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit 92221 which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given 92222 to us of God. 92223 92224 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom 92225 teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual 92226 things with spiritual. 92227 92228 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of 92229 God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, 92230 because they are spiritually discerned. 92231 92232 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is 92233 judged of no man. 92234 92235 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct 92236 him? But we have the mind of Christ. 92237 92238 3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but 92239 as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 92240 92241 3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were 92242 not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 92243 92244 3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and 92245 strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 3:4 For 92246 while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye 92247 not carnal? 3:5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers 92248 by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 3:6 I have 92249 planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 92250 92251 3:7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that 92252 watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 92253 92254 3:8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man 92255 shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. 92256 92257 3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye 92258 are God's building. 92259 92260 3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise 92261 masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth 92262 thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 92263 92264 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is 92265 Jesus Christ. 92266 92267 3:12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious 92268 stones, wood, hay, stubble; 3:13 Every man's work shall be made 92269 manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed 92270 by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 92271 92272 3:14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall 92273 receive a reward. 92274 92275 3:15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he 92276 himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. 92277 92278 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of 92279 God dwelleth in you? 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him 92280 shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. 92281 92282 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be 92283 wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 92284 92285 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is 92286 written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 92287 92288 3:20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they 92289 are vain. 92290 92291 3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's; 92292 3:22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or 92293 death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's; 3:23 And 92294 ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. 92295 92296 4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and 92297 stewards of the mysteries of God. 92298 92299 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. 92300 92301 4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of 92302 you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. 92303 92304 4:4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but 92305 he that judgeth me is the Lord. 92306 92307 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who 92308 both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make 92309 manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have 92310 praise of God. 92311 92312 4:6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to 92313 myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to 92314 think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed 92315 up for one against another. 92316 92317 4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou 92318 that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost 92319 thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 4:8 Now ye are full, 92320 now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to 92321 God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. 92322 92323 4:9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it 92324 were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, 92325 and to angels, and to men. 92326 92327 4:10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are 92328 weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. 92329 92330 4:11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are 92331 naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; 4:12 And 92332 labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being 92333 persecuted, we suffer it: 4:13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made 92334 as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto 92335 this day. 92336 92337 4:14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I 92338 warn you. 92339 92340 4:15 For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have 92341 ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through 92342 the gospel. 92343 92344 4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 92345 92346 4:17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved 92347 son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of 92348 my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. 92349 92350 4:18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. 92351 92352 4:19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, 92353 not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. 92354 92355 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 92356 92357 4:21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and 92358 in the spirit of meekness? 5:1 It is reported commonly that there is 92359 fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named 92360 among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. 92361 92362 5:2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that 92363 hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. 92364 92365 5:3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have 92366 judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so 92367 done this deed, 5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are 92368 gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus 92369 Christ, 5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of 92370 the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 92371 92372 5:6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven 92373 leaveneth the whole lump? 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, 92374 that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our 92375 passover is sacrificed for us: 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, 92376 not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; 92377 but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 92378 92379 5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 92380 5:10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with 92381 the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye 92382 needs go out of the world. 92383 92384 5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man 92385 that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, 92386 or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not 92387 to eat. 92388 92389 5:12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not 92390 ye judge them that are within? 5:13 But them that are without God 92391 judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. 92392 92393 6:1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before 92394 the unjust, and not before the saints? 6:2 Do ye not know that the 92395 saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, 92396 are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 6:3 Know ye not that 92397 we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 92398 6:4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set 92399 them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. 92400 92401 6:5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man 92402 among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his 92403 brethren? 6:6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before 92404 the unbelievers. 92405 92406 6:7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to 92407 law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not 92408 rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? 6:8 Nay, ye do wrong, and 92409 defraud, and that your brethren. 92410 92411 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of 92412 God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor 92413 adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 92414 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor 92415 extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 92416 92417 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are 92418 sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by 92419 the Spirit of our God. 92420 92421 6:12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: 92422 all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the 92423 power of any. 92424 92425 6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall 92426 destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for 92427 the Lord; and the Lord for the body. 92428 92429 6:14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us 92430 by his own power. 92431 92432 6:15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I 92433 then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an 92434 harlot? God forbid. 92435 92436 6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one 92437 body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 92438 92439 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 92440 92441 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; 92442 but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 92443 92444 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost 92445 which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 6:20 92446 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, 92447 and in your spirit, which are God's. 92448 92449 7:1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for 92450 a man not to touch a woman. 92451 92452 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own 92453 wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 92454 92455 7:3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise 92456 also the wife unto the husband. 92457 92458 7:4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and 92459 likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the 92460 wife. 92461 92462 7:5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a 92463 time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come 92464 together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. 92465 92466 7:6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. 92467 92468 7:7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath 92469 his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. 92470 92471 7:8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them 92472 if they abide even as I. 92473 92474 7:9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to 92475 marry than to burn. 92476 92477 7:10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not 92478 the wife depart from her husband: 7:11 But and if she depart, let her 92479 remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the 92480 husband put away his wife. 92481 92482 7:12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife 92483 that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not 92484 put her away. 92485 92486 7:13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he 92487 be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. 92488 92489 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the 92490 unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children 92491 unclean; but now are they holy. 92492 92493 7:15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a 92494 sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to 92495 peace. 92496 92497 7:16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy 92498 husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy 92499 wife? 7:17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath 92500 called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. 92501 92502 7:18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become 92503 uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be 92504 circumcised. 92505 92506 7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the 92507 keeping of the commandments of God. 92508 92509 7:20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. 92510 92511 7:21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou 92512 mayest be made free, use it rather. 92513 92514 7:22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's 92515 freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's 92516 servant. 92517 92518 7:23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. 92519 92520 7:24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with 92521 God. 92522 92523 7:25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I 92524 give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be 92525 faithful. 92526 92527 7:26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I 92528 say, that it is good for a man so to be. 92529 92530 7:27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou 92531 loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. 92532 92533 7:28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin 92534 marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in 92535 the flesh: but I spare you. 92536 92537 7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that 92538 both they that have wives be as though they had none; 7:30 And they 92539 that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though 92540 they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; 92541 7:31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion 92542 of this world passeth away. 92543 92544 7:32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried 92545 careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the 92546 Lord: 7:33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of 92547 the world, how he may please his wife. 92548 92549 7:34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The 92550 unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be 92551 holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for 92552 the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 92553 92554 7:35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare 92555 upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon 92556 the Lord without distraction. 92557 92558 7:36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his 92559 virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let 92560 him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. 92561 92562 7:37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no 92563 necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in 92564 his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. 92565 92566 7:38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that 92567 giveth her not in marriage doeth better. 92568 92569 7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but 92570 if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she 92571 will; only in the Lord. 92572 92573 7:40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I 92574 think also that I have the Spirit of God. 92575 92576 8:1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all 92577 have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. 92578 92579 8:2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing 92580 yet as he ought to know. 92581 92582 8:3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him. 92583 92584 8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are 92585 offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in 92586 the world, and that there is none other God but one. 92587 92588 8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in 92589 earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) 8:6 But to us there is 92590 but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and 92591 one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. 92592 92593 8:7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with 92594 conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto 92595 an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. 92596 92597 8:8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we 92598 the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. 92599 92600 8:9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a 92601 stumblingblock to them that are weak. 92602 92603 8:10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the 92604 idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be 92605 emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 8:11 And 92606 through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ 92607 died? 8:12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their 92608 weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 92609 92610 8:13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh 92611 while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend. 92612 92613 9:1 Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ 92614 our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? 9:2 If I be not an apostle 92615 unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine 92616 apostleship are ye in the Lord. 92617 92618 9:3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, 9:4 Have we not 92619 power to eat and to drink? 9:5 Have we not power to lead about a 92620 sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the 92621 Lord, and Cephas? 9:6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to 92622 forbear working? 9:7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? 92623 who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who 92624 feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 9:8 Say I 92625 these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? 9:9 For it 92626 is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the 92627 ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? 9:10 Or 92628 saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is 92629 written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that 92630 thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. 92631 92632 9:11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if 92633 we shall reap your carnal things? 9:12 If others be partakers of this 92634 power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this 92635 power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of 92636 Christ. 92637 92638 9:13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of 92639 the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are 92640 partakers with the altar? 9:14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that 92641 they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. 92642 92643 9:15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written 92644 these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better 92645 for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. 92646 92647 9:16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for 92648 necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the 92649 gospel! 9:17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but 92650 if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. 92651 92652 9:18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I 92653 may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my 92654 power in the gospel. 92655 92656 9:19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant 92657 unto all, that I might gain the more. 92658 92659 9:20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; 92660 to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain 92661 them that are under the law; 9:21 To them that are without law, as 92662 without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to 92663 Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. 92664 92665 9:22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am 92666 made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 92667 92668 9:23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker 92669 thereof with you. 92670 92671 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one 92672 receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 92673 92674 9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all 92675 things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an 92676 incorruptible. 92677 92678 9:26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one 92679 that beateth the air: 9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into 92680 subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I 92681 myself should be a castaway. 92682 92683 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how 92684 that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the 92685 sea; 10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the 92686 sea; 10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 10:4 And did all 92687 drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock 92688 that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 92689 92690 10:5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were 92691 overthrown in the wilderness. 92692 92693 10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not 92694 lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 92695 92696 10:7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, 92697 The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 92698 92699 10:8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and 92700 fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 92701 92702 10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and 92703 were destroyed of serpents. 92704 92705 10:10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were 92706 destroyed of the destroyer. 92707 92708 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they 92709 are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are 92710 come. 92711 92712 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he 92713 fall. 92714 92715 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: 92716 but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that 92717 ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, 92718 that ye may be able to bear it. 92719 92720 10:14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. 92721 92722 10:15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. 92723 92724 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of 92725 the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion 92726 of the body of Christ? 10:17 For we being many are one bread, and one 92727 body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. 92728 92729 10:18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the 92730 sacrifices partakers of the altar? 10:19 What say I then? that the 92731 idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is 92732 any thing? 10:20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles 92733 sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not 92734 that ye should have fellowship with devils. 92735 92736 10:21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye 92737 cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. 92738 92739 10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? 92740 10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: 92741 all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. 92742 92743 10:24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. 92744 92745 10:25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question 92746 for conscience sake: 10:26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the 92747 fulness thereof. 92748 92749 10:27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be 92750 disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question 92751 for conscience sake. 92752 92753 10:28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto 92754 idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: 92755 for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: 10:29 92756 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my 92757 liberty judged of another man's conscience? 10:30 For if I by grace 92758 be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give 92759 thanks? 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye 92760 do, do all to the glory of God. 92761 92762 10:32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor 92763 to the church of God: 10:33 Even as I please all men in all things, 92764 not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be 92765 saved. 92766 92767 11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. 92768 92769 11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, 92770 and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. 92771 92772 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; 92773 and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 92774 92775 11:4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, 92776 dishonoureth his head. 92777 92778 11:5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head 92779 uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she 92780 were shaven. 92781 92782 11:6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it 92783 be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. 92784 92785 11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is 92786 the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. 92787 92788 11:8 For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. 92789 92790 11:9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the 92791 man. 92792 92793 11:10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because 92794 of the angels. 92795 92796 11:11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the 92797 woman without the man, in the Lord. 92798 92799 11:12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the 92800 woman; but all things of God. 92801 92802 11:13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God 92803 uncovered? 11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a 92804 man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? 11:15 But if a woman have 92805 long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a 92806 covering. 92807 92808 11:16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, 92809 neither the churches of God. 92810 92811 11:17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye 92812 come together not for the better, but for the worse. 92813 92814 11:18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear 92815 that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. 92816 92817 11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are 92818 approved may be made manifest among you. 92819 92820 11:20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to 92821 eat the Lord's supper. 92822 92823 11:21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and 92824 one is hungry, and another is drunken. 92825 92826 11:22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye 92827 the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to 92828 you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. 92829 92830 11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto 92831 you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took 92832 bread: 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, 92833 Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in 92834 remembrance of me. 92835 92836 11:25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, 92837 saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft 92838 as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 92839 92840 11:26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do 92841 shew the Lord's death till he come. 92842 92843 11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of 92844 the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the 92845 Lord. 92846 92847 11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, 92848 and drink of that cup. 92849 92850 11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh 92851 damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 92852 92853 11:30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many 92854 sleep. 92855 92856 11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 92857 92858 11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we 92859 should not be condemned with the world. 92860 92861 11:33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one 92862 for another. 92863 92864 11:34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not 92865 together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I 92866 come. 92867 92868 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you 92869 ignorant. 92870 92871 12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb 92872 idols, even as ye were led. 92873 92874 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the 92875 Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that 92876 Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 92877 92878 12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 92879 92880 12:5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 92881 92882 12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God 92883 which worketh all in all. 92884 92885 12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to 92886 profit withal. 92887 92888 12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another 92889 the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 12:9 To another faith by the 92890 same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 12:10 92891 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another 92892 discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another 92893 the interpretation of tongues: 12:11 But all these worketh that one 92894 and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. 92895 92896 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the 92897 members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 92898 92899 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we 92900 be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all 92901 made to drink into one Spirit. 92902 92903 12:14 For the body is not one member, but many. 92904 92905 12:15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of 92906 the body; is it therefore not of the body? 12:16 And if the ear shall 92907 say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore 92908 not of the body? 12:17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the 92909 hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? 12:18 92910 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it 92911 hath pleased him. 92912 92913 12:19 And if they were all one member, where were the body? 12:20 But 92914 now are they many members, yet but one body. 92915 92916 12:21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: 92917 nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 92918 92919 12:22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more 92920 feeble, are necessary: 12:23 And those members of the body, which we 92921 think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant 92922 honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. 92923 92924 12:24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the 92925 body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which 92926 lacked. 92927 92928 12:25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members 92929 should have the same care one for another. 92930 92931 12:26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; 92932 or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. 92933 92934 12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. 92935 92936 12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily 92937 prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of 92938 healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. 92939 92940 12:29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all 92941 workers of miracles? 12:30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all 92942 speak with tongues? do all interpret? 12:31 But covet earnestly the 92943 best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. 92944 92945 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have 92946 not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 92947 92948 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all 92949 mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I 92950 could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 92951 92952 13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I 92953 give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me 92954 nothing. 92955 92956 13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity 92957 vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 13:5 Doth not behave itself 92958 unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no 92959 evil; 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 13:7 92960 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth 92961 all things. 92962 92963 13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they 92964 shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there 92965 be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 92966 92967 13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 92968 92969 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in 92970 part shall be done away. 92971 92972 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, 92973 I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish 92974 things. 92975 92976 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: 92977 now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 92978 92979 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the 92980 greatest of these is charity. 92981 92982 14:1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that 92983 ye may prophesy. 92984 92985 14:2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, 92986 but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he 92987 speaketh mysteries. 92988 92989 14:3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and 92990 exhortation, and comfort. 92991 92992 14:4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he 92993 that prophesieth edifieth the church. 92994 92995 14:5 I would that ye all spake with tongues but rather that ye 92996 prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh 92997 with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive 92998 edifying. 92999 93000 14:6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what 93001 shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, 93002 or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? 14:7 And even 93003 things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they 93004 give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped 93005 or harped? 14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall 93006 prepare himself to the battle? 14:9 So likewise ye, except ye utter 93007 by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what 93008 is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. 93009 93010 14:10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and 93011 none of them is without signification. 93012 93013 14:11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be 93014 unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a 93015 barbarian unto me. 93016 93017 14:12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek 93018 that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. 93019 93020 14:13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that 93021 he may interpret. 93022 93023 14:14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my 93024 understanding is unfruitful. 93025 93026 14:15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray 93027 with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will 93028 sing with the understanding also. 93029 93030 14:16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that 93031 occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, 93032 seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? 14:17 For thou verily 93033 givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. 93034 93035 14:18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: 14:19 Yet 93036 in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, 93037 that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in 93038 an unknown tongue. 93039 93040 14:20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be 93041 ye children, but in understanding be men. 93042 93043 14:21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other 93044 lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not 93045 hear me, saith the LORD. 93046 93047 14:22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but 93048 to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that 93049 believe not, but for them which believe. 93050 93051 14:23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, 93052 and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are 93053 unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? 14:24 93054 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one 93055 unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: 14:25 And thus 93056 are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his 93057 face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth. 93058 93059 14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of 93060 you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, 93061 hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. 93062 93063 14:27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at 93064 the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. 93065 93066 14:28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the 93067 church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. 93068 93069 14:29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge. 93070 93071 14:30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the 93072 first hold his peace. 93073 93074 14:31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all 93075 may be comforted. 93076 93077 14:32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. 93078 93079 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all 93080 churches of the saints. 93081 93082 14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not 93083 permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under 93084 obedience as also saith the law. 93085 93086 14:35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at 93087 home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. 93088 93089 14:36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you 93090 only? 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, 93091 let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the 93092 commandments of the Lord. 93093 93094 14:38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. 93095 93096 14:39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak 93097 with tongues. 93098 93099 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order. 93100 93101 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I 93102 preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 93103 15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached 93104 unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 93105 93106 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, 93107 how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 15:4 93108 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according 93109 to the scriptures: 15:5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the 93110 twelve: 15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at 93111 once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are 93112 fallen asleep. 93113 93114 15:7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. 93115 93116 15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due 93117 time. 93118 93119 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called 93120 an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 93121 93122 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was 93123 bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than 93124 they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 93125 93126 15:11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye 93127 believed. 93128 93129 15:12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say 93130 some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 15:13 But 93131 if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 93132 15:14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your 93133 faith is also vain. 93134 93135 15:15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have 93136 testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if 93137 so be that the dead rise not. 93138 93139 15:16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 15:17 And 93140 if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 93141 93142 15:18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 93143 93144 15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men 93145 most miserable. 93146 93147 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the 93148 firstfruits of them that slept. 93149 93150 15:21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection 93151 of the dead. 93152 93153 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made 93154 alive. 93155 93156 15:23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; 93157 afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 93158 93159 15:24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom 93160 to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all 93161 authority and power. 93162 93163 15:25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 93164 93165 15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 93166 93167 15:27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all 93168 things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which 93169 did put all things under him. 93170 93171 15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the 93172 Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, 93173 that God may be all in all. 93174 93175 15:29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the 93176 dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? 15:30 93177 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 15:31 I protest by your 93178 rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily. 93179 93180 15:32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, 93181 what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; 93182 for to morrow we die. 93183 93184 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. 93185 93186 15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the 93187 knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. 93188 93189 15:35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what 93190 body do they come? 15:36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not 93191 quickened, except it die: 15:37 And that which thou sowest, thou 93192 sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of 93193 wheat, or of some other grain: 15:38 But God giveth it a body as it 93194 hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 93195 93196 15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh 93197 of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of 93198 birds. 93199 93200 15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the 93201 glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is 93202 another. 93203 93204 15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, 93205 and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another 93206 star in glory. 93207 93208 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in 93209 corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 15:43 It is sown in 93210 dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised 93211 in power: 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual 93212 body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 93213 93214 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; 93215 the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 93216 93217 15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is 93218 natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 93219 93220 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the 93221 Lord from heaven. 93222 93223 15:48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is 93224 the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 93225 93226 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear 93227 the image of the heavenly. 93228 93229 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit 93230 the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 93231 93232 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we 93233 shall all be changed, 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, 93234 at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be 93235 raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 93236 93237 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal 93238 must put on immortality. 93239 93240 15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and 93241 this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to 93242 pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 93243 93244 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 93245 15:56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 93246 93247 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our 93248 Lord Jesus Christ. 93249 93250 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, 93251 always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that 93252 your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 93253 93254 16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given 93255 order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. 93256 93257 16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in 93258 store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I 93259 come. 93260 93261 16:3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, 93262 them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem. 93263 93264 16:4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me. 93265 93266 16:5 Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: 93267 for I do pass through Macedonia. 93268 93269 16:6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that 93270 ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go. 93271 93272 16:7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a 93273 while with you, if the Lord permit. 93274 93275 16:8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. 93276 93277 16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are 93278 many adversaries. 93279 93280 16:10 Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: 93281 for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do. 93282 93283 16:11 Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in 93284 peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren. 93285 93286 16:12 As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come 93287 unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at 93288 this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time. 93289 93290 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. 93291 93292 16:14 Let all your things be done with charity. 93293 93294 16:15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that 93295 it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted 93296 themselves to the ministry of the saints,) 16:16 That ye submit 93297 yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and 93298 laboureth. 93299 93300 16:17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and 93301 Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied. 93302 93303 16:18 For they have refreshed my spirit and your's: therefore 93304 acknowledge ye them that are such. 93305 93306 16:19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you 93307 much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. 93308 93309 16:20 All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with 93310 an holy kiss. 93311 93312 16:21 The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. 93313 93314 16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be 93315 Anathema Maranatha. 93316 93317 16:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 93318 93319 16:24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. 93320 93321 93322 93323 The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians 93324 93325 93326 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy 93327 our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the 93328 saints which are in all Achaia: 1:2 Grace be to you and peace from God 93329 our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 93330 93331 1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the 93332 Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 1:4 Who comforteth us 93333 in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are 93334 in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of 93335 God. 93336 93337 1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation 93338 also aboundeth by Christ. 93339 93340 1:6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and 93341 salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings 93342 which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your 93343 consolation and salvation. 93344 93345 1:7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers 93346 of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. 93347 93348 1:8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which 93349 came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above 93350 strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 1:9 But we had the 93351 sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, 93352 but in God which raiseth the dead: 1:10 Who delivered us from so great 93353 a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver 93354 us; 1:11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift 93355 bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by 93356 many on our behalf. 93357 93358 1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that 93359 in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the 93360 grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more 93361 abundantly to you-ward. 93362 93363 1:13 For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or 93364 acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end; 1:14 As 93365 also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even 93366 as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus. 93367 93368 1:15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that 93369 ye might have a second benefit; 1:16 And to pass by you into 93370 Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to 93371 be brought on my way toward Judaea. 93372 93373 1:17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the 93374 things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with 93375 me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? 1:18 But as God is true, our 93376 word toward you was not yea and nay. 93377 93378 1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by 93379 us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in 93380 him was yea. 93381 93382 1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto 93383 the glory of God by us. 93384 93385 1:21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed 93386 us, is God; 1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the 93387 Spirit in our hearts. 93388 93389 1:23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you 93390 I came not as yet unto Corinth. 93391 93392 1:24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of 93393 your joy: for by faith ye stand. 93394 93395 2:1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to 93396 you in heaviness. 93397 93398 2:2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but 93399 the same which is made sorry by me? 2:3 And I wrote this same unto 93400 you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought 93401 to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of 93402 you all. 93403 93404 2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you 93405 with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know 93406 the love which I have more abundantly unto you. 93407 93408 2:5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: 93409 that I may not overcharge you all. 93410 93411 2:6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted 93412 of many. 93413 93414 2:7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort 93415 him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch 93416 sorrow. 93417 93418 2:8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward 93419 him. 93420 93421 2:9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of 93422 you, whether ye be obedient in all things. 93423 93424 2:10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave 93425 any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the 93426 person of Christ; 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for 93427 we are not ignorant of his devices. 93428 93429 2:12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and 93430 a door was opened unto me of the Lord, 2:13 I had no rest in my 93431 spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of 93432 them, I went from thence into Macedonia. 93433 93434 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in 93435 Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every 93436 place. 93437 93438 2:15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are 93439 saved, and in them that perish: 2:16 To the one we are the savour of 93440 death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And 93441 who is sufficient for these things? 2:17 For we are not as many, 93442 which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in 93443 the sight of God speak we in Christ. 93444 93445 3:1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some 93446 others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation 93447 from you? 3:2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and 93448 read of all men: 3:3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the 93449 epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the 93450 Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables 93451 of the heart. 93452 93453 3:4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: 3:5 Not that we 93454 are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but 93455 our sufficiency is of God; 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of 93456 the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the 93457 letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 93458 93459 3:7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, 93460 was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly 93461 behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory 93462 was to be done away: 3:8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit 93463 be rather glorious? 3:9 For if the ministration of condemnation be 93464 glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in 93465 glory. 93466 93467 3:10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this 93468 respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. 93469 93470 3:11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which 93471 remaineth is glorious. 93472 93473 3:12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of 93474 speech: 3:13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that 93475 the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that 93476 which is abolished: 3:14 But their minds were blinded: for until this 93477 day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old 93478 testament; which vail is done away in Christ. 93479 93480 3:15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon 93481 their heart. 93482 93483 3:16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be 93484 taken away. 93485 93486 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, 93487 there is liberty. 93488 93489 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of 93490 the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as 93491 by the Spirit of the LORD. 93492 93493 4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, 93494 we faint not; 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, 93495 not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; 93496 but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's 93497 conscience in the sight of God. 93498 93499 4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4:4 In 93500 whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which 93501 believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is 93502 the image of God, should shine unto them. 93503 93504 4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and 93505 ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. 93506 93507 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath 93508 shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory 93509 of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 93510 93511 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency 93512 of the power may be of God, and not of us. 93513 93514 4:8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are 93515 perplexed, but not in despair; 4:9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast 93516 down, but not destroyed; 4:10 Always bearing about in the body the 93517 dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made 93518 manifest in our body. 93519 93520 4:11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, 93521 that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal 93522 flesh. 93523 93524 4:12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you. 93525 93526 4:13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I 93527 believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore 93528 speak; 4:14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise 93529 up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. 93530 93531 4:15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might 93532 through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. 93533 93534 4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, 93535 yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 93536 93537 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for 93538 us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 4:18 While we 93539 look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not 93540 seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which 93541 are not seen are eternal. 93542 93543 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were 93544 dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, 93545 eternal in the heavens. 93546 93547 5:2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with 93548 our house which is from heaven: 5:3 If so be that being clothed we 93549 shall not be found naked. 93550 93551 5:4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not 93552 for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might 93553 be swallowed up of life. 93554 93555 5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who 93556 also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 93557 93558 5:6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at 93559 home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 5:7 (For we walk by 93560 faith, not by sight:) 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather 93561 to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 93562 93563 5:9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be 93564 accepted of him. 93565 93566 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that 93567 every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that 93568 he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 93569 93570 5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we 93571 are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your 93572 consciences. 93573 93574 5:12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you 93575 occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer 93576 them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. 93577 93578 5:13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we 93579 be sober, it is for your cause. 93580 93581 5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, 93582 that if one died for all, then were all dead: 5:15 And that he died 93583 for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto 93584 themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. 93585 93586 5:16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though 93587 we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him 93588 no more. 93589 93590 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old 93591 things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 93592 93593 5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by 93594 Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 93595 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto 93596 himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed 93597 unto us the word of reconciliation. 93598 93599 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech 93600 you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 93601 93602 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we 93603 might be made the righteousness of God in him. 93604 93605 6:1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye 93606 receive not the grace of God in vain. 93607 93608 6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the 93609 day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted 93610 time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) 6:3 Giving no offence in 93611 any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: 6:4 But in all things 93612 approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in 93613 afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 6:5 In stripes, in 93614 imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; 6:6 93615 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy 93616 Ghost, by love unfeigned, 6:7 By the word of truth, by the power of 93617 God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 93618 6:8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as 93619 deceivers, and yet true; 6:9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, 93620 and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; 6:10 As sorrowful, 93621 yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, 93622 and yet possessing all things. 93623 93624 6:11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is 93625 enlarged. 93626 93627 6:12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own 93628 bowels. 93629 93630 6:13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) 93631 be ye also enlarged. 93632 93633 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what 93634 fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion 93635 hath light with darkness? 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with 93636 Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 6:16 And 93637 what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the 93638 temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and 93639 walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 93640 93641 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the 93642 Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. 93643 93644 6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and 93645 daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. 93646 93647 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse 93648 ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting 93649 holiness in the fear of God. 93650 93651 7:2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we 93652 have defrauded no man. 93653 93654 7:3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye 93655 are in our hearts to die and live with you. 93656 93657 7:4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of 93658 you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our 93659 tribulation. 93660 93661 7:5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but 93662 we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were 93663 fears. 93664 93665 7:6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, 93666 comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7:7 And not by his coming only, 93667 but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told 93668 us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so 93669 that I rejoiced the more. 93670 93671 7:8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though 93672 I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you 93673 sorry, though it were but for a season. 93674 93675 7:9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed 93676 to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye 93677 might receive damage by us in nothing. 93678 93679 7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be 93680 repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 93681 93682 7:11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly 93683 sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of 93684 yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement 93685 desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have 93686 approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. 93687 93688 7:12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause 93689 that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but 93690 that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you. 93691 93692 7:13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly 93693 the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was 93694 refreshed by you all. 93695 93696 7:14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; 93697 but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, 93698 which I made before Titus, is found a truth. 93699 93700 7:15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he 93701 remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye 93702 received him. 93703 93704 7:16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things. 93705 93706 8:1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed 93707 on the churches of Macedonia; 8:2 How that in a great trial of 93708 affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded 93709 unto the riches of their liberality. 93710 93711 8:3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power 93712 they were willing of themselves; 8:4 Praying us with much intreaty 93713 that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the 93714 ministering to the saints. 93715 93716 8:5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own 93717 selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. 93718 93719 8:6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would 93720 also finish in you the same grace also. 93721 93722 8:7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, 93723 and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that 93724 ye abound in this grace also. 93725 93726 8:8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of 93727 others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. 93728 93729 8:9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he 93730 was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his 93731 poverty might be rich. 93732 93733 8:10 And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who 93734 have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. 93735 93736 8:11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a 93737 readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that 93738 which ye have. 93739 93740 8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to 93741 that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 93742 93743 8:13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: 8:14 But 93744 by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply 93745 for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your 93746 want: that there may be equality: 8:15 As it is written, He that had 93747 gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no 93748 lack. 93749 93750 8:16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the 93751 heart of Titus for you. 93752 93753 8:17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, 93754 of his own accord he went unto you. 93755 93756 8:18 And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the 93757 gospel throughout all the churches; 8:19 And not that only, but who 93758 was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, 93759 which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and 93760 declaration of your ready mind: 8:20 Avoiding this, that no man should 93761 blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: 8:21 Providing 93762 for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the 93763 sight of men. 93764 93765 8:22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes 93766 proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the 93767 great confidence which I have in you. 93768 93769 8:23 Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and 93770 fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are 93771 the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ. 93772 93773 8:24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of 93774 your love, and of our boasting on your behalf. 93775 93776 9:1 For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous 93777 for me to write to you: 9:2 For I know the forwardness of your mind, 93778 for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a 93779 year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many. 93780 93781 9:3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be 93782 in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready: 9:4 Lest 93783 haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we 93784 (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident 93785 boasting. 93786 93787 9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they 93788 would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof 93789 ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of 93790 bounty, and not as of covetousness. 93791 93792 9:6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also 93793 sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also 93794 bountifully. 93795 93796 9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; 93797 not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 93798 93799 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, 93800 always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good 93801 work: 9:9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given 93802 to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. 93803 93804 9:10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for 93805 your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of 93806 your righteousness;) 9:11 Being enriched in every thing to all 93807 bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. 93808 93809 9:12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the 93810 want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto 93811 God; 9:13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify 93812 God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for 93813 your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men; 9:14 And by 93814 their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of 93815 God in you. 93816 93817 9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. 93818 93819 10:1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of 93820 Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold 93821 toward you: 10:2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am 93822 present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against 93823 some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. 93824 93825 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 93826 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty 93827 through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 10:5 Casting down 93828 imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the 93829 knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the 93830 obedience of Christ; 10:6 And having in a readiness to revenge all 93831 disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. 93832 93833 10:7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man 93834 trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this 93835 again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. 93836 93837 10:8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which 93838 the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, 93839 I should not be ashamed: 10:9 That I may not seem as if I would 93840 terrify you by letters. 93841 93842 10:10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his 93843 bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. 93844 93845 10:11 Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by 93846 letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are 93847 present. 93848 93849 10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare 93850 ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring 93851 themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, 93852 are not wise. 93853 93854 10:13 But we will not boast of things without our measure, but 93855 according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, 93856 a measure to reach even unto you. 93857 93858 10:14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we 93859 reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in 93860 preaching the gospel of Christ: 10:15 Not boasting of things without 93861 our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when 93862 your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to 93863 our rule abundantly, 10:16 To preach the gospel in the regions beyond 93864 you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to 93865 our hand. 93866 93867 10:17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 93868 93869 10:18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the 93870 Lord commendeth. 93871 93872 11:1 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and 93873 indeed bear with me. 93874 93875 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have 93876 espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin 93877 to Christ. 93878 93879 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve 93880 through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the 93881 simplicity that is in Christ. 93882 93883 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not 93884 preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, 93885 or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with 93886 him. 93887 93888 11:5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 93889 93890 11:6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have 93891 been throughly made manifest among you in all things. 93892 93893 11:7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be 93894 exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? 93895 11:8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service. 93896 93897 11:9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to 93898 no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from 93899 Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being 93900 burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself. 93901 93902 11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this 93903 boasting in the regions of Achaia. 93904 93905 11:11 Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth. 93906 93907 11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from 93908 them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found 93909 even as we. 93910 93911 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming 93912 themselves into the apostles of Christ. 93913 93914 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of 93915 light. 93916 93917 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be 93918 transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be 93919 according to their works. 93920 93921 11:16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a 93922 fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. 93923 93924 11:17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it 93925 were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. 93926 93927 11:18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. 93928 93929 11:19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. 93930 93931 11:20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour 93932 you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you 93933 on the face. 93934 93935 11:21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. 93936 Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold 93937 also. 93938 93939 11:22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are 93940 they the seed of Abraham? so am I. 93941 93942 11:23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in 93943 labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more 93944 frequent, in deaths oft. 93945 93946 11:24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 93947 93948 11:25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I 93949 suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 11:26 93950 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in 93951 perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in 93952 the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils 93953 among false brethren; 11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings 93954 often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 93955 93956 11:28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me 93957 daily, the care of all the churches. 93958 93959 11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? 93960 11:30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern 93961 mine infirmities. 93962 93963 11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed 93964 for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. 93965 93966 11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of 93967 the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: 11:33 And 93968 through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped 93969 his hands. 93970 93971 12:1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to 93972 visions and revelations of the Lord. 93973 93974 12:2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the 93975 body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God 93976 knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. 93977 93978 12:3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, 93979 I cannot tell: God knoweth;) 12:4 How that he was caught up into 93980 paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a 93981 man to utter. 93982 93983 12:5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but 93984 in mine infirmities. 93985 93986 12:6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I 93987 will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me 93988 above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. 93989 93990 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance 93991 of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the 93992 messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above 93993 measure. 93994 93995 12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart 93996 from me. 93997 93998 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my 93999 strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I 94000 rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon 94001 me. 94002 94003 12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in 94004 necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for 94005 when I am weak, then am I strong. 94006 94007 12:11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I 94008 ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the 94009 very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. 94010 94011 12:12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all 94012 patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. 94013 94014 12:13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, 94015 except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this 94016 wrong. 94017 94018 12:14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not 94019 be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's but you: for the children 94020 ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. 94021 94022 12:15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the 94023 more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. 94024 94025 12:16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, 94026 I caught you with guile. 94027 94028 12:17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you? 94029 12:18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a 94030 gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the 94031 same steps? 12:19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? 94032 we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, 94033 for your edifying. 94034 94035 12:20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I 94036 would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest 94037 there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, 94038 swellings, tumults: 12:21 And lest, when I come again, my God will 94039 humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned 94040 already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and 94041 lasciviousness which they have committed. 94042 94043 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or 94044 three witnesses shall every word be established. 94045 94046 13:2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the 94047 second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore 94048 have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not 94049 spare: 13:3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to 94050 you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. 94051 94052 13:4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by 94053 the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with 94054 him by the power of God toward you. 94055 94056 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own 94057 selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, 94058 except ye be reprobates? 13:6 But I trust that ye shall know that we 94059 are not reprobates. 94060 94061 13:7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear 94062 approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as 94063 reprobates. 94064 94065 13:8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 94066 94067 13:9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this 94068 also we wish, even your perfection. 94069 94070 13:10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present 94071 I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath 94072 given me to edification, and not to destruction. 94073 94074 13:11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be 94075 of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be 94076 with you. 94077 94078 13:12 Greet one another with an holy kiss. 94079 94080 13:13 All the saints salute you. 94081 94082 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the 94083 communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. 94084 94085 94086 94087 94088 The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians 94089 94090 94091 1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus 94092 Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) 1:2 And all 94093 the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: 1:3 94094 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus 94095 Christ, 1:4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us 94096 from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our 94097 Father: 1:5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 94098 94099 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into 94100 the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 1:7 Which is not another; but 94101 there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of 94102 Christ. 94103 94104 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel 94105 unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be 94106 accursed. 94107 94108 1:9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other 94109 gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. 94110 94111 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? 94112 for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. 94113 94114 1:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached 94115 of me is not after man. 94116 94117 1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by 94118 the revelation of Jesus Christ. 94119 94120 1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' 94121 religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and 94122 wasted it: 1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my 94123 equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the 94124 traditions of my fathers. 94125 94126 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, 94127 and called me by his grace, 1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might 94128 preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh 94129 and blood: 1:17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were 94130 apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto 94131 Damascus. 94132 94133 1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and 94134 abode with him fifteen days. 94135 94136 1:19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's 94137 brother. 94138 94139 1:20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie 94140 not. 94141 94142 1:21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; 1:22 And 94143 was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ: 94144 1:23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times 94145 past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. 94146 94147 1:24 And they glorified God in me. 94148 94149 2:1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with 94150 Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. 94151 94152 2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that 94153 gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which 94154 were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in 94155 vain. 94156 94157 2:3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled 94158 to be circumcised: 2:4 And that because of false brethren unawares 94159 brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have 94160 in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: 2:5 To whom we 94161 gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the 94162 gospel might continue with you. 94163 94164 2:6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it 94165 maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who 94166 seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: 2:7 But 94167 contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was 94168 committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; 94169 2:8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of 94170 the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) 2:9 94171 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived 94172 the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the 94173 right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and 94174 they unto the circumcision. 94175 94176 2:10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which 94177 I also was forward to do. 94178 94179 2:11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, 94180 because he was to be blamed. 94181 94182 2:12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the 94183 Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, 94184 fearing them which were of the circumcision. 94185 94186 2:13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that 94187 Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. 94188 94189 2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the 94190 truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being 94191 a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, 94192 why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? 2:15 We who 94193 are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 2:16 Knowing that 94194 a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of 94195 Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be 94196 justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for 94197 by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. 94198 94199 2:17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves 94200 also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God 94201 forbid. 94202 94203 2:18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself 94204 a transgressor. 94205 94206 2:19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto 94207 God. 94208 94209 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but 94210 Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live 94211 by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 94212 94213 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by 94214 the law, then Christ is dead in vain. 94215 94216 3:1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not 94217 obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set 94218 forth, crucified among you? 3:2 This only would I learn of you, 94219 Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of 94220 faith? 3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now 94221 made perfect by the flesh? 3:4 Have ye suffered so many things in 94222 vain? if it be yet in vain. 94223 94224 3:5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh 94225 miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the 94226 hearing of faith? 3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was 94227 accounted to him for righteousness. 94228 94229 3:7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the 94230 children of Abraham. 94231 94232 3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen 94233 through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In 94234 thee shall all nations be blessed. 94235 94236 3:9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. 94237 94238 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: 94239 for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all 94240 things which are written in the book of the law to do them. 94241 94242 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it 94243 is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. 94244 94245 3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall 94246 live in them. 94247 94248 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a 94249 curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a 94250 tree: 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles 94251 through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit 94252 through faith. 94253 94254 3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a 94255 man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth 94256 thereto. 94257 94258 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, 94259 And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is 94260 Christ. 94261 94262 3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of 94263 God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, 94264 cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. 94265 94266 3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: 94267 but God gave it to Abraham by promise. 94268 94269 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of 94270 transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was 94271 made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. 94272 94273 3:20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. 94274 94275 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if 94276 there had been a law given which could have given life, verily 94277 righteousness should have been by the law. 94278 94279 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise 94280 by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. 94281 94282 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto 94283 the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 94284 94285 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, 94286 that we might be justified by faith. 94287 94288 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a 94289 schoolmaster. 94290 94291 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 94292 94293 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on 94294 Christ. 94295 94296 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, 94297 there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 94298 94299 3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs 94300 according to the promise. 94301 94302 4:1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth 94303 nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 4:2 But is under 94304 tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. 94305 94306 4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the 94307 elements of the world: 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, 94308 God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 4:5 To 94309 redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the 94310 adoption of sons. 94311 94312 4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son 94313 into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 94314 94315 4:7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, 94316 then an heir of God through Christ. 94317 94318 4:8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which 94319 by nature are no gods. 94320 94321 4:9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, 94322 how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye 94323 desire again to be in bondage? 4:10 Ye observe days, and months, and 94324 times, and years. 94325 94326 4:11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. 94327 94328 4:12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have 94329 not injured me at all. 94330 94331 4:13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel 94332 unto you at the first. 94333 94334 4:14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor 94335 rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. 94336 94337 4:15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, 94338 that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own 94339 eyes, and have given them to me. 94340 94341 4:16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? 94342 4:17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude 94343 you, that ye might affect them. 94344 94345 4:18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, 94346 and not only when I am present with you. 94347 94348 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ 94349 be formed in you, 4:20 I desire to be present with you now, and to 94350 change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. 94351 94352 4:21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the 94353 law? 4:22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a 94354 bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. 94355 94356 4:23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he 94357 of the freewoman was by promise. 94358 94359 4:24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; 94360 the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is 94361 Agar. 94362 94363 4:25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to 94364 Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. 94365 94366 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us 94367 all. 94368 94369 4:27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break 94370 forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many 94371 more children than she which hath an husband. 94372 94373 4:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. 94374 94375 4:29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that 94376 was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. 94377 94378 4:30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and 94379 her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son 94380 of the freewoman. 94381 94382 4:31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of 94383 the free. 94384 94385 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us 94386 free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 94387 94388 5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ 94389 shall profit you nothing. 94390 94391 5:3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a 94392 debtor to do the whole law. 94393 94394 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are 94395 justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 94396 94397 5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by 94398 faith. 94399 94400 5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor 94401 uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. 94402 94403 5:7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the 94404 truth? 5:8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. 94405 94406 5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. 94407 94408 5:10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none 94409 otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, 94410 whosoever he be. 94411 94412 5:11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet 94413 suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. 94414 94415 5:12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you. 94416 94417 5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not 94418 liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 94419 94420 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou 94421 shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 94422 94423 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not 94424 consumed one of another. 94425 94426 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the 94427 lust of the flesh. 94428 94429 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against 94430 the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye 94431 cannot do the things that ye would. 94432 94433 5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 94434 94435 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; 94436 Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 5:20 Idolatry, 94437 witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, 94438 heresies, 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such 94439 like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time 94440 past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of 94441 God. 94442 94443 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, 94444 gentleness, goodness, faith, 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such 94445 there is no law. 94446 94447 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the 94448 affections and lusts. 94449 94450 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 94451 94452 5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, 94453 envying one another. 94454 94455 6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are 94456 spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering 94457 thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 94458 94459 6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 94460 94461 6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he 94462 deceiveth himself. 94463 94464 6:4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have 94465 rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 94466 94467 6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden. 94468 94469 6:6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that 94470 teacheth in all good things. 94471 94472 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, 94473 that shall he also reap. 94474 94475 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap 94476 corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap 94477 life everlasting. 94478 94479 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall 94480 reap, if we faint not. 94481 94482 6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, 94483 especially unto them who are of the household of faith. 94484 94485 6:11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own 94486 hand. 94487 94488 6:12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they 94489 constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer 94490 persecution for the cross of Christ. 94491 94492 6:13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but 94493 desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. 94494 94495 6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord 94496 Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the 94497 world. 94498 94499 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor 94500 uncircumcision, but a new creature. 94501 94502 6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and 94503 mercy, and upon the Israel of God. 94504 94505 6:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the 94506 marks of the Lord Jesus. 94507 94508 6:18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. 94509 94510 Amen. 94511 94512 94513 94514 The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians 94515 94516 94517 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the 94518 saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: 94519 1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord 94520 Jesus Christ. 94521 94522 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath 94523 blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 94524 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the 94525 world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 94526 1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus 94527 Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 1:6 To 94528 the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted 94529 in the beloved. 94530 94531 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of 94532 sins, according to the riches of his grace; 1:8 Wherein he hath 94533 abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 1:9 Having made known 94534 unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which 94535 he hath purposed in himself: 1:10 That in the dispensation of the 94536 fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, 94537 both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 1:11 In 94538 whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated 94539 according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the 94540 counsel of his own will: 1:12 That we should be to the praise of his 94541 glory, who first trusted in Christ. 94542 94543 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, 94544 the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye 94545 were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 1:14 Which is the 94546 earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased 94547 possession, unto the praise of his glory. 94548 94549 1:15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, 94550 and love unto all the saints, 1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you, 94551 making mention of you in my prayers; 1:17 That the God of our Lord 94552 Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of 94553 wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 1:18 The eyes of your 94554 understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of 94555 his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in 94556 the saints, 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to 94557 us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 94558 1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and 94559 set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 1:21 Far above 94560 all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name 94561 that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to 94562 come: 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be 94563 the head over all things to the church, 1:23 Which is his body, the 94564 fulness of him that filleth all in all. 94565 94566 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 94567 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this 94568 world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit 94569 that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 2:3 Among whom also 94570 we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, 94571 fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by 94572 nature the children of wrath, even as others. 94573 94574 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he 94575 loved us, 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us 94576 together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 2:6 And hath raised us 94577 up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ 94578 Jesus: 2:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches 94579 of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 94580 94581 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of 94582 yourselves: it is the gift of God: 2:9 Not of works, lest any man 94583 should boast. 94584 94585 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good 94586 works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. 94587 94588 2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the 94589 flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the 94590 Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 2:12 That at that time ye 94591 were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and 94592 strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without 94593 God in the world: 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were 94594 far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 94595 94596 2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down 94597 the middle wall of partition between us; 2:15 Having abolished in his 94598 flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in 94599 ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making 94600 peace; 2:16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by 94601 the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 2:17 And came and preached 94602 peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. 94603 94604 2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the 94605 Father. 94606 94607 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but 94608 fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 2:20 And 94609 are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus 94610 Christ himself being the chief corner stone; 2:21 In whom all the 94611 building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the 94612 Lord: 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of 94613 God through the Spirit. 94614 94615 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you 94616 Gentiles, 3:2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God 94617 which is given me to you-ward: 3:3 How that by revelation he made 94618 known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 3:4 94619 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery 94620 of Christ) 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of 94621 men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the 94622 Spirit; 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same 94623 body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 3:7 94624 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of 94625 God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. 94626 94627 3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace 94628 given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches 94629 of Christ; 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the 94630 mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, 94631 who created all things by Jesus Christ: 3:10 To the intent that now 94632 unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known 94633 by the church the manifold wisdom of God, 3:11 According to the 94634 eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: 3:12 In 94635 whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. 94636 94637 3:13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, 94638 which is your glory. 94639 94640 3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus 94641 Christ, 3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 94642 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to 94643 be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 3:17 That 94644 Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and 94645 grounded in love, 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what 94646 is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 3:19 And to know 94647 the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled 94648 with all the fulness of God. 94649 94650 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all 94651 that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 3:21 94652 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, 94653 world without end. Amen. 94654 94655 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk 94656 worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 4:2 With all lowliness 94657 and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 4:3 94658 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 94659 94660 4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one 94661 hope of your calling; 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 4:6 One 94662 God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you 94663 all. 94664 94665 4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure 94666 of the gift of Christ. 94667 94668 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity 94669 captive, and gave gifts unto men. 94670 94671 4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first 94672 into the lower parts of the earth? 4:10 He that descended is the same 94673 also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all 94674 things.) 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and 94675 some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 4:12 For the 94676 perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the 94677 edifying of the body of Christ: 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of 94678 the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, 94679 unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 4:14 That we 94680 henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about 94681 with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning 94682 craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 4:15 But speaking the 94683 truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, 94684 even Christ: 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and 94685 compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the 94686 effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the 94687 body unto the edifying of itself in love. 94688 94689 4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth 94690 walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 4:18 94691 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of 94692 God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of 94693 their heart: 4:19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over 94694 unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 94695 94696 4:20 But ye have not so learned Christ; 4:21 If so be that ye have 94697 heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 4:22 94698 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which 94699 is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 4:23 And be renewed in 94700 the spirit of your mind; 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which 94701 after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. 94702 94703 4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his 94704 neighbour: for we are members one of another. 94705 94706 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your 94707 wrath: 4:27 Neither give place to the devil. 94708 94709 4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, 94710 working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to 94711 give to him that needeth. 94712 94713 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that 94714 which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto 94715 the hearers. 94716 94717 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto 94718 the day of redemption. 94719 94720 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil 94721 speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 4:32 And be ye kind 94722 one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for 94723 Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 94724 94725 5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 5:2 And walk 94726 in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us 94727 an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. 94728 94729 5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not 94730 be once named among you, as becometh saints; 5:4 Neither filthiness, 94731 nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather 94732 giving of thanks. 94733 94734 5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor 94735 covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom 94736 of Christ and of God. 94737 94738 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these 94739 things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 94740 94741 5:7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 94742 94743 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: 94744 walk as children of light: 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all 94745 goodness and righteousness and truth;) 5:10 Proving what is acceptable 94746 unto the Lord. 94747 94748 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but 94749 rather reprove them. 94750 94751 5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of 94752 them in secret. 94753 94754 5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: 94755 for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. 94756 94757 5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the 94758 dead, and Christ shall give thee light. 94759 94760 5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 94761 5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 94762 94763 5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of 94764 the Lord is. 94765 94766 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with 94767 the Spirit; 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and 94768 spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 94769 5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in 94770 the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; 5:21 Submitting yourselves one to 94771 another in the fear of God. 94772 94773 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the 94774 Lord. 94775 94776 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the 94777 head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 94778 94779 5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives 94780 be to their own husbands in every thing. 94781 94782 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, 94783 and gave himself for it; 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it 94784 with the washing of water by the word, 5:27 That he might present it 94785 to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such 94786 thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 94787 94788 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that 94789 loveth his wife loveth himself. 94790 94791 5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and 94792 cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 5:30 For we are members of 94793 his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 94794 94795 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall 94796 be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 94797 94798 5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the 94799 church. 94800 94801 5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife 94802 even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. 94803 94804 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 94805 94806 6:2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with 94807 promise; 6:3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long 94808 on the earth. 94809 94810 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring 94811 them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 94812 94813 6:5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to 94814 the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as 94815 unto Christ; 6:6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the 94816 servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 6:7 With 94817 good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 6:8 Knowing 94818 that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of 94819 the Lord, whether he be bond or free. 94820 94821 6:9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing 94822 threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is 94823 there respect of persons with him. 94824 94825 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of 94826 his might. 94827 94828 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand 94829 against the wiles of the devil. 94830 94831 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against 94832 principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of 94833 this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 94834 94835 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be 94836 able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 94837 94838 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and 94839 having on the breastplate of righteousness; 6:15 And your feet shod 94840 with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 6:16 Above all, taking 94841 the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the 94842 fiery darts of the wicked. 94843 94844 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, 94845 which is the word of God: 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and 94846 supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all 94847 perseverance and supplication for all saints; 6:19 And for me, that 94848 utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to 94849 make known the mystery of the gospel, 6:20 For which I am an 94850 ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to 94851 speak. 94852 94853 6:21 But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a 94854 beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to 94855 you all things: 6:22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, 94856 that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts. 94857 94858 6:23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the 94859 Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 94860 94861 6:24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in 94862 sincerity. 94863 94864 Amen. 94865 94866 94867 94868 94869 The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians 94870 94871 94872 1:1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the 94873 saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and 94874 deacons: 1:2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and 94875 from the Lord Jesus Christ. 94876 94877 1:3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 1:4 Always in every 94878 prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, 1:5 For your 94879 fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; 1:6 Being 94880 confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in 94881 you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: 1:7 Even as it is 94882 meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; 94883 inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of 94884 the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. 94885 94886 1:8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the 94887 bowels of Jesus Christ. 94888 94889 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in 94890 knowledge and in all judgment; 1:10 That ye may approve things that 94891 are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day 94892 of Christ. 94893 94894 1:11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus 94895 Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. 94896 94897 1:12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which 94898 happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the 94899 gospel; 1:13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the 94900 palace, and in all other places; 1:14 And many of the brethren in the 94901 Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the 94902 word without fear. 94903 94904 1:15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also 94905 of good will: 1:16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, 94906 supposing to add affliction to my bonds: 1:17 But the other of love, 94907 knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel. 94908 94909 1:18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in 94910 truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will 94911 rejoice. 94912 94913 1:19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your 94914 prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 1:20 According 94915 to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be 94916 ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ 94917 shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. 94918 94919 1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 94920 94921 1:22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet 94922 what I shall choose I wot not. 94923 94924 1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and 94925 to be with Christ; which is far better: 1:24 Nevertheless to abide in 94926 the flesh is more needful for you. 94927 94928 1:25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and 94929 continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; 1:26 That 94930 your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my 94931 coming to you again. 94932 94933 1:27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of 94934 Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear 94935 of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind 94936 striving together for the faith of the gospel; 1:28 And in nothing 94937 terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of 94938 perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. 94939 94940 1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to 94941 believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; 1:30 Having the same 94942 conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. 94943 94944 2:1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of 94945 love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2:2 94946 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being 94947 of one accord, of one mind. 94948 94949 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness 94950 of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 94951 94952 2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the 94953 things of others. 94954 94955 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 2:6 Who, 94956 being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 94957 2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a 94958 servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 2:8 And being found in 94959 fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, 94960 even the death of the cross. 94961 94962 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name 94963 which is above every name: 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee 94964 should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under 94965 the earth; 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ 94966 is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 94967 94968 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my 94969 presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own 94970 salvation with fear and trembling. 94971 94972 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his 94973 good pleasure. 94974 94975 2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 2:15 That ye may 94976 be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the 94977 midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights 94978 in the world; 2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice 94979 in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in 94980 vain. 94981 94982 2:17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your 94983 faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 94984 94985 2:18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me. 94986 94987 2:19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, 94988 that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. 94989 94990 2:20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your 94991 state. 94992 94993 2:21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. 94994 94995 2:22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he 94996 hath served with me in the gospel. 94997 94998 2:23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see 94999 how it will go with me. 95000 95001 2:24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. 95002 95003 2:25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my 95004 brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your 95005 messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. 95006 95007 2:26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because 95008 that ye had heard that he had been sick. 95009 95010 2:27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; 95011 and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon 95012 sorrow. 95013 95014 2:28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him 95015 again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. 95016 95017 2:29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold 95018 such in reputation: 2:30 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh 95019 unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service 95020 toward me. 95021 95022 3:1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same 95023 things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. 95024 95025 3:2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. 95026 95027 3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and 95028 rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. 95029 95030 3:4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man 95031 thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: 3:5 95032 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of 95033 Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; 95034 3:6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the 95035 righteousness which is in the law, blameless. 95036 95037 3:7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 95038 95039 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency 95040 of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the 95041 loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, 95042 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is 95043 of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the 95044 righteousness which is of God by faith: 3:10 That I may know him, and 95045 the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, 95046 being made conformable unto his death; 3:11 If by any means I might 95047 attain unto the resurrection of the dead. 95048 95049 3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already 95050 perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which 95051 also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 95052 95053 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one 95054 thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching 95055 forth unto those things which are before, 3:14 I press toward the mark 95056 for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 95057 95058 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if 95059 in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto 95060 you. 95061 95062 3:16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by 95063 the same rule, let us mind the same thing. 95064 95065 3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk 95066 so as ye have us for an ensample. 95067 95068 3:18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you 95069 even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 3:19 95070 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is 95071 in their shame, who mind earthly things.) 3:20 For our conversation 95072 is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus 95073 Christ: 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned 95074 like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is 95075 able even to subdue all things unto himself. 95076 95077 4:1 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and 95078 crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. 95079 95080 4:2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same 95081 mind in the Lord. 95082 95083 4:3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which 95084 laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my 95085 fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life. 95086 95087 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. 95088 95089 4:5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. 95090 95091 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and 95092 supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto 95093 God. 95094 95095 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep 95096 your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 95097 95098 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things 95099 are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, 95100 whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if 95101 there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these 95102 things. 95103 95104 4:9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, 95105 and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. 95106 95107 4:10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your 95108 care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye 95109 lacked opportunity. 95110 95111 4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in 95112 whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 95113 95114 4:12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every 95115 where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be 95116 hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 95117 95118 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. 95119 95120 4:14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with 95121 my affliction. 95122 95123 4:15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the 95124 gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me 95125 as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. 95126 95127 4:16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my 95128 necessity. 95129 95130 4:17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound 95131 to your account. 95132 95133 4:18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of 95134 Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet 95135 smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. 95136 95137 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in 95138 glory by Christ Jesus. 95139 95140 4:20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 95141 95142 4:21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with 95143 me greet you. 95144 95145 4:22 All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's 95146 household. 95147 95148 4:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 95149 95150 95151 95152 95153 The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians 95154 95155 95156 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, 95157 and Timotheus our brother, 1:2 To the saints and faithful brethren 95158 in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, 95159 from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 95160 95161 1:3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying 95162 always for you, 95163 1:4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye 95164 have to all the saints, 95165 1:5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard 95166 before in the word of the truth of the gospel; 95167 1:6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth 95168 fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the 95169 grace of God in truth: 95170 1:7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you 95171 a faithful minister of Christ; 95172 1:8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. 95173 95174 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to 95175 pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his 95176 will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 95177 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being 95178 fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; 95179 1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto 95180 all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; 95181 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be 95182 partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 95183 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated 95184 us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 95185 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of 95186 sins: 95187 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every 95188 creature: 95189 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are 95190 in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or 95191 principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 95192 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. 95193 95194 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the 95195 firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. 95196 95197 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; 95198 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to 95199 reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in 95200 earth, or things in heaven. 95201 95202 1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by 95203 wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 95204 1:22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and 95205 unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: 95206 1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved 95207 away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached 95208 to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; 95209 1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is 95210 behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is 95211 the church: 95212 1:25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God 95213 which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; 95214 1:26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, 95215 but now is made manifest to his saints: 95216 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this 95217 mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: 95218 1:28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all 95219 wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: 95220 1:29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which 95221 worketh in me mightily. 95222 95223 2:1 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for 95224 them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; 95225 2:2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and 95226 unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the 95227 acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; 95228 2:3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 95229 95230 2:4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. 95231 95232 2:5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, 95233 joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in 95234 Christ. 95235 95236 2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in 95237 him: 95238 2:7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have 95239 been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 95240 95241 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, 95242 after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after 95243 Christ. 95244 95245 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 95246 95247 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and 95248 power: 95249 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without 95250 hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision 95251 of Christ: 95252 2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him 95253 through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. 95254 95255 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your 95256 flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all 95257 trespasses; 95258 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which 95259 was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; 95260 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them 95261 openly, triumphing over them in it. 95262 95263 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of 95264 an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 95265 2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. 95266 95267 2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and 95268 worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, 95269 vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 95270 2:19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands 95271 having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the 95272 increase of God. 95273 95274 2:20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, 95275 why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, 95276 2:21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not; 95277 2:22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and 95278 doctrines of men? 95279 2:23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and 95280 humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfying 95281 of the flesh. 95282 95283 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, 95284 where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 95285 95286 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 95287 95288 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 95289 95290 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear 95291 with him in glory. 95292 95293 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, 95294 uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, 95295 which is idolatry: 95296 3:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of 95297 disobedience: 95298 3:7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. 95299 95300 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, 95301 filthy communication out of your mouth. 95302 95303 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with 95304 his deeds; 95305 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the 95306 image of him that created him: 95307 3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor 95308 uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in 95309 all. 95310 95311 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of 95312 mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 95313 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a 95314 quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 95315 95316 3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of 95317 perfectness. 95318 95319 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye 95320 are called in one body; and be ye thankful. 95321 95322 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching 95323 and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing 95324 with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 95325 95326 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord 95327 Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. 95328 95329 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the 95330 Lord. 95331 95332 3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 95333 95334 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing 95335 unto the Lord. 95336 95337 3:21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be 95338 discouraged. 95339 95340 3:22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not 95341 with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God; 95342 3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto 95343 men; 95344 3:24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the 95345 inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. 95346 95347 3:25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath 95348 done: and there is no respect of persons. 95349 95350 4:1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing 95351 that ye also have a Master in heaven. 95352 95353 4:2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; 95354 4:3 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of 95355 utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: 95356 4:4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. 95357 95358 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. 95359 95360 4:6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may 95361 know how ye ought to answer every man. 95362 95363 4:7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved 95364 brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord: 95365 4:8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know 95366 your estate, and comfort your hearts; 95367 4:9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They 95368 shall make known unto you all things which are done here. 95369 95370 4:10 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son 95371 to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, 95372 receive him;) 95373 4:11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These 95374 only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort 95375 unto me. 95376 95377 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, 95378 always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and 95379 complete in all the will of God. 95380 95381 4:13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them 95382 that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. 95383 95384 4:14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. 95385 95386 4:15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the 95387 church which is in his house. 95388 95389 4:16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also 95390 in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from 95391 Laodicea. 95392 95393 4:17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast 95394 received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. 95395 95396 4:18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be 95397 with you. Amen. 95398 95399 95400 95401 95402 The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians 95403 95404 95405 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the 95406 Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: 95407 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus 95408 Christ. 95409 95410 1:2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in 95411 our prayers; 1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and 95412 labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the 95413 sight of God and our Father; 1:4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your 95414 election of God. 95415 95416 1:5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, 95417 and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner 95418 of men we were among you for your sake. 95419 95420 1:6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received 95421 the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost. 95422 95423 1:7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and 95424 Achaia. 95425 95426 1:8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in 95427 Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward 95428 is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. 95429 95430 1:9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had 95431 unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and 95432 true God; 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised 95433 from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. 95434 95435 2:1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it 95436 was not in vain: 2:2 But even after that we had suffered before, and 95437 were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in 95438 our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. 95439 95440 2:3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in 95441 guile: 2:4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the 95442 gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth 95443 our hearts. 95444 95445 2:5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor 95446 a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: 2:6 Nor of men sought we 95447 glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been 95448 burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. 95449 95450 2:7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her 95451 children: 2:8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing 95452 to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our 95453 own souls, because ye were dear unto us. 95454 95455 2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring 95456 night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we 95457 preached unto you the gospel of God. 95458 95459 2:10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and 95460 unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: 2:11 As ye 95461 know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a 95462 father doth his children, 2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who 95463 hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. 95464 95465 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when 95466 ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not 95467 as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which 95468 effectually worketh also in you that believe. 95469 95470 2:14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which 95471 in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things 95472 of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 2:15 Who both 95473 killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; 95474 and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: 2:16 Forbidding 95475 us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their 95476 sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. 95477 95478 2:17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in 95479 presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your 95480 face with great desire. 95481 95482 2:18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and 95483 again; but Satan hindered us. 95484 95485 2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even 95486 ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? 2:20 For 95487 ye are our glory and joy. 95488 95489 3:1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to 95490 be left at Athens alone; 3:2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and 95491 minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to 95492 establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: 3:3 That no 95493 man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we 95494 are appointed thereunto. 95495 95496 3:4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we 95497 should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. 95498 95499 3:5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know 95500 your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our 95501 labour be in vain. 95502 95503 3:6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good 95504 tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance 95505 of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: 3:7 95506 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction 95507 and distress by your faith: 3:8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in 95508 the Lord. 95509 95510 3:9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the 95511 joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; 3:10 Night and day 95512 praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect 95513 that which is lacking in your faith? 3:11 Now God himself and our 95514 Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. 95515 95516 3:12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward 95517 another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: 3:13 To the end 95518 he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even 95519 our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his 95520 saints. 95521 95522 4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the 95523 Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to 95524 please God, so ye would abound more and more. 95525 95526 4:2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 95527 95528 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye 95529 should abstain from fornication: 4:4 That every one of you should know 95530 how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 4:5 Not in the 95531 lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: 4:6 95532 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because 95533 that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned 95534 you and testified. 95535 95536 4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. 95537 95538 4:8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath 95539 also given unto us his holy Spirit. 95540 95541 4:9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: 95542 for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. 95543 95544 4:10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all 95545 Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and 95546 more; 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, 95547 and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 4:12 That ye may 95548 walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack 95549 of nothing. 95550 95551 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning 95552 them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have 95553 no hope. 95554 95555 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them 95556 also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 95557 95558 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which 95559 are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent 95560 them which are asleep. 95561 95562 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with 95563 the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in 95564 Christ shall rise first: 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall 95565 be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the 95566 air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 95567 95568 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. 95569 95570 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I 95571 write unto you. 95572 95573 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh 95574 as a thief in the night. 95575 95576 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction 95577 cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall 95578 not escape. 95579 95580 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should 95581 overtake you as a thief. 95582 95583 5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we 95584 are not of the night, nor of darkness. 95585 95586 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be 95587 sober. 95588 95589 5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken 95590 are drunken in the night. 95591 95592 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the 95593 breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of 95594 salvation. 95595 95596 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by 95597 our Lord Jesus Christ, 5:10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or 95598 sleep, we should live together with him. 95599 95600 5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, 95601 even as also ye do. 95602 95603 5:12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among 95604 you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 5:13 And to 95605 esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace 95606 among yourselves. 95607 95608 5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort 95609 the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. 95610 95611 5:15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow 95612 that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. 95613 95614 5:16 Rejoice evermore. 95615 95616 5:17 Pray without ceasing. 95617 95618 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ 95619 Jesus concerning you. 95620 95621 5:19 Quench not the Spirit. 95622 95623 5:20 Despise not prophesyings. 95624 95625 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 95626 95627 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. 95628 95629 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God 95630 your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the 95631 coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 95632 95633 5:24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. 95634 95635 5:25 Brethren, pray for us. 95636 95637 5:26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. 95638 95639 5:27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the 95640 holy brethren. 95641 95642 5:28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. 95643 95644 95645 95646 95647 The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians 95648 95649 95650 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the 95651 Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 1:2 Grace 95652 unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 95653 95654 1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, 95655 because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every 95656 one of you all toward each other aboundeth; 1:4 So that we ourselves 95657 glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all 95658 your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: 1:5 Which is a 95659 manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be 95660 counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: 1:6 95661 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to 95662 them that trouble you; 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, 95663 when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty 95664 angels, 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not 95665 God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 1:9 Who 95666 shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of 95667 the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 1:10 When he shall come to 95668 be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe 95669 (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. 95670 95671 1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count 95672 you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his 95673 goodness, and the work of faith with power: 1:12 That the name of our 95674 Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to 95675 the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. 95676 95677 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus 95678 Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2:2 That ye be not 95679 soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, 95680 nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 95681 95682 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, 95683 except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be 95684 revealed, the son of perdition; 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself 95685 above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God 95686 sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 95687 95688 2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these 95689 things? 2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be 95690 revealed in his time. 95691 95692 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now 95693 letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 95694 95695 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall 95696 consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the 95697 brightness of his coming: 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the 95698 working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 2:10 And 95699 with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; 95700 because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be 95701 saved. 95702 95703 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they 95704 should believe a lie: 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed 95705 not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 95706 95707 2:13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren 95708 beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to 95709 salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the 95710 truth: 2:14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of 95711 the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 95712 95713 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye 95714 have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. 95715 95716 2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, 95717 which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and 95718 good hope through grace, 2:17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in 95719 every good word and work. 95720 95721 3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have 95722 free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 3:2 And that we 95723 may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have 95724 not faith. 95725 95726 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you 95727 from evil. 95728 95729 3:4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do 95730 and will do the things which we command you. 95731 95732 3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the 95733 patient waiting for Christ. 95734 95735 3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus 95736 Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh 95737 disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. 95738 95739 3:7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not 95740 ourselves disorderly among you; 3:8 Neither did we eat any man's bread 95741 for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we 95742 might not be chargeable to any of you: 3:9 Not because we have not 95743 power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. 95744 95745 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if 95746 any would not work, neither should he eat. 95747 95748 3:11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, 95749 working not at all, but are busybodies. 95750 95751 3:12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus 95752 Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. 95753 95754 3:13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. 95755 95756 3:14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, 95757 and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. 95758 95759 3:15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 95760 95761 3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. 95762 The Lord be with you all. 95763 95764 3:17 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in 95765 every epistle: so I write. 95766 95767 3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 95768 95769 95770 95771 95772 The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy 95773 95774 95775 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our 95776 Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; 1:2 Unto Timothy, 95777 my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father 95778 and Jesus Christ our Lord. 95779 95780 1:3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into 95781 Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other 95782 doctrine, 1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, 95783 which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in 95784 faith: so do. 95785 95786 1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and 95787 of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: 1:6 From which some 95788 having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; 1:7 Desiring to 95789 be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor 95790 whereof they affirm. 95791 95792 1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; 1:9 95793 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for 95794 the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for 95795 unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, 95796 for manslayers, 1:10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves 95797 with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if 95798 there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; 1:11 95799 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was 95800 committed to my trust. 95801 95802 1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that 95803 he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 1:13 Who was 95804 before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained 95805 mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 95806 95807 1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and 95808 love which is in Christ Jesus. 95809 95810 1:15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that 95811 Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 95812 95813 1:16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus 95814 Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which 95815 should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. 95816 95817 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise 95818 God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 95819 95820 1:18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the 95821 prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a 95822 good warfare; 1:19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some 95823 having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: 1:20 Of whom is 95824 Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they 95825 may learn not to blaspheme. 95826 95827 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, 95828 intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2:2 For 95829 kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and 95830 peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 95831 95832 2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 95833 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge 95834 of the truth. 95835 95836 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the 95837 man Christ Jesus; 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be 95838 testified in due time. 95839 95840 2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the 95841 truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and 95842 verity. 95843 95844 2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, 95845 without wrath and doubting. 95846 95847 2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest 95848 apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or 95849 gold, or pearls, or costly array; 2:10 But (which becometh women 95850 professing godliness) with good works. 95851 95852 2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 95853 95854 2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over 95855 the man, but to be in silence. 95856 95857 2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 95858 95859 2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in 95860 the transgression. 95861 95862 2:15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they 95863 continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. 95864 95865 3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he 95866 desireth a good work. 95867 95868 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, 95869 vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to 95870 teach; 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; 95871 but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 3:4 One that ruleth well his 95872 own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 3:5 95873 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take 95874 care of the church of God?) 3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up 95875 with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 95876 95877 3:7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; 95878 lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 95879 95880 3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given 95881 to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 3:9 Holding the mystery of 95882 the faith in a pure conscience. 95883 95884 3:10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office 95885 of a deacon, being found blameless. 95886 95887 3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, 95888 faithful in all things. 95889 95890 3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their 95891 children and their own houses well. 95892 95893 3:13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to 95894 themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in 95895 Christ Jesus. 95896 95897 3:14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: 95898 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to 95899 behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living 95900 God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 95901 95902 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God 95903 was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, 95904 preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into 95905 glory. 95906 95907 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some 95908 shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and 95909 doctrines of devils; 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their 95910 conscience seared with a hot iron; 4:3 Forbidding to marry, and 95911 commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be 95912 received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 95913 95914 4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if 95915 it be received with thanksgiving: 4:5 For it is sanctified by the word 95916 of God and prayer. 95917 95918 4:6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou 95919 shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of 95920 faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. 95921 95922 4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself 95923 rather unto godliness. 95924 95925 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable 95926 unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that 95927 which is to come. 95928 95929 4:9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. 95930 95931 4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we 95932 trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of 95933 those that believe. 95934 95935 4:11 These things command and teach. 95936 95937 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the 95938 believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, 95939 in purity. 95940 95941 4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to 95942 doctrine. 95943 95944 4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by 95945 prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 95946 95947 4:15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy 95948 profiting may appear to all. 95949 95950 4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: 95951 for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear 95952 thee. 95953 95954 5:1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger 95955 men as brethren; 5:2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as 95956 sisters, with all purity. 95957 95958 5:3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. 95959 95960 5:4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to 95961 shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and 95962 acceptable before God. 95963 95964 5:5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and 95965 continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. 95966 95967 5:6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 95968 95969 5:7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. 95970 95971 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his 95972 own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 95973 95974 5:9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years 95975 old, having been the wife of one man. 95976 95977 5:10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, 95978 if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if 95979 she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every 95980 good work. 95981 95982 5:11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax 95983 wanton against Christ, they will marry; 5:12 Having damnation, because 95984 they have cast off their first faith. 95985 95986 5:13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to 95987 house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking 95988 things which they ought not. 95989 95990 5:14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, 95991 guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak 95992 reproachfully. 95993 95994 5:15 For some are already turned aside after Satan. 95995 95996 5:16 If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve 95997 them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that 95998 are widows indeed. 95999 96000 5:17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, 96001 especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. 96002 96003 5:18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that 96004 treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward. 96005 96006 5:19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or 96007 three witnesses. 96008 96009 5:20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. 96010 96011 5:21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 96012 elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one 96013 before another, doing nothing by partiality. 96014 96015 5:22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's 96016 sins: keep thyself pure. 96017 96018 5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's 96019 sake and thine often infirmities. 96020 96021 5:24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; 96022 and some men they follow after. 96023 96024 5:25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and 96025 they that are otherwise cannot be hid. 96026 96027 6:1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters 96028 worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not 96029 blasphemed. 96030 96031 6:2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, 96032 because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they 96033 are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach 96034 and exhort. 96035 96036 6:3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, 96037 even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is 96038 according to godliness; 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting 96039 about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, 96040 railings, evil surmisings, 6:5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt 96041 minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: 96042 from such withdraw thyself. 96043 96044 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 96045 96046 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can 96047 carry nothing out. 96048 96049 6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. 96050 96051 6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and 96052 into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction 96053 and perdition. 96054 96055 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some 96056 coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves 96057 through with many sorrows. 96058 96059 6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after 96060 righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 96061 96062 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, 96063 whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession 96064 before many witnesses. 96065 96066 6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all 96067 things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a 96068 good confession; 6:14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, 96069 unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 6:15 Which 96070 in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the 96071 King of kings, and Lord of lords; 6:16 Who only hath immortality, 96072 dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath 96073 seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. 96074 96075 6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not 96076 highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who 96077 giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 6:18 That they do good, that 96078 they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to 96079 communicate; 6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation 96080 against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. 96081 96082 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding 96083 profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so 96084 called: 6:21 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. 96085 Grace be with thee. Amen. 96086 96087 96088 96089 96090 The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy 96091 96092 96093 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to 96094 the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, 1:2 To Timothy, 96095 my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father 96096 and Christ Jesus our Lord. 96097 96098 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure 96099 conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my 96100 prayers night and day; 1:4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful 96101 of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; 1:5 When I call to 96102 remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in 96103 thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that 96104 in thee also. 96105 96106 1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of 96107 God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 96108 96109 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of 96110 love, and of a sound mind. 96111 96112 1:8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of 96113 me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel 96114 according to the power of God; 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us 96115 with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his 96116 own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the 96117 world began, 1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our 96118 Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life 96119 and immortality to light through the gospel: 1:11 Whereunto I am 96120 appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. 96121 96122 1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am 96123 not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he 96124 is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. 96125 96126 1:13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, 96127 in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 96128 96129 1:14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy 96130 Ghost which dwelleth in us. 96131 96132 1:15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away 96133 from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. 96134 96135 1:16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft 96136 refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: 1:17 But, when he was 96137 in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. 96138 96139 1:18 The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in 96140 that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, 96141 thou knowest very well. 96142 96143 2:1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ 96144 Jesus. 96145 96146 2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, 96147 the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach 96148 others also. 96149 96150 2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 96151 96152 2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this 96153 life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 96154 96155 2:5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, 96156 except he strive lawfully. 96157 96158 2:6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the 96159 fruits. 96160 96161 2:7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all 96162 things. 96163 96164 2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from 96165 the dead according to my gospel: 2:9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an 96166 evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. 96167 96168 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they 96169 may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal 96170 glory. 96171 96172 2:11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall 96173 also live with him: 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: 96174 if we deny him, he also will deny us: 2:13 If we believe not, yet he 96175 abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. 96176 96177 2:14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the 96178 Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the 96179 subverting of the hearers. 96180 96181 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth 96182 not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 96183 96184 2:16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto 96185 more ungodliness. 96186 96187 2:17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus 96188 and Philetus; 2:18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that 96189 the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. 96190 96191 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this 96192 seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that 96193 nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. 96194 96195 2:20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of 96196 silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to 96197 dishonour. 96198 96199 2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel 96200 unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared 96201 unto every good work. 96202 96203 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, 96204 charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 96205 96206 2:23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do 96207 gender strifes. 96208 96209 2:24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto 96210 all men, apt to teach, patient, 2:25 In meekness instructing those 96211 that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance 96212 to the acknowledging of the truth; 2:26 And that they may recover 96213 themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him 96214 at his will. 96215 96216 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 96217 96218 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, 96219 proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3:3 96220 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, 96221 fierce, despisers of those that are good, 3:4 Traitors, heady, 96222 highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 3:5 Having a 96223 form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 96224 96225 3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead 96226 captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 3:7 96227 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 96228 96229 3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist 96230 the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 96231 96232 3:9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be 96233 manifest unto all men, as their's also was. 96234 96235 3:10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, 96236 faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 3:11 Persecutions, 96237 afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; 96238 what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered 96239 me. 96240 96241 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer 96242 persecution. 96243 96244 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, 96245 and being deceived. 96246 96247 3:14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast 96248 been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 3:15 And that 96249 from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to 96250 make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 96251 96252 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable 96253 for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in 96254 righteousness: 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly 96255 furnished unto all good works. 96256 96257 4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who 96258 shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 96259 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, 96260 rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 96261 96262 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; 96263 but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, 96264 having itching ears; 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the 96265 truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 96266 96267 4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of 96268 an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. 96269 96270 4:6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is 96271 at hand. 96272 96273 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept 96274 the faith: 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of 96275 righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at 96276 that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his 96277 appearing. 96278 96279 4:9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: 4:10 For Demas hath 96280 forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto 96281 Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. 96282 96283 4:11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he 96284 is profitable to me for the ministry. 96285 96286 4:12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. 96287 96288 4:13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, 96289 bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments. 96290 96291 4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him 96292 according to his works: 4:15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath 96293 greatly withstood our words. 96294 96295 4:16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: 96296 I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. 96297 96298 4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that 96299 by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles 96300 might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. 96301 96302 4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will 96303 preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and 96304 ever. Amen. 96305 96306 4:19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. 96307 96308 4:20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum 96309 sick. 96310 96311 4:21 Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, 96312 and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren. 96313 96314 4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. 96315 Amen. 96316 96317 96318 96319 96320 The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Titus 96321 96322 96323 1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according 96324 to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which 96325 is after godliness; 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that 96326 cannot lie, promised before the world began; 1:3 But hath in due times 96327 manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me 96328 according to the commandment of God our Saviour; 1:4 To Titus, mine 96329 own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the 96330 Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. 96331 96332 1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in 96333 order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as 96334 I had appointed thee: 1:6 If any be blameless, the husband of one 96335 wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. 96336 96337 1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not 96338 selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given 96339 to filthy lucre; 1:8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, 96340 sober, just, holy, temperate; 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he 96341 hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort 96342 and to convince the gainsayers. 96343 96344 1:10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, 96345 specially they of the circumcision: 1:11 Whose mouths must be stopped, 96346 who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for 96347 filthy lucre's sake. 96348 96349 1:12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The 96350 Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. 96351 96352 1:13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they 96353 may be sound in the faith; 1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and 96354 commandments of men, that turn from the truth. 96355 96356 1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled 96357 and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is 96358 defiled. 96359 96360 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, 96361 being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. 96362 96363 2:1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2:2 That 96364 the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, 96365 in patience. 96366 96367 2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh 96368 holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good 96369 things; 2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love 96370 their husbands, to love their children, 2:5 To be discreet, chaste, 96371 keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word 96372 of God be not blasphemed. 96373 96374 2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. 96375 96376 2:7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine 96377 shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 2:8 Sound speech, that 96378 cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be 96379 ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. 96380 96381 2:9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to 96382 please them well in all things; not answering again; 2:10 Not 96383 purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the 96384 doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. 96385 96386 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all 96387 men, 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we 96388 should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 96389 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the 96390 great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 2:14 Who gave himself for us, 96391 that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a 96392 peculiar people, zealous of good works. 96393 96394 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. 96395 Let no man despise thee. 96396 96397 3:1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to 96398 obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, 3:2 To speak evil of 96399 no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all 96400 men. 96401 96402 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, 96403 deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and 96404 envy, hateful, and hating one another. 96405 96406 3:4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man 96407 appeared, 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but 96408 according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, 96409 and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 3:6 Which he shed on us abundantly 96410 through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 3:7 That being justified by his 96411 grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 96412 96413 3:8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou 96414 affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be 96415 careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable 96416 unto men. 96417 96418 3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and 96419 strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. 96420 96421 3:10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition 96422 reject; 3:11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, 96423 being condemned of himself. 96424 96425 3:12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to 96426 come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter. 96427 96428 3:13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, 96429 that nothing be wanting unto them. 96430 96431 3:14 And let our's also learn to maintain good works for necessary 96432 uses, that they be not unfruitful. 96433 96434 3:15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the 96435 faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. 96436 96437 96438 96439 96440 The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon 96441 96442 96443 1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto 96444 Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer, 1:2 And to our 96445 beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in 96446 thy house: 1:3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the 96447 Lord Jesus Christ. 96448 96449 1:4 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, 1:5 96450 Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, 96451 and toward all saints; 1:6 That the communication of thy faith may 96452 become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in 96453 you in Christ Jesus. 96454 96455 1:7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the 96456 bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother. 96457 96458 1:8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee 96459 that which is convenient, 1:9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech 96460 thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of 96461 Jesus Christ. 96462 96463 1:10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my 96464 bonds: 1:11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now 96465 profitable to thee and to me: 1:12 Whom I have sent again: thou 96466 therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 1:13 Whom I would 96467 have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto 96468 me in the bonds of the gospel: 1:14 But without thy mind would I do 96469 nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but 96470 willingly. 96471 96472 1:15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou 96473 shouldest receive him for ever; 1:16 Not now as a servant, but above a 96474 servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto 96475 thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord? 1:17 If thou count me 96476 therefore a partner, receive him as myself. 96477 96478 1:18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine 96479 account; 1:19 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay 96480 it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own 96481 self besides. 96482 96483 1:20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my 96484 bowels in the Lord. 96485 96486 1:21 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing 96487 that thou wilt also do more than I say. 96488 96489 1:22 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through 96490 your prayers I shall be given unto you. 96491 96492 1:23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus; 96493 1:24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers. 96494 96495 1:25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. 96496 96497 96498 96499 96500 The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews 96501 96502 96503 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past 96504 unto the fathers by the prophets, 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken 96505 unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom 96506 also he made the worlds; 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, 96507 and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the 96508 word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on 96509 the right hand of the Majesty on high: 1:4 Being made so much better 96510 than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent 96511 name than they. 96512 96513 1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, 96514 this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, 96515 and he shall be to me a Son? 1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the 96516 firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God 96517 worship him. 96518 96519 1:7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his 96520 ministers a flame of fire. 96521 96522 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and 96523 ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 96524 96525 1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, 96526 even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy 96527 fellows. 96528 96529 1:10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the 96530 earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 1:11 They shall 96531 perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a 96532 garment; 1:12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall 96533 be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. 96534 96535 1:13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right 96536 hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? 1:14 Are they not all 96537 ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be 96538 heirs of salvation? 2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest 96539 heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let 96540 them slip. 96541 96542 2:2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every 96543 transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; 96544 2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at 96545 the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by 96546 them that heard him; 2:4 God also bearing them witness, both with 96547 signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy 96548 Ghost, according to his own will? 2:5 For unto the angels hath he not 96549 put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. 96550 96551 2:6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that 96552 thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him? 96553 2:7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him 96554 with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: 96555 2:8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that 96556 he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put 96557 under him. 96558 96559 But now we see not yet all things put under him. 96560 96561 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for 96562 the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the 96563 grace of God should taste death for every man. 96564 96565 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all 96566 things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their 96567 salvation perfect through sufferings. 96568 96569 2:11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all 96570 of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, 2:12 96571 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the 96572 church will I sing praise unto thee. 96573 96574 2:13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and 96575 the children which God hath given me. 96576 96577 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, 96578 he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he 96579 might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 96580 2:15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their 96581 lifetime subject to bondage. 96582 96583 2:16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took 96584 on him the seed of Abraham. 96585 96586 2:17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his 96587 brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in 96588 things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the 96589 people. 96590 96591 2:18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to 96592 succour them that are tempted. 96593 96594 3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, 96595 consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; 96596 3:2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was 96597 faithful in all his house. 96598 96599 3:3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch 96600 as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. 96601 96602 3:4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all 96603 things is God. 96604 96605 3:5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for 96606 a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; 3:6 But 96607 Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold 96608 fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. 96609 96610 3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his 96611 voice, 3:8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day 96612 of temptation in the wilderness: 3:9 When your fathers tempted me, 96613 proved me, and saw my works forty years. 96614 96615 3:10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do 96616 alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. 96617 96618 3:11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) 3:12 96619 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of 96620 unbelief, in departing from the living God. 96621 96622 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any 96623 of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 96624 96625 3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of 96626 our confidence stedfast unto the end; 3:15 While it is said, To day if 96627 ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. 96628 96629 3:16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that 96630 came out of Egypt by Moses. 96631 96632 3:17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them 96633 that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? 3:18 And to 96634 whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them 96635 that believed not? 3:19 So we see that they could not enter in 96636 because of unbelief. 96637 96638 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering 96639 into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 96640 96641 4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the 96642 word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them 96643 that heard it. 96644 96645 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I 96646 have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the 96647 works were finished from the foundation of the world. 96648 96649 4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, 96650 And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. 96651 96652 4:5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. 96653 96654 4:6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and 96655 they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: 96656 4:7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after 96657 so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, 96658 harden not your hearts. 96659 96660 4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have 96661 spoken of another day. 96662 96663 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 96664 96665 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from 96666 his own works, as God did from his. 96667 96668 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man 96669 fall after the same example of unbelief. 96670 96671 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any 96672 twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and 96673 spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the 96674 thoughts and intents of the heart. 96675 96676 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: 96677 but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we 96678 have to do. 96679 96680 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into 96681 the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. 96682 96683 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the 96684 feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we 96685 are, yet without sin. 96686 96687 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we 96688 may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. 96689 96690 5:1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in 96691 things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices 96692 for sins: 5:2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them 96693 that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with 96694 infirmity. 96695 96696 5:3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for 96697 himself, to offer for sins. 96698 96699 5:4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called 96700 of God, as was Aaron. 96701 96702 5:5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; 96703 but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten 96704 thee. 96705 96706 5:6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever 96707 after the order of Melchisedec. 96708 96709 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and 96710 supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to 96711 save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; 5:8 Though he 96712 were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; 96713 5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation 96714 unto all them that obey him; 5:10 Called of God an high priest after 96715 the order of Melchisedec. 96716 96717 5:11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, 96718 seeing ye are dull of hearing. 96719 96720 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that 96721 one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of 96722 God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 96723 96724 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of 96725 righteousness: for he is a babe. 96726 96727 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even 96728 those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both 96729 good and evil. 96730 96731 6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us 96732 go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance 96733 from dead works, and of faith toward God, 6:2 Of the doctrine of 96734 baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, 96735 and of eternal judgment. 96736 96737 6:3 And this will we do, if God permit. 96738 96739 6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have 96740 tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy 96741 Ghost, 6:5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the 96742 world to come, 6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto 96743 repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, 96744 and put him to an open shame. 96745 96746 6:7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, 96747 and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, 96748 receiveth blessing from God: 6:8 But that which beareth thorns and 96749 briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be 96750 burned. 96751 96752 6:9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things 96753 that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. 96754 96755 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of 96756 love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered 96757 to the saints, and do minister. 96758 96759 6:11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to 96760 the full assurance of hope unto the end: 6:12 That ye be not slothful, 96761 but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the 96762 promises. 96763 96764 6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by 96765 no greater, he sware by himself, 6:14 Saying, Surely blessing I will 96766 bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 96767 96768 6:15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 96769 96770 6:16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation 96771 is to them an end of all strife. 96772 96773 6:17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of 96774 promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: 6:18 96775 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to 96776 lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to 96777 lay hold upon the hope set before us: 6:19 Which hope we have as an 96778 anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into 96779 that within the veil; 6:20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, 96780 even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of 96781 Melchisedec. 96782 96783 7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, 96784 who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed 96785 him; 7:2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by 96786 interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of 96787 Salem, which is, King of peace; 7:3 Without father, without mother, 96788 without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; 96789 but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. 96790 96791 7:4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch 96792 Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. 96793 96794 7:5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the 96795 office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the 96796 people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they 96797 come out of the loins of Abraham: 7:6 But he whose descent is not 96798 counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had 96799 the promises. 96800 96801 7:7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. 96802 96803 7:8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, 96804 of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. 96805 96806 7:9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes 96807 in Abraham. 96808 96809 7:10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met 96810 him. 96811 96812 7:11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for 96813 under it the people received the law,) what further need was there 96814 that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and 96815 not be called after the order of Aaron? 7:12 For the priesthood being 96816 changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. 96817 96818 7:13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another 96819 tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. 96820 96821 7:14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which 96822 tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. 96823 96824 7:15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of 96825 Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, 7:16 Who is made, not after 96826 the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless 96827 life. 96828 96829 7:17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of 96830 Melchisedec. 96831 96832 7:18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going 96833 before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. 96834 96835 7:19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better 96836 hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. 96837 96838 7:20 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: 7:21 (For 96839 those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him 96840 that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a 96841 priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) 7:22 By so much was 96842 Jesus made a surety of a better testament. 96843 96844 7:23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered 96845 to continue by reason of death: 7:24 But this man, because he 96846 continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. 96847 96848 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come 96849 unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. 96850 96851 7:26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, 96852 undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; 96853 7:27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up 96854 sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this 96855 he did once, when he offered up himself. 96856 96857 7:28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the 96858 word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is 96859 consecrated for evermore. 96860 96861 8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have 96862 such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the 96863 Majesty in the heavens; 8:2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the 96864 true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. 96865 96866 8:3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: 96867 wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to 96868 offer. 96869 96870 8:4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that 96871 there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: 8:5 Who serve 96872 unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was 96873 admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, 96874 saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to 96875 thee in the mount. 96876 96877 8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much 96878 also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established 96879 upon better promises. 96880 96881 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no 96882 place have been sought for the second. 96883 96884 8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, 96885 saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of 96886 Israel and with the house of Judah: 8:9 Not according to the covenant 96887 that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand 96888 to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in 96889 my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. 96890 96891 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of 96892 Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their 96893 mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and 96894 they shall be to me a people: 8:11 And they shall not teach every man 96895 his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for 96896 all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. 96897 96898 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins 96899 and their iniquities will I remember no more. 96900 96901 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now 96902 that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. 96903 96904 9:1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine 96905 service, and a worldly sanctuary. 96906 96907 9:2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the 96908 candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the 96909 sanctuary. 96910 96911 9:3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the 96912 Holiest of all; 9:4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the 96913 covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot 96914 that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the 96915 covenant; 9:5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the 96916 mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. 96917 96918 9:6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always 96919 into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. 96920 96921 9:7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, 96922 not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of 96923 the people: 9:8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the 96924 holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first 96925 tabernacle was yet standing: 9:9 Which was a figure for the time then 96926 present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could 96927 not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the 96928 conscience; 9:10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers 96929 washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of 96930 reformation. 96931 96932 9:11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a 96933 greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to 96934 say, not of this building; 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and 96935 calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, 96936 having obtained eternal redemption for us. 96937 96938 9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an 96939 heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the 96940 flesh: 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the 96941 eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your 96942 conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 9:15 And for this 96943 cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, 96944 for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first 96945 testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal 96946 inheritance. 96947 96948 9:16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the 96949 death of the testator. 96950 96951 9:17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is 96952 of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 96953 96954 9:18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without 96955 blood. 96956 96957 9:19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people 96958 according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with 96959 water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and 96960 all the people, 9:20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which 96961 God hath enjoined unto you. 96962 96963 9:21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the 96964 vessels of the ministry. 96965 96966 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and 96967 without shedding of blood is no remission. 96968 96969 9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the 96970 heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things 96971 themselves with better sacrifices than these. 96972 96973 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, 96974 which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to 96975 appear in the presence of God for us: 9:25 Nor yet that he should 96976 offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place 96977 every year with blood of others; 9:26 For then must he often have 96978 suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of 96979 the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of 96980 himself. 96981 96982 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the 96983 judgment: 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; 96984 and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time 96985 without sin unto salvation. 96986 96987 10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the 96988 very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they 96989 offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. 96990 96991 10:2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that 96992 the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of 96993 sins. 96994 96995 10:3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins 96996 every year. 96997 96998 10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats 96999 should take away sins. 97000 97001 10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and 97002 offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 10:6 In 97003 burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 97004 97005 10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written 97006 of me,) to do thy will, O God. 97007 97008 10:8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings 97009 and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure 97010 therein; which are offered by the law; 10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come 97011 to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish 97012 the second. 97013 97014 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the 97015 body of Jesus Christ once for all. 97016 97017 10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering 97018 oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 10:12 97019 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, 97020 sat down on the right hand of God; 10:13 From henceforth expecting 97021 till his enemies be made his footstool. 97022 97023 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are 97024 sanctified. 97025 97026 10:15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that 97027 he had said before, 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with 97028 them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their 97029 hearts, and in their minds will I write them; 10:17 And their sins and 97030 iniquities will I remember no more. 97031 97032 10:18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for 97033 sin. 97034 97035 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest 97036 by the blood of Jesus, 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath 97037 consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 10:21 97038 And having an high priest over the house of God; 10:22 Let us draw 97039 near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts 97040 sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure 97041 water. 97042 97043 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; 97044 (for he is faithful that promised;) 10:24 And let us consider one 97045 another to provoke unto love and to good works: 10:25 Not forsaking 97046 the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but 97047 exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day 97048 approaching. 97049 97050 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge 97051 of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 10:27 But a 97052 certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which 97053 shall devour the adversaries. 97054 97055 10:28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or 97056 three witnesses: 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall 97057 he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and 97058 hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, 97059 an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 97060 10:30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I 97061 will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his 97062 people. 97063 97064 10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 97065 97066 10:32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were 97067 illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; 10:33 Partly, 97068 whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; 97069 and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. 97070 97071 10:34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the 97072 spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a 97073 better and an enduring substance. 97074 97075 10:35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great 97076 recompence of reward. 97077 97078 10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will 97079 of God, ye might receive the promise. 97080 97081 10:37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and 97082 will not tarry. 97083 97084 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my 97085 soul shall have no pleasure in him. 97086 97087 10:39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them 97088 that believe to the saving of the soul. 97089 97090 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of 97091 things not seen. 97092 97093 11:2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 97094 97095 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the 97096 word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things 97097 which do appear. 97098 97099 11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than 97100 Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God 97101 testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 97102 97103 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and 97104 was not found, because God had translated him: for before his 97105 translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 97106 97107 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that 97108 cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of 97109 them that diligently seek him. 97110 97111 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, 97112 moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the 97113 which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness 97114 which is by faith. 97115 97116 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which 97117 he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, 97118 not knowing whither he went. 97119 97120 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange 97121 country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with 97122 him of the same promise: 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath 97123 foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 97124 97125 11:11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive 97126 seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she 97127 judged him faithful who had promised. 97128 97129 11:12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so 97130 many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by 97131 the sea shore innumerable. 97132 97133 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but 97134 having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced 97135 them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the 97136 earth. 97137 97138 11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a 97139 country. 97140 97141 11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence 97142 they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. 97143 97144 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: 97145 wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath 97146 prepared for them a city. 97147 97148 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he 97149 that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 11:18 97150 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 11:19 97151 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from 97152 whence also he received him in a figure. 97153 97154 11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. 97155 97156 11:21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of 97157 Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. 97158 97159 11:22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of 97160 the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. 97161 97162 11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his 97163 parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not 97164 afraid of the king's commandment. 97165 97166 11:24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called 97167 the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer 97168 affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin 97169 for a season; 11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches 97170 than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of 97171 the reward. 97172 97173 11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: 97174 for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 97175 97176 11:28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, 97177 lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. 97178 97179 11:29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which 97180 the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. 97181 97182 11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were 97183 compassed about seven days. 97184 97185 11:31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed 97186 not, when she had received the spies with peace. 97187 97188 11:32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of 97189 Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, 97190 and Samuel, and of the prophets: 11:33 Who through faith subdued 97191 kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths 97192 of lions. 97193 97194 11:34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, 97195 out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to 97196 flight the armies of the aliens. 97197 97198 11:35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were 97199 tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better 97200 resurrection: 11:36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and 97201 scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 11:37 They were 97202 stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the 97203 sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being 97204 destitute, afflicted, tormented; 11:38 (Of whom the world was not 97205 worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and 97206 caves of the earth. 97207 97208 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, 97209 received not the promise: 11:40 God having provided some better thing 97210 for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. 97211 97212 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a 97213 cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which 97214 doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is 97215 set before us, 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our 97216 faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, 97217 despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne 97218 of God. 97219 97220 12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners 97221 against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. 97222 97223 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 97224 97225 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as 97226 unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, 97227 nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth 97228 he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 97229 97230 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for 97231 what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 12:8 But if ye be 97232 without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, 97233 and not sons. 97234 97235 12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, 97236 and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection 97237 unto the Father of spirits, and live? 12:10 For they verily for a few 97238 days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, 97239 that we might be partakers of his holiness. 97240 97241 12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but 97242 grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of 97243 righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. 97244 97245 12:12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble 97246 knees; 12:13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is 97247 lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. 97248 97249 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man 97250 shall see the Lord: 12:15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the 97251 grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, 97252 and thereby many be defiled; 12:16 Lest there be any fornicator, or 97253 profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his 97254 birthright. 97255 97256 12:17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the 97257 blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though 97258 he sought it carefully with tears. 97259 97260 12:18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and 97261 that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 97262 12:19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice 97263 they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them 97264 any more: 12:20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, 97265 And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or 97266 thrust through with a dart: 12:21 And so terrible was the sight, that 97267 Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) 12:22 But ye are come unto 97268 mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly 97269 Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 12:23 To the 97270 general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in 97271 heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men 97272 made perfect, 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and 97273 to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of 97274 Abel. 97275 97276 12:25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped 97277 not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we 97278 escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: 12:26 97279 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, 97280 Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. 97281 97282 12:27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those 97283 things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things 97284 which cannot be shaken may remain. 97285 97286 12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us 97287 have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and 97288 godly fear: 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire. 97289 97290 13:1 Let brotherly love continue. 97291 97292 13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have 97293 entertained angels unawares. 97294 97295 13:3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them 97296 which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. 97297 97298 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but 97299 whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 97300 97301 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content 97302 with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave 97303 thee, nor forsake thee. 97304 97305 13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not 97306 fear what man shall do unto me. 97307 97308 13:7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto 97309 you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their 97310 conversation. 97311 97312 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. 97313 97314 13:9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is 97315 a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, 97316 which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. 97317 97318 13:10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve 97319 the tabernacle. 97320 97321 13:11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the 97322 sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. 97323 97324 13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his 97325 own blood, suffered without the gate. 97326 97327 13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his 97328 reproach. 97329 97330 13:14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. 97331 97332 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God 97333 continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. 97334 97335 13:16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such 97336 sacrifices God is well pleased. 97337 97338 13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: 97339 for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that 97340 they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable 97341 for you. 97342 97343 13:18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all 97344 things willing to live honestly. 97345 97346 13:19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored 97347 to you the sooner. 97348 97349 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord 97350 Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the 97351 everlasting covenant, 13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to do 97352 his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, 97353 through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 97354 97355 13:22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for 97356 I have written a letter unto you in few words. 97357 97358 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, 97359 if he come shortly, I will see you. 97360 97361 13:24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. 97362 97363 They of Italy salute you. 97364 97365 13:25 Grace be with you all. Amen. 97366 97367 97368 97369 97370 The General Epistle of James 97371 97372 97373 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, 97374 to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. 97375 97376 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers 97377 temptations; 1:3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh 97378 patience. 97379 97380 1:4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and 97381 entire, wanting nothing. 97382 97383 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all 97384 men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 97385 97386 1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth 97387 is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 97388 97389 1:7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the 97390 Lord. 97391 97392 1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. 97393 97394 1:9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 1:10 97395 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the 97396 grass he shall pass away. 97397 97398 1:11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it 97399 withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of 97400 the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in 97401 his ways. 97402 97403 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is 97404 tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath 97405 promised to them that love him. 97406 97407 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God 97408 cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 1:14 But 97409 every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and 97410 enticed. 97411 97412 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, 97413 when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 97414 97415 1:16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 97416 97417 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh 97418 down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither 97419 shadow of turning. 97420 97421 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we 97422 should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. 97423 97424 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, 97425 slow to speak, slow to wrath: 1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not 97426 the righteousness of God. 97427 97428 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of 97429 naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is 97430 able to save your souls. 97431 97432 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your 97433 own selves. 97434 97435 1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like 97436 unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 1:24 For he 97437 beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what 97438 manner of man he was. 97439 97440 1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth 97441 therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this 97442 man shall be blessed in his deed. 97443 97444 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his 97445 tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. 97446 97447 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To 97448 visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep 97449 himself unspotted from the world. 97450 97451 2:1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord 97452 of glory, with respect of persons. 97453 97454 2:2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in 97455 goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 2:3 97456 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto 97457 him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou 97458 there, or sit here under my footstool: 2:4 Are ye not then partial in 97459 yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? 2:5 Hearken, my 97460 beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in 97461 faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that 97462 love him? 2:6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress 97463 you, and draw you before the judgment seats? 2:7 Do not they 97464 blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? 2:8 If ye 97465 fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy 97466 neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 2:9 But if ye have respect to 97467 persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 97468 97469 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one 97470 point, he is guilty of all. 97471 97472 2:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. 97473 Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a 97474 transgressor of the law. 97475 97476 2:12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law 97477 of liberty. 97478 97479 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no 97480 mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. 97481 97482 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, 97483 and have not works? can faith save him? 2:15 If a brother or sister 97484 be naked, and destitute of daily food, 2:16 And one of you say unto 97485 them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye 97486 give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it 97487 profit? 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being 97488 alone. 97489 97490 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me 97491 thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my 97492 works. 97493 97494 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils 97495 also believe, and tremble. 97496 97497 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 97498 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had 97499 offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 2:22 Seest thou how faith 97500 wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 2:23 And 97501 the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it 97502 was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend 97503 of God. 97504 97505 2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by 97506 faith only. 97507 97508 2:25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when 97509 she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? 97510 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without 97511 works is dead also. 97512 97513 3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive 97514 the greater condemnation. 97515 97516 3:2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, 97517 the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 97518 97519 3:3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; 97520 and we turn about their whole body. 97521 97522 3:4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are 97523 driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small 97524 helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. 97525 97526 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. 97527 97528 Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 3:6 And the tongue 97529 is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, 97530 that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of 97531 nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 97532 97533 3:7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of 97534 things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 3:8 But 97535 the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly 97536 poison. 97537 97538 3:9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we 97539 men, which are made after the similitude of God. 97540 97541 3:10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My 97542 brethren, these things ought not so to be. 97543 97544 3:11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and 97545 bitter? 3:12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? 97546 either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and 97547 fresh. 97548 97549 3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him 97550 shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 97551 97552 3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory 97553 not, and lie not against the truth. 97554 97555 3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, 97556 devilish. 97557 97558 3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every 97559 evil work. 97560 97561 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, 97562 gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, 97563 without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 97564 97565 3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make 97566 peace. 97567 97568 4:1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not 97569 hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 4:2 Ye lust, and 97570 have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and 97571 war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 97572 97573 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume 97574 it upon your lusts. 97575 97576 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of 97577 the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of 97578 the world is the enemy of God. 97579 97580 4:5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that 97581 dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 4:6 But he giveth more grace. 97582 Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the 97583 humble. 97584 97585 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will 97586 flee from you. 97587 97588 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your 97589 hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 97590 97591 4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to 97592 mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 97593 97594 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you 97595 up. 97596 97597 4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of 97598 his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and 97599 judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the 97600 law, but a judge. 97601 97602 4:12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who 97603 art thou that judgest another? 4:13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or 97604 to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and 97605 buy and sell, and get gain: 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on 97606 the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth 97607 for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 97608 97609 4:15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do 97610 this, or that. 97611 97612 4:16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. 97613 97614 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to 97615 him it is sin. 97616 97617 5:1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall 97618 come upon you. 97619 97620 5:2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 97621 97622 5:3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a 97623 witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have 97624 heaped treasure together for the last days. 97625 97626 5:4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your 97627 fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of 97628 them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of 97629 sabaoth. 97630 97631 5:5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have 97632 nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 97633 97634 5:6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. 97635 97636 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. 97637 97638 Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, 97639 and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter 97640 rain. 97641 97642 5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the 97643 Lord draweth nigh. 97644 97645 5:9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: 97646 behold, the judge standeth before the door. 97647 97648 5:10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of 97649 the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 97650 97651 5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the 97652 patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is 97653 very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 97654 97655 5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, 97656 neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be 97657 yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. 97658 97659 5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him 97660 sing psalms. 97661 97662 5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; 97663 and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the 97664 Lord: 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord 97665 shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be 97666 forgiven him. 97667 97668 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, 97669 that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man 97670 availeth much. 97671 97672 5:17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed 97673 earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by 97674 the space of three years and six months. 97675 97676 5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth 97677 brought forth her fruit. 97678 97679 5:19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert 97680 him; 5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the 97681 error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a 97682 multitude of sins. 97683 97684 97685 97686 97687 The First Epistle General of Peter 97688 97689 97690 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered 97691 throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 1:2 Elect 97692 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through 97693 sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the 97694 blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. 97695 97696 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which 97697 according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively 97698 hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1:4 To an 97699 inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, 97700 reserved in heaven for you, 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God 97701 through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 97702 97703 1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, 97704 ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 1:7 That the trial 97705 of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, 97706 though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour 97707 and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 1:8 Whom having not seen, 97708 ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice 97709 with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 1:9 Receiving the end of your 97710 faith, even the salvation of your souls. 97711 97712 1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched 97713 diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: 97714 1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which 97715 was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings 97716 of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 97717 97718 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us 97719 they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them 97720 that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down 97721 from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. 97722 97723 1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to 97724 the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation 97725 of Jesus Christ; 1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves 97726 according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 1:15 But as he which 97727 hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 97728 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 97729 97730 1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons 97731 judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your 97732 sojourning here in fear: 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not 97733 redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain 97734 conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 1:19 But with 97735 the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without 97736 spot: 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the 97737 world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 1:21 Who by him 97738 do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him 97739 glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. 97740 97741 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through 97742 the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one 97743 another with a pure heart fervently: 1:23 Being born again, not of 97744 corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which 97745 liveth and abideth for ever. 97746 97747 1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower 97748 of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: 97749 1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word 97750 which by the gospel is preached unto you. 97751 97752 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, 97753 and envies, all evil speakings, 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the 97754 sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 2:3 If so be ye 97755 have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 97756 97757 2:4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, 97758 but chosen of God, and precious, 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are 97759 built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual 97760 sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 97761 97762 2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in 97763 Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on 97764 him shall not be confounded. 97765 97766 2:7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them 97767 which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the 97768 same is made the head of the corner, 2:8 And a stone of stumbling, and 97769 a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being 97770 disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 97771 97772 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy 97773 nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of 97774 him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; 97775 2:10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of 97776 God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 97777 97778 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain 97779 from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 2:12 Having your 97780 conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak 97781 against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they 97782 shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. 97783 97784 2:13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: 97785 whether it be to the king, as supreme; 2:14 Or unto governors, as unto 97786 them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the 97787 praise of them that do well. 97788 97789 2:15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to 97790 silence the ignorance of foolish men: 2:16 As free, and not using your 97791 liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. 97792 97793 2:17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. 97794 97795 2:18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to 97796 the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 97797 97798 2:19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God 97799 endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 97800 97801 2:20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye 97802 shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, 97803 ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. 97804 97805 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered 97806 for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 2:22 97807 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 2:23 Who, when 97808 he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened 97809 not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: 2:24 Who 97810 his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being 97811 dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were 97812 healed. 97813 97814 2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the 97815 Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 97816 97817 3:1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, 97818 if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the 97819 conversation of the wives; 3:2 While they behold your chaste 97820 conversation coupled with fear. 97821 97822 3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the 97823 hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 3:4 But let 97824 it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, 97825 even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of 97826 God of great price. 97827 97828 3:5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who 97829 trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own 97830 husbands: 3:6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose 97831 daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any 97832 amazement. 97833 97834 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, 97835 giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being 97836 heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not 97837 hindered. 97838 97839 3:8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, 97840 love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 3:9 Not rendering evil for 97841 evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that 97842 ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 97843 97844 3:10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain 97845 his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 3:11 Let 97846 him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 97847 97848 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are 97849 open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that 97850 do evil. 97851 97852 3:13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that 97853 which is good? 3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, 97854 happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; 97855 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to 97856 give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that 97857 is in you with meekness and fear: 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, 97858 whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed 97859 that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. 97860 97861 3:17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for 97862 well doing, than for evil doing. 97863 97864 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the 97865 unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the 97866 flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 3:19 By which also he went and 97867 preached unto the spirits in prison; 3:20 Which sometime were 97868 disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of 97869 Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls 97870 were saved by water. 97871 97872 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not 97873 the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good 97874 conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 3:22 Who 97875 is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and 97876 authorities and powers being made subject unto him. 97877 97878 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm 97879 yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in 97880 the flesh hath ceased from sin; 4:2 That he no longer should live the 97881 rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of 97882 God. 97883 97884 4:3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the 97885 will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess 97886 of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 4:4 97887 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same 97888 excess of riot, speaking evil of you: 4:5 Who shall give account to 97889 him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. 97890 97891 4:6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are 97892 dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but 97893 live according to God in the spirit. 97894 97895 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and 97896 watch unto prayer. 97897 97898 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for 97899 charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 97900 97901 4:9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging. 97902 97903 4:10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same 97904 one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 97905 97906 4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man 97907 minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God 97908 in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise 97909 and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 97910 97911 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is 97912 to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 4:13 But 97913 rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, 97914 when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding 97915 joy. 97916 97917 4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the 97918 spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil 97919 spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 97920 97921 4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an 97922 evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. 97923 97924 4:16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but 97925 let him glorify God on this behalf. 97926 97927 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of 97928 God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that 97929 obey not the gospel of God? 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be 97930 saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 4:19 Wherefore 97931 let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping 97932 of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. 97933 97934 5:1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and 97935 a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the 97936 glory that shall be revealed: 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among 97937 you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; 97938 not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 5:3 Neither as being lords 97939 over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 97940 97941 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown 97942 of glory that fadeth not away. 97943 97944 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all 97945 of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for 97946 God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 97947 97948 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he 97949 may exalt you in due time: 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he 97950 careth for you. 97951 97952 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a 97953 roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 5:9 Whom 97954 resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are 97955 accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 97956 97957 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal 97958 glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you 97959 perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. 97960 97961 5:11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 97962 97963 5:12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have 97964 written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace 97965 of God wherein ye stand. 97966 97967 5:13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, 97968 saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son. 97969 97970 5:14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you 97971 all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. 97972 97973 97974 97975 97976 The Second General Epistle of Peter 97977 97978 97979 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them 97980 that have obtained like precious faith with us through the 97981 righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: 1:2 Grace and peace 97982 be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our 97983 Lord, 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things 97984 that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him 97985 that hath called us to glory and virtue: 1:4 Whereby are given unto us 97986 exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be 97987 partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is 97988 in the world through lust. 97989 97990 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; 97991 and to virtue knowledge; 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to 97992 temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 1:7 And to godliness 97993 brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 97994 97995 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye 97996 shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord 97997 Jesus Christ. 97998 97999 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar 98000 off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. 98001 98002 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your 98003 calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never 98004 fall: 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly 98005 into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 98006 98007 1:12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in 98008 remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established 98009 in the present truth. 98010 98011 1:13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir 98012 you up by putting you in remembrance; 1:14 Knowing that shortly I must 98013 put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed 98014 me. 98015 98016 1:15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to 98017 have these things always in remembrance. 98018 98019 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made 98020 known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were 98021 eyewitnesses of his majesty. 98022 98023 1:17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there 98024 came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved 98025 Son, in whom I am well pleased. 98026 98027 1:18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with 98028 him in the holy mount. 98029 98030 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well 98031 that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until 98032 the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 1:20 Knowing this 98033 first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private 98034 interpretation. 98035 98036 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but 98037 holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 98038 98039 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there 98040 shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable 98041 heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon 98042 themselves swift destruction. 98043 98044 2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the 98045 way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 98046 98047 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make 98048 merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, 98049 and their damnation slumbereth not. 98050 98051 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down 98052 to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved 98053 unto judgment; 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the 98054 eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon 98055 the world of the ungodly; 2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and 98056 Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an 98057 ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; 2:7 And delivered 98058 just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 2:8 (For 98059 that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed 98060 his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) 2:9 The 98061 Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to 98062 reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 2:10 But 98063 chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and 98064 despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not 98065 afraid to speak evil of dignities. 98066 98067 2:11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not 98068 railing accusation against them before the Lord. 98069 98070 2:12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and 98071 destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and 98072 shall utterly perish in their own corruption; 2:13 And shall receive 98073 the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot 98074 in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves 98075 with their own deceivings while they feast with you; 2:14 Having eyes 98076 full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable 98077 souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed 98078 children: 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, 98079 following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of 98080 unrighteousness; 2:16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass 98081 speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. 98082 98083 2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a 98084 tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. 98085 98086 2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure 98087 through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that 98088 were clean escaped from them who live in error. 98089 98090 2:19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants 98091 of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he 98092 brought in bondage. 98093 98094 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world 98095 through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are 98096 again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with 98097 them than the beginning. 98098 98099 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of 98100 righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy 98101 commandment delivered unto them. 98102 98103 2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The 98104 dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to 98105 her wallowing in the mire. 98106 98107 3:1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which 98108 I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: 3:2 That ye may be 98109 mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, 98110 and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 3:3 98111 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, 98112 walking after their own lusts, 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of 98113 his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as 98114 they were from the beginning of the creation. 98115 98116 3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God 98117 the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and 98118 in the water: 3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed 98119 with water, perished: 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are 98120 now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against 98121 the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 98122 98123 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is 98124 with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 98125 98126 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count 98127 slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any 98128 should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 98129 98130 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the 98131 which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements 98132 shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are 98133 therein shall be burned up. 98134 98135 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner 98136 of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 3:12 98137 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the 98138 heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt 98139 with fervent heat? 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, 98140 look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 98141 98142 3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be 98143 diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and 98144 blameless. 98145 98146 3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even 98147 as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto 98148 him hath written unto you; 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking 98149 in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be 98150 understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they 98151 do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 98152 98153 3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware 98154 lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from 98155 your own stedfastness. 98156 98157 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour 98158 Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. 98159 98160 98161 98162 98163 The First Epistle General of John 98164 98165 98166 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we 98167 have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have 98168 handled, of the Word of life; 1:2 (For the life was manifested, and we 98169 have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, 98170 which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 1:3 That which 98171 we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have 98172 fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and 98173 with his Son Jesus Christ. 98174 98175 1:4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. 98176 98177 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare 98178 unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 98179 98180 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, 98181 we lie, and do not the truth: 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he 98182 is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of 98183 Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 98184 98185 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth 98186 is not in us. 98187 98188 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our 98189 sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 98190 98191 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his 98192 word is not in us. 98193 98194 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin 98195 not. 98196 98197 And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ 98198 the righteous: 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not 98199 for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 98200 98201 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his 98202 commandments. 98203 98204 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a 98205 liar, and the truth is not in him. 98206 98207 2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God 98208 perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 98209 98210 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, 98211 even as he walked. 98212 98213 2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old 98214 commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is 98215 the word which ye have heard from the beginning. 98216 98217 2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in 98218 him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now 98219 shineth. 98220 98221 2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in 98222 darkness even until now. 98223 98224 2:10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is 98225 none occasion of stumbling in him. 98226 98227 2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in 98228 darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath 98229 blinded his eyes. 98230 98231 2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven 98232 you for his name's sake. 98233 98234 2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from 98235 the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome 98236 the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have 98237 known the Father. 98238 98239 2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that 98240 is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye 98241 are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome 98242 the wicked one. 98243 98244 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If 98245 any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 98246 98247 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust 98248 of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of 98249 the world. 98250 98251 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that 98252 doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 98253 98254 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that 98255 antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we 98256 know that it is the last time. 98257 98258 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had 98259 been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went 98260 out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 98261 98262 2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 98263 98264 2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but 98265 because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 98266 98267 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is 98268 antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 98269 98270 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that 98271 acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. 98272 98273 2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the 98274 beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain 98275 in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. 98276 98277 2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal 98278 life. 98279 98280 2:26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce 98281 you. 98282 98283 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, 98284 and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing 98285 teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as 98286 it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. 98287 98288 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall 98289 appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his 98290 coming. 98291 98292 2:29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that 98293 doeth righteousness is born of him. 98294 98295 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that 98296 we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us 98297 not, because it knew him not. 98298 98299 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear 98300 what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be 98301 like him; for we shall see him as he is. 98302 98303 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even 98304 as he is pure. 98305 98306 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is 98307 the transgression of the law. 98308 98309 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in 98310 him is no sin. 98311 98312 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not 98313 seen him, neither known him. 98314 98315 3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth 98316 righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 98317 98318 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from 98319 the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he 98320 might destroy the works of the devil. 98321 98322 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed 98323 remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 98324 98325 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the 98326 devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he 98327 that loveth not his brother. 98328 98329 3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we 98330 should love one another. 98331 98332 3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. 98333 And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his 98334 brother's righteous. 98335 98336 3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 98337 98338 3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love 98339 the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 98340 98341 3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no 98342 murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 98343 98344 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life 98345 for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 98346 98347 3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have 98348 need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth 98349 the love of God in him? 3:18 My little children, let us not love in 98350 word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 98351 98352 3:19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our 98353 hearts before him. 98354 98355 3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and 98356 knoweth all things. 98357 98358 3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence 98359 toward God. 98360 98361 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his 98362 commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 98363 98364 3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name 98365 of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us 98366 commandment. 98367 98368 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in 98369 him. 98370 98371 And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath 98372 given us. 98373 98374 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether 98375 they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the 98376 world. 98377 98378 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth 98379 that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 4:3 And every spirit 98380 that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of 98381 God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that 98382 it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 98383 98384 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because 98385 greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 98386 98387 4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the 98388 world heareth them. 98389 98390 4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of 98391 God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit 98392 of error. 98393 98394 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every 98395 one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 98396 98397 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 98398 98399 4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God 98400 sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through 98401 him. 98402 98403 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and 98404 sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 98405 98406 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 98407 98408 4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God 98409 dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 98410 98411 4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he 98412 hath given us of his Spirit. 98413 98414 4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to 98415 be the Saviour of the world. 98416 98417 4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God 98418 dwelleth in him, and he in God. 98419 98420 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God 98421 is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 98422 98423 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the 98424 day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 98425 98426 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: 98427 because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in 98428 love. 98429 98430 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us. 98431 98432 4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: 98433 for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love 98434 God whom he hath not seen? 4:21 And this commandment have we from 98435 him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. 98436 98437 5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and 98438 every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten 98439 of him. 98440 98441 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love 98442 God, and keep his commandments. 98443 98444 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and 98445 his commandments are not grievous. 98446 98447 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is 98448 the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 98449 98450 5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that 98451 Jesus is the Son of God? 5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, 98452 even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it 98453 is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 98454 98455 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the 98456 Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 98457 98458 5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and 98459 the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 98460 98461 5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: 98462 for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. 98463 98464 5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: 98465 he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth 98466 not the record that God gave of his Son. 98467 98468 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, 98469 and this life is in his Son. 98470 98471 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of 98472 God hath not life. 98473 98474 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of 98475 the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that 98476 ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. 98477 98478 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask 98479 any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 5:15 And if we know 98480 that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions 98481 that we desired of him. 98482 98483 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he 98484 shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto 98485 death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for 98486 it. 98487 98488 5:17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. 98489 98490 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is 98491 begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. 98492 98493 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in 98494 wickedness. 98495 98496 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an 98497 understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him 98498 that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and 98499 eternal life. 98500 98501 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. 98502 98503 98504 98505 98506 The Second Epistle General of John 98507 98508 98509 1:1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in 98510 the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the 98511 truth; 1:2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be 98512 with us for ever. 98513 98514 1:3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from 98515 the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. 98516 98517 1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, 98518 as we have received a commandment from the Father. 98519 98520 1:5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new 98521 commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that 98522 we love one another. 98523 98524 1:6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the 98525 commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk 98526 in it. 98527 98528 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not 98529 that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an 98530 antichrist. 98531 98532 1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have 98533 wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 98534 98535 1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of 98536 Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he 98537 hath both the Father and the Son. 98538 98539 1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive 98540 him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 1:11 For he that 98541 biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. 98542 98543 1:12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with 98544 paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, 98545 that our joy may be full. 98546 98547 1:13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. 98548 98549 98550 98551 98552 The Third Epistle General of John 98553 98554 98555 1:1 The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. 98556 98557 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be 98558 in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 98559 98560 1:3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of 98561 the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. 98562 98563 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 98564 98565 1:5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the 98566 brethren, and to strangers; 1:6 Which have borne witness of thy 98567 charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey 98568 after a godly sort, thou shalt do well: 1:7 Because that for his 98569 name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. 98570 98571 1:8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers 98572 to the truth. 98573 98574 1:9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the 98575 preeminence among them, receiveth us not. 98576 98577 1:10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, 98578 prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, 98579 neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that 98580 would, and casteth them out of the church. 98581 98582 1:11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. 98583 He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen 98584 God. 98585 98586 1:12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: 98587 yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true. 98588 98589 1:13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write 98590 unto thee: 1:14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall 98591 speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet 98592 the friends by name. 98593 98594 98595 98596 98597 The General Epistle of Jude 98598 98599 98600 1:1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them 98601 that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, 98602 and called: 1:2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. 98603 98604 1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common 98605 salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you 98606 that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once 98607 delivered unto the saints. 98608 98609 1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of 98610 old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of 98611 our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our 98612 Lord Jesus Christ. 98613 98614 1:5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, 98615 how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, 98616 afterward destroyed them that believed not. 98617 98618 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their 98619 own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness 98620 unto the judgment of the great day. 98621 98622 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like 98623 manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange 98624 flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of 98625 eternal fire. 98626 98627 1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise 98628 dominion, and speak evil of dignities. 98629 98630 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he 98631 disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a 98632 railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 98633 98634 1:10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but 98635 what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they 98636 corrupt themselves. 98637 98638 1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran 98639 greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the 98640 gainsaying of Core. 98641 98642 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with 98643 you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, 98644 carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, 98645 twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 1:13 Raging waves of the sea, 98646 foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the 98647 blackness of darkness for ever. 98648 98649 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, 98650 saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 1:15 98651 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly 98652 among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly 98653 committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have 98654 spoken against him. 98655 98656 1:16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; 98657 and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in 98658 admiration because of advantage. 98659 98660 1:17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of 98661 the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 1:18 How that they told you 98662 there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their 98663 own ungodly lusts. 98664 98665 1:19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the 98666 Spirit. 98667 98668 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, 98669 praying in the Holy Ghost, 1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, 98670 looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 98671 98672 1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference: 1:23 And others 98673 save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment 98674 spotted by the flesh. 98675 98676 1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to 98677 present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding 98678 joy, 1:25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, 98679 dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. 98680 98681 98682 98683 98684 The Revelation of Saint John the Devine 98685 98686 98687 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew 98688 unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent 98689 and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 1:2 Who bare 98690 record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and 98691 of all things that he saw. 98692 98693 1:3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this 98694 prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the 98695 time is at hand. 98696 98697 1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, 98698 and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and 98699 from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 1:5 And from Jesus 98700 Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the 98701 dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved 98702 us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 1:6 And hath made us 98703 kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and 98704 dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 98705 98706 1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and 98707 they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail 98708 because of him. Even so, Amen. 98709 98710 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the 98711 Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. 98712 98713 1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, 98714 and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that 98715 is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus 98716 Christ. 98717 98718 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a 98719 great voice, as of a trumpet, 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the 98720 first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it 98721 unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto 98722 Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and 98723 unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. 98724 98725 1:12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being 98726 turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; 1:13 And in the midst of the 98727 seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a 98728 garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden 98729 girdle. 98730 98731 1:14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; 98732 and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 1:15 And his feet like unto fine 98733 brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of 98734 many waters. 98735 98736 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth 98737 went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun 98738 shineth in his strength. 98739 98740 1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his 98741 right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the 98742 last: 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive 98743 for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. 98744 98745 1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, 98746 and the things which shall be hereafter; 1:20 The mystery of the seven 98747 stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden 98748 candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: 98749 and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. 98750 98751 2:1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith 98752 he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the 98753 midst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2:2 I know thy works, and thy 98754 labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are 98755 evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are 98756 not, and hast found them liars: 2:3 And hast borne, and hast patience, 98757 and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 98758 98759 2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left 98760 thy first love. 98761 98762 2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do 98763 the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will 98764 remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. 98765 98766 2:6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the 98767 Nicolaitanes, which I also hate. 98768 98769 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the 98770 churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of 98771 life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. 98772 98773 2:8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things 98774 saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; 2:9 I know 98775 thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I 98776 know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but 98777 are the synagogue of Satan. 98778 98779 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the 98780 devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye 98781 shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I 98782 will give thee a crown of life. 98783 98784 2:11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the 98785 churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. 98786 98787 2:12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things 98788 saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; 2:13 I know thy 98789 works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou 98790 holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days 98791 wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where 98792 Satan dwelleth. 98793 98794 2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there 98795 them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a 98796 stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed 98797 unto idols, and to commit fornication. 98798 98799 2:15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the 98800 Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. 98801 98802 2:16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight 98803 against them with the sword of my mouth. 98804 98805 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the 98806 churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden 98807 manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name 98808 written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. 98809 98810 2:18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things 98811 saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and 98812 his feet are like fine brass; 2:19 I know thy works, and charity, and 98813 service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to 98814 be more than the first. 98815 98816 2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou 98817 sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to 98818 teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat 98819 things sacrificed unto idols. 98820 98821 2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she 98822 repented not. 98823 98824 2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery 98825 with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. 98826 98827 2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches 98828 shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I 98829 will give unto every one of you according to your works. 98830 98831 2:24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as 98832 have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, 98833 as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. 98834 98835 2:25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come. 98836 98837 2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him 98838 will I give power over the nations: 2:27 And he shall rule them with a 98839 rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to 98840 shivers: even as I received of my Father. 98841 98842 2:28 And I will give him the morning star. 98843 98844 2:29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the 98845 churches. 98846 98847 3:1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things 98848 saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I 98849 know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. 98850 98851 3:2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are 98852 ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. 98853 98854 3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold 98855 fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on 98856 thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon 98857 thee. 98858 98859 3:4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their 98860 garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. 98861 98862 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; 98863 and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will 98864 confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. 98865 98866 3:6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the 98867 churches. 98868 98869 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things 98870 saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, 98871 he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man 98872 openeth; 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open 98873 door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and 98874 hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. 98875 98876 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they 98877 are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come 98878 and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. 98879 98880 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep 98881 thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, 98882 to try them that dwell upon the earth. 98883 98884 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no 98885 man take thy crown. 98886 98887 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, 98888 and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my 98889 God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which 98890 cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my 98891 new name. 98892 98893 3:13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the 98894 churches. 98895 98896 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These 98897 things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of 98898 the creation of God; 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold 98899 nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 98900 98901 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I 98902 will spue thee out of my mouth. 98903 98904 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and 98905 have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and 98906 miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 3:18 I counsel thee to buy 98907 of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white 98908 raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy 98909 nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that 98910 thou mayest see. 98911 98912 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, 98913 and repent. 98914 98915 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, 98916 and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and 98917 he with me. 98918 98919 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, 98920 even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 98921 98922 3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the 98923 churches. 98924 98925 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and 98926 the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with 98927 me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must 98928 be hereafter. 98929 98930 4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set 98931 in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 98932 98933 4:3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine 98934 stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like 98935 unto an emerald. 98936 98937 4:4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon 98938 the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white 98939 raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 98940 98941 4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and 98942 voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, 98943 which are the seven Spirits of God. 98944 98945 4:6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: 98946 and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four 98947 beasts full of eyes before and behind. 98948 98949 4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a 98950 calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast 98951 was like a flying eagle. 98952 98953 4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they 98954 were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, 98955 Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to 98956 come. 98957 98958 4:9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that 98959 sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 4:10 The four and 98960 twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship 98961 him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the 98962 throne, saying, 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and 98963 honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy 98964 pleasure they are and were created. 98965 98966 5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book 98967 written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. 98968 98969 5:2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is 98970 worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 5:3 And no 98971 man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open 98972 the book, neither to look thereon. 98973 98974 5:4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to 98975 read the book, neither to look thereon. 98976 98977 5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of 98978 the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, 98979 and to loose the seven seals thereof. 98980 98981 5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four 98982 beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been 98983 slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits 98984 of God sent forth into all the earth. 98985 98986 5:7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that 98987 sat upon the throne. 98988 98989 5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and 98990 twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them 98991 harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of 98992 saints. 98993 98994 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the 98995 book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast 98996 redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and 98997 people, and nation; 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and 98998 priests: and we shall reign on the earth. 98999 99000 5:11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about 99001 the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was 99002 ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 5:12 99003 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive 99004 power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, 99005 and blessing. 99006 99007 5:13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and 99008 under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, 99009 heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto 99010 him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. 99011 99012 5:14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders 99013 fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. 99014 99015 6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as 99016 it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and 99017 see. 99018 99019 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a 99020 bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and 99021 to conquer. 99022 99023 6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast 99024 say, Come and see. 99025 99026 6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given 99027 to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they 99028 should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. 99029 99030 6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast 99031 say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat 99032 on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 99033 99034 6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure 99035 of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and 99036 see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. 99037 99038 6:7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the 99039 fourth beast say, Come and see. 99040 99041 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on 99042 him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto 99043 them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with 99044 hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. 99045 99046 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the 99047 souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the 99048 testimony which they held: 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, 99049 saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and 99050 avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 6:11 And white 99051 robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, 99052 that they should rest yet for a little season, until their 99053 fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they 99054 were, should be fulfilled. 99055 99056 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there 99057 was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, 99058 and the moon became as blood; 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto 99059 the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is 99060 shaken of a mighty wind. 99061 99062 6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; 99063 and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 99064 99065 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, 99066 and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and 99067 every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the 99068 mountains; 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and 99069 hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the 99070 wrath of the Lamb: 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and 99071 who shall be able to stand? 7:1 And after these things I saw four 99072 angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four 99073 winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on 99074 the sea, nor on any tree. 99075 99076 7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal 99077 of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, 99078 to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 7:3 Saying, Hurt 99079 not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the 99080 servants of our God in their foreheads. 99081 99082 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were 99083 sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the 99084 children of Israel. 99085 99086 7:5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of 99087 Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed 99088 twelve thousand. 99089 99090 7:6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of 99091 Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were 99092 sealed twelve thousand. 99093 99094 7:7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe 99095 of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were 99096 sealed twelve thousand. 99097 99098 7:8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe 99099 of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were 99100 sealed twelve thousand. 99101 99102 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man 99103 could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, 99104 stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white 99105 robes, and palms in their hands; 7:10 And cried with a loud voice, 99106 saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto 99107 the Lamb. 99108 99109 7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the 99110 elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, 99111 and worshipped God, 7:12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and 99112 wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto 99113 our God for ever and ever. Amen. 99114 99115 7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these 99116 which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 7:14 And I 99117 said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they 99118 which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and 99119 made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 99120 99121 7:15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day 99122 and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell 99123 among them. 99124 99125 7:16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall 99126 the sun light on them, nor any heat. 99127 99128 7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, 99129 and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall 99130 wipe away all tears from their eyes. 99131 99132 8:1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in 99133 heaven about the space of half an hour. 99134 99135 8:2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them 99136 were given seven trumpets. 99137 99138 8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden 99139 censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should 99140 offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which 99141 was before the throne. 99142 99143 8:4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the 99144 saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. 99145 99146 8:5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the 99147 altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and 99148 thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. 99149 99150 8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared 99151 themselves to sound. 99152 99153 8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled 99154 with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of 99155 trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. 99156 99157 8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain 99158 burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea 99159 became blood; 8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were in 99160 the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were 99161 destroyed. 99162 99163 8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from 99164 heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of 99165 the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; 8:11 And the name of the 99166 star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became 99167 wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made 99168 bitter. 99169 99170 8:12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was 99171 smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the 99172 stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone 99173 not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. 99174 99175 8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of 99176 heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of 99177 the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three 99178 angels, which are yet to sound! 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and 99179 I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the 99180 key of the bottomless pit. 99181 99182 9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of 99183 the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were 99184 darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 99185 99186 9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto 99187 them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 99188 99189 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of 99190 the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those 99191 men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. 99192 99193 9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that 99194 they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the 99195 torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. 99196 99197 9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and 99198 shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. 99199 99200 9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto 99201 battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their 99202 faces were as the faces of men. 99203 99204 9:8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as 99205 the teeth of lions. 99206 99207 9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and 99208 the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses 99209 running to battle. 99210 99211 9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in 99212 their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. 99213 99214 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the 99215 bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the 99216 Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. 99217 99218 9:12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. 99219 99220 9:13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four 99221 horns of the golden altar which is before God, 9:14 Saying to the 99222 sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are 99223 bound in the great river Euphrates. 99224 99225 9:15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, 99226 and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. 99227 99228 9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred 99229 thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. 99230 99231 9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on 99232 them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and 99233 the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their 99234 mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. 99235 99236 9:18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and 99237 by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. 99238 99239 9:19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their 99240 tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do 99241 hurt. 99242 99243 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues 99244 yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not 99245 worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, 99246 and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: 9:21 Neither 99247 repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their 99248 fornication, nor of their thefts. 99249 99250 10:1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed 99251 with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it 99252 were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: 10:2 And he had in his 99253 hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and 99254 his left foot on the earth, 10:3 And cried with a loud voice, as when 99255 a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their 99256 voices. 99257 99258 10:4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about 99259 to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up 99260 those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. 99261 99262 10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth 99263 lifted up his hand to heaven, 10:6 And sware by him that liveth for 99264 ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, 99265 and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the 99266 things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: 10:7 99267 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin 99268 to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared 99269 to his servants the prophets. 99270 99271 10:8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and 99272 said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the 99273 angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. 99274 99275 10:9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little 99276 book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make 99277 thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. 99278 99279 10:10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it 99280 up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten 99281 it, my belly was bitter. 99282 99283 10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many 99284 peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. 99285 99286 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel 99287 stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and 99288 them that worship therein. 99289 99290 11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure 99291 it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall 99292 they tread under foot forty and two months. 99293 99294 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall 99295 prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in 99296 sackcloth. 99297 99298 11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing 99299 before the God of the earth. 99300 99301 11:5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their 99302 mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he 99303 must in this manner be killed. 99304 99305 11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of 99306 their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and 99307 to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. 99308 99309 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that 99310 ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and 99311 shall overcome them, and kill them. 99312 99313 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, 99314 which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was 99315 crucified. 99316 99317 11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall 99318 see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer 99319 their dead bodies to be put in graves. 99320 99321 11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and 99322 make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two 99323 prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. 99324 99325 11:11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God 99326 entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell 99327 upon them which saw them. 99328 99329 11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come 99330 up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their 99331 enemies beheld them. 99332 99333 11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth 99334 part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven 99335 thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God 99336 of heaven. 99337 99338 11:14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh 99339 quickly. 99340 99341 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in 99342 heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of 99343 our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. 99344 99345 11:16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their 99346 seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 11:17 Saying, We 99347 give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to 99348 come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast 99349 reigned. 99350 99351 11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time 99352 of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give 99353 reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them 99354 that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which 99355 destroy the earth. 99356 99357 11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen 99358 in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and 99359 voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. 99360 99361 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with 99362 the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of 99363 twelve stars: 12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing in 99364 birth, and pained to be delivered. 99365 99366 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great 99367 red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon 99368 his heads. 99369 99370 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did 99371 cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which 99372 was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was 99373 born. 99374 99375 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations 99376 with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his 99377 throne. 99378 99379 12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place 99380 prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two 99381 hundred and threescore days. 99382 99383 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought 99384 against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 12:8 And 99385 prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 99386 99387 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the 99388 Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out 99389 into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 99390 99391 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come 99392 salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of 99393 his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which 99394 accused them before our God day and night. 99395 99396 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word 99397 of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. 99398 99399 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to 99400 the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down 99401 unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a 99402 short time. 99403 99404 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he 99405 persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. 99406 99407 12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she 99408 might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished 99409 for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 99410 99411 12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the 99412 woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 99413 99414 12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, 99415 and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 99416 99417 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war 99418 with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and 99419 have the testimony of Jesus Christ. 99420 99421 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out 99422 of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten 99423 crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 99424 99425 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet 99426 were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and 99427 the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. 99428 99429 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his 99430 deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. 99431 99432 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: 99433 and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who 99434 is able to make war with him? 13:5 And there was given unto him a 99435 mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto 99436 him to continue forty and two months. 99437 99438 13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme 99439 his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. 99440 99441 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to 99442 overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, 99443 and nations. 99444 99445 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names 99446 are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the 99447 foundation of the world. 99448 99449 13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear. 99450 99451 13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that 99452 killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the 99453 patience and the faith of the saints. 99454 99455 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he 99456 had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 99457 99458 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, 99459 and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the 99460 first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 99461 99462 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down 99463 from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 13:14 And deceiveth them 99464 that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had 99465 power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on 99466 the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the 99467 wound by a sword, and did live. 99468 99469 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that 99470 the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as 99471 would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 99472 99473 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free 99474 and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their 99475 foreheads: 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had 99476 the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 99477 99478 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number 99479 of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six 99480 hundred threescore and six. 99481 99482 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with 99483 him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name 99484 written in their foreheads. 99485 99486 14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and 99487 as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers 99488 harping with their harps: 14:3 And they sung as it were a new song 99489 before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no 99490 man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, 99491 which were redeemed from the earth. 99492 99493 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are 99494 virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. 99495 These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and 99496 to the Lamb. 99497 99498 14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault 99499 before the throne of God. 99500 99501 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the 99502 everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to 99503 every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 14:7 Saying with a 99504 loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his 99505 judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the 99506 sea, and the fountains of waters. 99507 99508 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is 99509 fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the 99510 wine of the wrath of her fornication. 99511 99512 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If 99513 any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his 99514 forehead, or in his hand, 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of 99515 the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of 99516 his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in 99517 the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 99518 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: 99519 and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his 99520 image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 99521 99522 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the 99523 commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. 99524 99525 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed 99526 are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the 99527 Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do 99528 follow them. 99529 99530 14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one 99531 sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and 99532 in his hand a sharp sickle. 99533 99534 14:15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud 99535 voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: 99536 for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is 99537 ripe. 99538 99539 14:16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; 99540 and the earth was reaped. 99541 99542 14:17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he 99543 also having a sharp sickle. 99544 99545 14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over 99546 fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, 99547 saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the 99548 vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. 99549 99550 14:19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered 99551 the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the 99552 wrath of God. 99553 99554 14:20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came 99555 out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a 99556 thousand and six hundred furlongs. 99557 99558 15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven 99559 angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the 99560 wrath of God. 99561 99562 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them 99563 that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and 99564 over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of 99565 glass, having the harps of God. 99566 99567 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song 99568 of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God 99569 Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. 99570 99571 15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou 99572 only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for 99573 thy judgments are made manifest. 99574 99575 15:5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the 99576 tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: 15:6 And the seven 99577 angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in 99578 pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden 99579 girdles. 99580 99581 15:7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven 99582 golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. 99583 99584 15:8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and 99585 from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the 99586 seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. 99587 99588 16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven 99589 angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon 99590 the earth. 99591 99592 16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and 99593 there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark 99594 of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. 99595 99596 16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it 99597 became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the 99598 sea. 99599 99600 16:4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and 99601 fountains of waters; and they became blood. 99602 99603 16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O 99604 Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged 99605 thus. 99606 99607 16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou 99608 hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. 99609 99610 16:7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God 99611 Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. 99612 99613 16:8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power 99614 was given unto him to scorch men with fire. 99615 99616 16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of 99617 God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to 99618 give him glory. 99619 99620 16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the 99621 beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their 99622 tongues for pain, 16:11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of 99623 their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. 99624 99625 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river 99626 Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the 99627 kings of the east might be prepared. 99628 99629 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth 99630 of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth 99631 of the false prophet. 99632 99633 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go 99634 forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather 99635 them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 99636 99637 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and 99638 keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. 99639 99640 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew 99641 tongue Armageddon. 99642 99643 16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and 99644 there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, 99645 saying, It is done. 99646 99647 16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there 99648 was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, 99649 so mighty an earthquake, and so great. 99650 99651 16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities 99652 of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, 99653 to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. 99654 99655 16:20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 99656 99657 16:21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone 99658 about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the 99659 plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. 99660 99661 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, 99662 and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee 99663 the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 17:2 99664 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the 99665 inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her 99666 fornication. 99667 99668 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I 99669 saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of 99670 blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 99671 99672 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and 99673 decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup 99674 in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 99675 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE 99676 GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 99677 99678 17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and 99679 with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered 99680 with great admiration. 99681 99682 17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will 99683 tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth 99684 her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. 99685 99686 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out 99687 of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on 99688 the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of 99689 life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that 99690 was, and is not, and yet is. 99691 99692 17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven 99693 mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 99694 99695 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the 99696 other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short 99697 space. 99698 99699 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and 99700 is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. 99701 99702 17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have 99703 received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with 99704 the beast. 99705 99706 17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength 99707 unto the beast. 99708 99709 17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome 99710 them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are 99711 with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. 99712 99713 17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the 99714 whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 99715 99716 17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall 99717 hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat 99718 her flesh, and burn her with fire. 99719 99720 17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to 99721 agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God 99722 shall be fulfilled. 99723 99724 17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which 99725 reigneth over the kings of the earth. 99726 99727 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, 99728 having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 99729 99730 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the 99731 great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, 99732 and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and 99733 hateful bird. 99734 99735 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her 99736 fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication 99737 with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the 99738 abundance of her delicacies. 99739 99740 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, 99741 my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive 99742 not of her plagues. 99743 99744 18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered 99745 her iniquities. 99746 99747 18:6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double 99748 according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her 99749 double. 99750 99751 18:7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so 99752 much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a 99753 queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. 99754 99755 18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, 99756 and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is 99757 the Lord God who judgeth her. 99758 99759 18:9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and 99760 lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when 99761 they shall see the smoke of her burning, 18:10 Standing afar off for 99762 the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, 99763 that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. 99764 99765 18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; 99766 for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: 18:12 The merchandise of 99767 gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, 99768 and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner 99769 vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of 99770 brass, and iron, and marble, 18:13 And cinnamon, and odours, and 99771 ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and 99772 wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, 99773 and souls of men. 99774 99775 18:14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from 99776 thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from 99777 thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. 99778 99779 18:15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, 99780 shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 99781 18:16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine 99782 linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious 99783 stones, and pearls! 18:17 For in one hour so great riches is come to 99784 nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and 99785 sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, 18:18 And cried 99786 when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto 99787 this great city! 18:19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, 99788 weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were 99789 made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! 99790 for in one hour is she made desolate. 99791 99792 18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and 99793 prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. 99794 99795 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and 99796 cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city 99797 Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. 99798 99799 18:22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and 99800 trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, 99801 of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the 99802 sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; 18:23 And 99803 the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the 99804 voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all 99805 in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy 99806 sorceries were all nations deceived. 99807 99808 18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and 99809 of all that were slain upon the earth. 99810 99811 19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in 99812 heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, 99813 unto the Lord our God: 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments: 99814 for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with 99815 her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her 99816 hand. 99817 99818 19:3 And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and 99819 ever. 99820 99821 19:4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and 99822 worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. 99823 99824 19:5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all 99825 ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. 99826 99827 19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the 99828 voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, 99829 Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 99830 99831 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the 99832 marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 99833 99834 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, 99835 clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 99836 99837 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called 99838 unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are 99839 the true sayings of God. 99840 99841 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See 99842 thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have 99843 the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the 99844 spirit of prophecy. 99845 99846 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that 99847 sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he 99848 doth judge and make war. 99849 99850 19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many 99851 crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 99852 99853 19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name 99854 is called The Word of God. 99855 99856 19:14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white 99857 horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 99858 99859 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should 99860 smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he 99861 treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 99862 99863 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING 99864 OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 99865 99866 19:17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud 99867 voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come 99868 and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 19:18 99869 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the 99870 flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on 99871 them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and 99872 great. 99873 99874 19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their 99875 armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the 99876 horse, and against his army. 99877 99878 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that 99879 wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had 99880 received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. 99881 These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 99882 99883 19:21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon 99884 the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls 99885 were filled with their flesh. 99886 99887 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the 99888 bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 99889 99890 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the 99891 Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 20:3 And cast him 99892 into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, 99893 that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years 99894 should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 99895 99896 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given 99897 unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the 99898 witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not 99899 worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark 99900 upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned 99901 with Christ a thousand years. 99902 99903 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years 99904 were finished. This is the first resurrection. 99905 99906 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: 99907 on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of 99908 God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 99909 99910 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed 99911 out of his prison, 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which 99912 are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them 99913 together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. 99914 99915 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the 99916 camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down 99917 from God out of heaven, and devoured them. 99918 99919 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire 99920 and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be 99921 tormented day and night for ever and ever. 99922 99923 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from 99924 whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no 99925 place for them. 99926 99927 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the 99928 books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of 99929 life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written 99930 in the books, according to their works. 99931 99932 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and 99933 hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged 99934 every man according to their works. 99935 99936 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the 99937 second death. 99938 99939 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast 99940 into the lake of fire. 99941 99942 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and 99943 the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 99944 99945 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God 99946 out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 99947 99948 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the 99949 tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they 99950 shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their 99951 God. 99952 99953 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there 99954 shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall 99955 there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. 99956 99957 21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things 99958 new. 99959 99960 And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 99961 99962 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the 99963 beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the 99964 fountain of the water of life freely. 99965 99966 21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his 99967 God, and he shall be my son. 99968 99969 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and 99970 murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all 99971 liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and 99972 brimstone: which is the second death. 99973 99974 21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the 99975 seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, 99976 saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. 99977 99978 21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high 99979 mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, 99980 descending out of heaven from God, 21:11 Having the glory of God: and 99981 her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper 99982 stone, clear as crystal; 21:12 And had a wall great and high, and had 99983 twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written 99984 thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of 99985 Israel: 21:13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on 99986 the south three gates; and on the west three gates. 99987 99988 21:14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the 99989 names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 99990 99991 21:15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the 99992 city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. 99993 99994 21:16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the 99995 breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand 99996 furlongs. 99997 99998 The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. 99999 100000 21:17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four 100001 cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. 100002 100003 21:18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city 100004 was pure gold, like unto clear glass. 100005 100006 21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with 100007 all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the 100008 second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; 100009 21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, 100010 chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a 100011 chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. 100012 100013 21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was 100014 of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were 100015 transparent glass. 100016 100017 21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the 100018 Lamb are the temple of it. 100019 100020 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to 100021 shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the 100022 light thereof. 100023 100024 21:24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light 100025 of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into 100026 it. 100027 100028 21:25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there 100029 shall be no night there. 100030 100031 21:26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into 100032 it. 100033 100034 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that 100035 defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but 100036 they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. 100037 100038 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, 100039 proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 100040 100041 22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the 100042 river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, 100043 and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for 100044 the healing of the nations. 100045 100046 22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of 100047 the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: 22:4 And 100048 they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. 100049 100050 22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, 100051 neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they 100052 shall reign for ever and ever. 100053 100054 22:6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the 100055 Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants 100056 the things which must shortly be done. 100057 100058 22:7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of 100059 the prophecy of this book. 100060 100061 22:8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard 100062 and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which 100063 shewed me these things. 100064 100065 22:9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy 100066 fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which 100067 keep the sayings of this book: worship God. 100068 100069 22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of 100070 this book: for the time is at hand. 100071 100072 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is 100073 filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be 100074 righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. 100075 100076 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give 100077 every man according as his work shall be. 100078 100079 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and 100080 the last. 100081 100082 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have 100083 right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the 100084 city. 100085 100086 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and 100087 murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. 100088 100089 22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in 100090 the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright 100091 and morning star. 100092 100093 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth 100094 say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let 100095 him take the water of life freely. 100096 100097 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the 100098 prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God 100099 shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 22:19 100100 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this 100101 prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and 100102 out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. 100103 100104 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. 100105 Amen. 100106 100107 Even so, come, Lord Jesus. 100108 100109 22:21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 100110 100111 100112 End of the Project Gutenberg Edition of the New Testament 100113 100114 100115 End of the Project Gutenberg Edition of the King James Bible 100116 100117 Frasier does not trust NIST. I'm tired.